I honestly think this guy can be a great Corner.He has all the makings of a good corner,speed and strength.He just lacks good ball skills.I dont know what it is,but it seems like he never gets his head around.Once he improves his ball skills,he’ll be so much better.
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Quit trying to find ways to keep this guy around. The game has passed him by and its time for him to move on. Period.

I understand he has been with the team for a while and many fans love him but this is a business and he can not help this team.
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Discuss.
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He’ll be 34 years old at the start of next season. We’re talking about getting rid of vets like Brooking and Milloy, yet I see post after post about bringing in Berry. Why? He’s going to be 34 years old and has a total of 7.5 sacks over the past TWO years and hasn’t seen double digit sack numbers since 04. He might have played well against us, but that’s about it.
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I bear no ill will towards the cardinals. We gave them that game so it should be no suprise they accepted the gift. Sure ref calls this and that and snapcountgate but a good team doesn’t make excuses, it overcomes. Our offense was still putting up points and our defense did not keep them relevant. We lost with time on the clock because the defense failed to make a stop. We lost to an opponent that we should have beaten. GOOD. If there was ever any doubt before there is not any now. Defense is killing us. I am glad because number 1 we were not going to make it and number 2 with the focus clearly on defense it will get fixed and we don’t have to wait and have a losing season next year.

What really happened with Ryan and the offense in the last 4 games?

TIRED. They have been carrying the load all season and they simply ran out of steam a few weeks ago. Yet they still played with heart even when the mistakes started piling up. There was no rookie wall. Anytime one side of the ball is weak the other has to step up. The fact that ryan managed to do this in his first year and pull off an 11-5 makes him an iron man.

So go Cardinals. Calling it in after you clinched was unproffesional and lazy but with a weak defense like ours it worked to your advantage having a fresher offense. Stop the run and have warner put on his best drew brees impersonation. They nearly lost to NO in their last game. You are going to need more heart than you have shown in the past but you can do it.
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saw this thread on another board and thought i’d start it here. for me:

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I dont see why not..Matt went to BC and played with Raji for 3 years, so he should know his work ethic and how committed he his to the game, so im sure TD will sit down with the newly crowed captain of our team and get his perspective on raji..BUT that means no albert haynesworth
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…is that for once they had a successful season that was not fueled by copious amouts of hype. There was none of the usual jingoism and branding that usually accompanies a winning season here in Atlanta. No rallying around some hollow abstraction like “2 Legit 2 Quit” or “Passing the Magic.” No “empowering” alternate identity like “The Dirty Birds” or “Grits Blitz.” No radical schemes or “transcendent” players who promise to change the game itself like the Run ‘n Shoot offense or YKW.

For a change, this team won the way all perrenially successful teams win: By having players knowing their jobs and then doing them.

Man, what a refreshing season this was. Some have referred to it as “magical,” but I disagree. See, there are two things that characterize magic: One, it’s unexpected and, two, (and most importantly) it ain’t real. Which is why every single “magical” season this franchise has had has been promptly followed by the “not-so-magical” season. Perform the same magic trick, say, 16 times, and eventually the audience (or in this case, the league) will figure it out. Personally, I’ve had more than my fill of these so-called “magical” seasons. Give me a season where success is both expected and real. Well, that’s exactly what we got this year.

If we go back and look at what the FO and coaching staff told us about this team before the season started, we will find that there was really nothing that should have been unexpected. We were told that Matt Ryan’s intelligence and work ethic would trump his inexperience enough for him to lead this team at QB as a rookie and it did. We were told that we had the pieces available to construct an effective offensive line and, lo and behold, it was true. We were told exactly why someone like Kroy Biermann was drafted and what his role would be on our team and, sure enough, he did exactly what he was drafted to do. The list goes on and on.

So, instead of a team built on catch-phrases and a sense of entitlement based on some recent success, we now have one that coalesces around a highly sound organizing principle. Where previous regimes would be talking about taking it to the next level by building off what it had just accomplished, the current one is only talking about evaluation, re-evaluation and what the next “course of action” should be. Again, the focus is always exactly where it belongs - on players doing their jobs. This regime knows and trusts that when that happens, good things follow. Looking at all the good things that have happened this year, it is clear that the players have completely bought in.

Now it is time for us fans to do the same. As a Falcons fan since the early 70’s, I can tell you that this is real. It is not an illusion this time. Believe me, I’ve seen the magic trick enough times to know the difference.

That is not to say that we will win the Superbowl next year or even have a winning record, for that matter. I honestly don’t care about that stuff at this stage of the game. Anyone who seriously believed that a team in the first year of rebuilding - with a new GM, new coaching staff and a rookie QB - was gonna go deep into the playoffs was just deluding themselves anyway. It’s never happened and never will. Don’t continue the delusion by believing that things will be even better next year. We will have a tougher schedule, only slightly improved personnel, a greater chance that we suffer the major injuries that we somehow managed to avoid this season and no element of surprise on our side.

But I have no doubt that, even though it may not show up in the win/loss record, we will see continued improvement next year. There may come a time when all the grand expectations and knee-jerk reactions are warranted, but it is not now. Now is the time to just sit back and enjoy watching your team being built the right way for a change. I know I sure am.
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The Cards scored more points on us than any other team this year, and thats not really all that bad. Granted that we are a ball control Offense with alot of TOP but alot of teams would LOVE to have this stat.

I think we do need to spend alot of this offseason on the Defence but definetly not ALL of it. we need upgrades to the TE spot and depth/upgrades on the right side of the O-Line.

I read earlier that someone thinks we shouldnt extend or pay to keep Jenkins. Jenk is a great WR and he has made some HUGE plays for us this year. i really think he has the best hands on the team and is a sharper route runner than roddy.

(Donning Flame Suit)
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