(((((( ^^^^ The OFFICIAL DIRTEE BIRDZ 2012 Thread ^^^^ ))))))
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Lol my bad it just ? me up when I saw it
The only reason I can think of as to why he would throw to Roddy is that he thought he would get a penalty. -
Yeah, Matt tried to draw the penalty. He did that twice in the season and a few other times in his career. But refs don't like to make game-deciding calls, especially in the playoffs.
*shrug* is what it is.
Plus you gotta consider that he injured his shoulder. The throwing motion of throwing a football (the right way) requires you to move both arms so his whole left side was probably throbbing like a mug.
I try not to think about it. So many other things we could've/should've did long before that play that could've kept us out of that situation.
It's good to know that my squad was just one mistake away from going to the super bowl tho. The other 29 teams that didn't make up got a whole lot more ? to work on than us.
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Props to Smitty, NFL COACH OF THE YEAR by the Sporting News for the 3rd time in 5 years.
Dan Reeves is still my favorite, but Smitty is creeping up on'em fast. -
greenwood1921 wrote: »I think the atlanta falcons should move to Alabama and hire rick Saban. Alabama is definetly a college football town. Looking at espn and other sports broadcast Atlanta is just not respected and it shows in the players performance and disposition.
Top 10 WOAT Hall of Fame CS post for soooo many reasons. Dayum.
You practice your stupidity, huh?
Sorry man. I truly apologize. I guess I'm just blinded by anger for this city Atlanta. I see you guys have a true passion for the Falcons.
It's just hard for me to like the team because I've been blacklisted with the help of one of their former players for the past 14 years. And know I read on the falcons message board that this former player jesse Tuggle is trying to get a job working for the Falcons as a defensive tackle coach?! WTF. i know for a fact this dude smoked ? and is a dl homosexual ( not that there's anything wrong with that. I fully support ? rights.) He smoked ? and sexed a dude in the shower/bathroom of my former workplace. I'm a liberal minded person. Like I said I fully support ? rights and also anyone that do drugs. I personally don't do it and never will but I do believe that if drugs were legalized the murder rate in the black community will plummet. Anyway getting back to the story...I made the mistake of telling someone in the workplace what I saw then all of the sudden I'm the one being harrassed and being called a ? head. I'm like wtf!? I find out that the main one who's doing it was a former girlfriend who work at my job temporarily. She had a f' upped name. Her first name was the same as a popular steak. It's ironic because you can tell this girl was obviously ? ( not that there's any thing wrong with that ) but before the incident happen she and the guy who I saw jesse Tuggle sexing harrass, bully me calling me a f*g on a daily basis.
Fast forward 14 years later I'm still being called a crackhead and I still can't get a job. So yea i guess I'm too bias to be commenting on anything Falcon related.
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Lmao ^^^^^
Sound like a Matt failias.
Radaman's daughter will be in here next. -
Falcons quarterback coach Glenn Thomas, who finished his first season in that position, has been mention as a possible candidate for the open offensive coordinator position at Oklahoma State.
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allday1992 wrote: »Falcons quarterback coach Glenn Thomas, who finished his first season in that position, has been mention as a possible candidate for the open offensive coordinator position at Oklahoma State.
? the Halloween Team. That is all. -
Interesting breakdown of possible cap moves...Cap Casualty Candidates
The Falcons can open up a ton of cap room this season by cutting the final year of Michael Turner's contract. He is owed $5.5 million in salary and $2.5 million in a remaining pro-rated signing bonus.
While he would create $2.5 million in dead cap space, the $5.5 million he frees up makes him a tempting, and very likely, option to cut.
For someone who will give Atlanta much more cap room both now and in the future, Atlanta should cut Dunta Robinson. Robinson's salary structure is, according to Spotrac:
Year Salary Signing Bonus Option Bonus Total Cap Hit
2013 $8,000,000 $1,400,000 $1,000,000 $10,400,000
2014 $10,000,000 $1,400,000 $1,000,000 $12,400,000
2015 $11,500,000 $0 $1,000,000 $12,500,000
Total $29,500,000 $2,400,000 $3,000,000 $35,300,000
The Atlanta Falcons have an excellent cap situation for both 2013 and beyond. Especially when you consider the amount of flexibility and the talented man running the books—Thomas Dimitroff.
Dimitroff has been an excellent cap manager for the Falcons. He is tasked with taking control of the Falcons' cap situation to bring into Atlanta the talent to get back to the NFC Championship Game and to combine that new talent with the building blocks already on the books.
Breaking down his cap hits, it makes too much sense to cut Dunta. The Falcons would save at least $4.6 million in 2013 if they cut him before June 2nd or without a post-June 2nd designation.
They would also save $12.4 million in 2014 and $12.5 million in 2015 because all guaranteed money would be accelerated into this season's cap.
Should the Falcons cut him with a post-June 2nd designation, they would save $8 million on this season and $9 million in 2014. The Falcons would be wise to take whatever savings in 2014 and 2015 from Robinson and put it straight towards Matt Ryan's extension.
Contract Extension Candidates That Could Lower Their 2013 Cap Hit
The Falcons have a pair of guys who would make excellent candidates for extensions. The first is Jonathan Babineaux. He's owed just a salary of $4.7 million. If the Falcons offered him a three-year extension to his current deal, he would be under the Falcons' control likely until his retirement.
If I was the Falcons, I'd turn his $4.7 million dollar deal into a four-year, $16 million deal with a signing bonus of $4 million. I'd structure it as follows to reduce the cap hit in the first year of the deal:
Year Salary Signing Bonus Total Cap Hit
2013 $1,000,000 $1,000,000 $2,000,000
2014 $3,250,000 $1,000,000 $4,250,000
2015 $3,750,000 $1,000,000 $4,750,000
2016 $4,000,000 $1,000,000 $5,000,000
Total $12,000,000 $4,000,000 $16,000,000
The idea is that Babineaux would get paid every dime from his old deal plus another $300,000 in the first year. So cash-wise, he'd be secure there. On the flip side, he allows the Falcons to have excellent cap flexibility in both 2013 and every year after it.
The deal would end after Babineaux turned 35 years old. It would allow the Falcons to have him in essentially a year-to-year deal that would save the Falcons' cap in every season should he decide to retire before the end of it.
Then there is the big extension. The elephant in the room. Matt Ryan's big long-term extension is priority No. 1 for the Falcons. If I was in Thomas Dimitroff's shoes, I'd offer him a seven-year, $100 million deal.
I'd give him a $10 million signing bonus with an option bonus of $10 million as well. I'd also structure the rest of the deal as follows:
Year Salary Signing Bonus Option Bonus Total Cap Hit
2013 $4,000,000 $2,000,000
$6,000,000
2014 $6,500,000 $2,000,000 $2,000,000 $10,500,000
2015 $11,500,000 $2,000,000 $2,000,000 $15,500,000
2016 $13,500,000 $2,000,000 $2,000,000 $17,500,000
2017 $15,500,000 $2,000,000 $2,000,000 $19,500,000
2018 $17,500,000
$2,000,000 $19,500,000
2019 $21,500,000
$21,500,000
Total $90,000,000 $10,000,000 $10,000,000 $110,000,000
The first two years wouldn't be stressing the cap as much. Then when the Falcons have a ton of cap space open in the future, they can commit to Ryan a lot more of the cap. Ryan has earned a deal like this, and it would lock him up through the season he turns 34 years old.
It would also open up $4 million in cap this coming season. Add in the $2.7 that Babineaux's deal could save, and the $6.7 million saved could be enough to help keep William Moore and someone like either Chris Owens or Will Svitek on the Falcons.
To make Ryan happier, it wouldn't surprise me to see the first three years also fully guaranteed to make the contract have $42 million between the bonuses and guaranteed salaries.
Matt Ryan is the centerpiece of the franchise. But giving him a monster deal like that is the only way to keep him part of it long term. With just one season left, the Falcons have to do something.
Cap Flexibility Is At An All-Time High
If the Falcons re-sign Matt Ryan to an extension, they could save around $4 million in cap this season. Add in about $5.5 million from cutting Michael Turner and anywhere from $4.6 to $7 million in cutting Dunta Robinson and Atlanta is already over $20 million in projected cap space.
With $20 million in projected cap, the Falcons could easily re-sign all of their important free agents. Included in that would be Brent Grimes, William Moore and Sam Baker. Moore should be the top priority, though, as he is the only Pro Bowl player of the group.
However, they would have to make these moves, or they would have to be extra creative with the contracts they offer to their free agents this season.
Atlanta should be able to re-sign their own key guys. But they will have to open more space to make sure they can bring in some top talent from other teams.
Looking Beyond 2013
As the Falcons sit right now, they have no one signed past the 2016 season. And in the 2016 season, only two players are under contract—guard Justin Blalock and safety Thomas DeCoud—for a total of just $11.3 million counting towards the cap.
The 2014 and 2015 situations look just as good at this point. The Falcons have had excellent cap planning for as long as Thomas Dimitroff and Mike Smith have been the main men in the front office.
For 2014, the Falcons have 30 players under contract counting just $83.26 million towards the cap. If the cap takes the giant leap that it's expected to with the new NFL television deals, the Falcons could be sitting with over $30 million in cap space when free agency opens in 2014 and with proper planning.
In 2015, they have just 12 players under contract. But with just $45.66 million committed to the cap, this is the year that could be the big-money year for some free-agent signings this offseason. It is also a year that could be huge for Ryan's extension.
The Falcons have a ton of cap space in the future and a ton of cap flexibility now. So when people say, "the Falcons don't have the room to sign anyone," they don't know just what Thomas Dimitroff could really do. When it comes to cap manipulators, there are few better than the "Comrade" as Dave Choate calls him. -
numbaz...80's baby wrote: »Too ? to read.
Its my bday, going to Magic City rii now rii now.
Dont worry about the offseason. TD will get ? right. We'll be aii. We'll ? be back. ? tha hatas
Going to Magic @ 9:30 on a Monday Night?? They bout to beat you over the head for parking. You might spend more parking than in the club. lol -
This stadium negotiation bout to get ugly. Blank trying to use LA to get a new stadium
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He'll end up putting most of his own paper into it. Ted Turner had to do the same thing. Lame ass republicans.
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if mr. blank move my squad there will not be a home depot from VA to GA that will be safe from me burning down in the middle of the night.
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Everybody tries to use L.A to get what they want and L.A cant even keep a team. If I was at that table id call his bluff.
The dome never was really a good stadium so I dont mind them getting a new one but Blank needs to put more of his own money up if he wants one. Me and pops had season tickets from about the time the Dome opened up until about 2000. That dome is like Lakewood with a roof. Nothing to do there but get some to eat and watch the game, and theres really nothing about the building that stands out. IMO anyway..............
On another note. This is interesting http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1506126-atlanta-falcons-did-coaches-let-off-the-gas-or-was-tank-empty
