Thank god for Mike Smith and Matt Ryan

United States
January 31, 2009 12:06pm CST
Even though we didn't make it to the superbowl the amount of improvement this year was awesome. Who would have tought last year, when we didn't have a QB or a coach that the very next year we would make to the playoffs! Good job Falcons! Can't wait to see you next year!
4 responses
@MattRyan (26)
15 Jun 09
Falcons rock. It was not only Matt Ryan and smith. We also need to think about White adn turner and our playmaker Norwood. We have a great team, adding gonzalez. We are probably teh best in our conference. We just need to get better in teh pass. Saints will kill us if we dont. This year might be better since we rock. If we keep the gameplan and all our effort we will win
@31rn62 (44)
• United States
20 Feb 09
Your Falcons are going to be good for a long time to come. As long Matt Ryan is there your team is going to win! I have friends who were on Tom O'Brien's coaching staff(before he left BC obviously) when Matt Ryan was being recruited. Other than BC I think they said Ryan only had two or three other offers but O'Brien knew the kid could play. He just a winner. The fact he had only one player on offense(Ryan Purvis) that will be playing in the NFL and BC finished ranked #10 is a true testiment to him.
@stinge (810)
• United States
31 Jan 09
I think you forgot to thank 2 more people for the teams success this year. One is Micheal Turner for deciding to sign with you guys. It made it very easy for Matt Ryan, having someone to hand the ball off to that can actually pick up some yards. The Falcons were able to have a good balanced attack this year. And second, you have to thank Micheal Vick for going to jail LOL. I don't know how long his style is going to last in the NFL. That's if he ever makes it back. He is a tremendous athlete. But you have to throw the ball as a quarterback. I love athletic quarterbacks that can scramble and move out of the pocket. But you can't do it on every down. They keep saying that about Mcnabb. They say he needs to run the ball more like he used to. I do see times were he throws the ball away, when he could of ran right upithe middle and gained 4 or more yards. But the bottom line is that you have to throw the ball down field. Micheal Vicks style kept alot of teams off balance. But when you play the real elite teams like Baltimore and Pittsburg, that deffense is going to shut that down. I remember watching him play against the Bears the year before Chicago went to the superbowl when they had Kyle Orton quaterbacking as a rookie. The Bears offense sucked that year. They ran the ball every down pretty much. But their deffense was solid. They shut Micheal Vick down completely. Brian urlacher might as well have been wearing a Vick Jersey because he owned his a$$!
@tooincome (345)
• United States
31 Jan 09
yeah, the falcons did pretty good last season and will probably be even better next season. the group of guys have played together for a complete season and the chemistry between the qb and the rest of the players will only get better. although i'm a niner fan, michael vick (ex falcon) is getting released from prison. i really want him to go to the niners since they have been having the worse qb issues since steve young retired.