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**atljbo** · (This post was last modified: 09-25-2012 02:55 AM by Radical.)

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Quote:"I give [Smith] all the credit in the world," an NFC executive said Sunday evening. "If you remember the playoff game from last season, when [the Giants] beat them, [the Falcons] played really conservatively. You can't do that in this league, especially when you go on the road in the playoffs. You have to go after people."

"Mike has always been about playing the percentages. He's great in going over situations and what works at what time. But you have to go a little beyond that to become a champion. You have to know when to go against how you usually do things and just throw the dice. It's not about being wild, it's about knowing when to gamble. Right now, he's gambling with Ryan. I like that."

RnB · (This post was last modified: 09-24-2012 04:24 PM by RnB.)

I read this the other day. Anyone who cites anonymous sources is full of shit and not worth reading, especially in the sports media. Thanks for the quick post JBo but this guy is not someone I would trust to give an accurate story.

Another Anonymous Source

"I'm not comfortable with what I saw last night," the owner said after watching the Atlanta Falcons' 27-21 victory over the Denver Broncos. "It wasn't professional. It wasn't our standards of what a game is supposed to look like … it's not the calls themselves and it's not player safety. That's a silly argument.

"It's the competence and control of the game officials. The officials are supposed to be in control. They're supposed to run the game. Last night after the fumble [by Denver in the first quarter], they didn't have control. They looked like … I don't want to say what they looked like."