gazoo Posted February 20, 2008 Share Posted February 20, 2008 ***please keep in mind when readinjg this that I loved the on field play of Bartkowski, Chandler and Vick......all 3 of these QB's took this franchise to places we should all cherish as long time Falcon fans.....they were ALL GOOD QB's and I have great memories of all of their play of the field. That said..........The following starting lineups represent the Falcons 3 best seasons in our history. In 1980 Bart took us to the divisional playoffs where we lost to the Cowboys, in 2004 Vick took us to the NFCCG, and i 1998 Chandler took us to the Super Bowl. Chnadler took us the furthest in post season play, Vick took us to one game short of the SB and Bartkowski was able to get us within 2 games of the Super Bowl. Bartkowskis 1980 OFFENSE WR 89 Wallace Francis (a very solid #2 WR)WR 84 Alfred Jenkins ALL PRO WRLT 78 Mike Kenn ALL PRO LTC 57 Jeff Van Note ALL PRO CRG 68 R.C. Thielemann ALL PRO OGRT 66 Warren Bryant (6th pick of the entire 1977 draft, was MASSIVE for his era at 6'8" 275lbs)TE 80 Junior Miller PRO BOWLERLG 70 Dave Scott (solid 3rd round pick)FB 31 William Andrews 4 PRO BOWLS (one of first NFL players to rush for 2000 yards 2 seasons in a rowHB 21 Lynn Cain (an excellent complement to Andrews )CHIS CHANDLERS 1998 SUPER BOWL OFFENSEWR 80 Tony Martin LT 70 Bob Whitfield (Pro Bowler)LG 68 Calvin Collins (solid)C 61 Robbie Tobeck (Pro Bowler)RG 69 Gene Williams (solid) RT 74 Ephraim Salaam (very good RT)TE 88 O.J. Santiago WR 81 Terance Mathis QB 12 Chris Chandler RB 44 Bob Christian RB 28 Jamal Anderson MICHAEL VICK'S 2004 OFFENSEWR 89 Dez White LT 76 Kevin Shaffer (awful)LG 63 Roberto Garza (mediocre)C 62 Todd McClure (solid)RG 65 Kynan Forney (solid)RT 74 Todd Weiner (solid)TE 83 Alge Crumpler WR 81 Peerless Price RB 28 Warrick Dunn FB 33 Justin Griffith Please rate in order from best to worst which QB had the best WR tandemn, which QB had the best running game support (would include blocking and the RB, HB, FB's) which QB had the best pass protection and which QB had the best TE. I'll start:WR TANDEMNSChris Chandler had the #1 WR tandemn with all pro #1 WR Tony Martin and Pro Bowler Terrance Mathis, Bartkkowski had the #2 ranked WR tandemn with all pro #1 WR Alfred Jenkins and Wallace Francis, Vick had BY FAR the worst WR tandem with Dez White and Peerles Price never doing anything as a #1 WR in the NFL (although as a #2 WR playing with Eric Moulds he did make Pro Bowl once.RUNNING GAME SUPPORT Bartkowski had the #1 ranked running game with 3 all pro OL blocking for William Andrews, who by himslef rushed for over 2000 yards in 1980. Chris Chandler is a very close #2 running game for the Super Bowl team (only becuase his OL wasn;t as good as Barts, and Vick's running game (minus his own production) was a distant #3 to both Barts and Chandlers. We saw this year how bad our running game really was minus Vick.PASS PROTECTIONBatkowski had the #1 ranked unit with 3 all pro OL, as well as the talanted and massive RT 7th pick in the 1977 draft blocking for him. Mike Kenn, Jeff Van Note, RC Thielman were all pros and excellent pass prtotectors. Chris Chandler had the #2 ranked unit with 2 Pro Bowles and solid blue collar unit of blockers and Vick had the #3 unit of pass protectors with no elite players and a pathetic LT in Kevin Shaffer. that allowed unbelievable pressure all season) TE'sVick had the very best TE in Alge Crumpler, Bartkowski had the #2 ranked with Pro Bolwer Junior Miller and Chandler had the worst with OJ Santiogo.RESULTSBart had best OL and best Running game (mostly because of that OL)Chandler had the best WR tandemnVick had best TEAlso, when looking at the defenses, no question Chandler had the best defense of any of them. I would suggest that it was Chandler had the most balanced roster of any of them and that's why he was able to advance further than Vick and Bart. Vickwas able to take the franchise to it's second best season behind Chandlers in 2004 with a solid defense and subpar supporting cast on offense and Bartkowski had a decent defense and a stud offensive roster that he was able to take us to the 3rd best season in Falcon history.again, all 3 of these QB's were great players for us and all deserve their credit for these 3 seasons of 1980, 1998 and 2004. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gazoo Posted February 20, 2008 Author Share Posted February 20, 2008 I can't seem to edit the post, bit I needed to point out that Chandler had a bunch more Pro Bowlers on his offensive roster at the skill positions in Jammal Anderson, Tony Martin, Terrance Mathis, as well as Bob Christain. Vick also had a pro bowler in Alge, Warrick and I believe Peerless made the pro bowl one year as the #2 WR playing across from the exceptionally talented all pro Eric Moulds.If you look at the other side of the coin, the holes in the rosters, you see that Vick's clearly had the most holes with major weaknesses on the OL, at WR, and in pass protection (Garza and Shaffer were dreadful in pass protection and Forney not much better) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlacksburgHokie Posted February 20, 2008 Share Posted February 20, 2008 I can't argue with your position-wise breakdown... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Same Ol Falcons Posted February 20, 2008 Share Posted February 20, 2008 Honestly who has this much time on their handsand how many times are you goin to post these opinions as factJeeeez :doze: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gazoo Posted February 20, 2008 Author Share Posted February 20, 2008 Same Ol Falcons (2/20/2008)Honestly who has this much time on their handsand how many times are you goin to post these opinions as factJeeeez :doze:I hate to burst your bubble, but making all pro as an NFL player has NOTHING to do with MY opinion.....making all pro is a fact , not an opinion. Te opinions I did provide have been backed up with the facts. For instance, Tony Marin and Alfred Jenkins were two all pro *#1* WR's, Price was a failure as #1 WR....why is thuis so hard to admit? Please stop the insanity, if you dont like the facts I presented, just move on, you don;t have to comment at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
formul8or Posted February 20, 2008 Share Posted February 20, 2008 A very good breakdown. I don't know enough about the Bartkowski era to comment and I was still too young during '98 to remember well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Same Ol Falcons Posted February 20, 2008 Share Posted February 20, 2008 Alfred Jenkins was All-Pro in '81 not '80 so I 'm not moving on any further with your twisted logic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gazoo Posted February 20, 2008 Author Share Posted February 20, 2008 Same Ol Falcons (2/20/2008)Alfred Jenkins was All-Pro in '81 not '80 so I 'm not moving on any further with your twisted logicit is very much appreciated that you are choosing to move on. Your willingness to discuss this topic and the analysis is clearly not there, so I would prefer to discuss it with those that appreciated the effort I went through to put togther the 3 best years we've had as a franchise and provide a positional breakdown of the players on each ofensive rosters.This thread is bringing up the 3 best years of our franchise, why would anyone not enjoy discussing something lie this in the offseason, especially after the terrbile season we just had? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Same Ol Falcons Posted February 20, 2008 Share Posted February 20, 2008 gazoo (2/20/2008)Same Ol Falcons (2/20/2008)Alfred Jenkins was All-Pro in '81 not '80 so I 'm not moving on any further with your twisted logicit is very much appreciated that you are choosing to move on. Your willingness to discuss this topic and the analysis is clearly not there, so I would prefer to discuss it with those that appreciated the effort I went through to put togther the 3 best years we've had as a franchise and provide a positional breakdown of the players on each ofensive rosters.This thread is bringing up the 3 best years of our franchise, why would anyone not enjoy discussing something lie this in the offseason, especially after the terrbile season we just had?But it is inaccurate - 1) Jenkins was not All-Pro in '80 2) you forgot to put (PRO-BOWL) by CrumplerSpin round round like a record player Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gazoo Posted February 20, 2008 Author Share Posted February 20, 2008 formul8or (2/20/2008)A very good breakdown. I don't know enough about the Bartkowski era to comment and I was still too young during '98 to remember well.Thanks formul8tor!You guys can see that I was anable to edit my original post that Warrick Dunn, Peerless Price and Alge were aslo all Pro Bowl players. Although Peerless wasn't a Pro Bowler here in Atlanta, he was still a pro bowl player and that needs to be on the initial post. I am not sure if Robbie Tobeck made the pro bowl here in Atlanta or elswhere, but nonetheless, he is still a pro bowl player. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swiftkick Posted February 20, 2008 Share Posted February 20, 2008 Chris Chandler only QB to lead us to a Super Bowl with a bum knee...What a drive probably the best drive in Falcons history in that 98' Championship game..That takes heart .. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swiftkick Posted February 20, 2008 Share Posted February 20, 2008 CHIS CHANDLERS 1998 SUPER BOWL OFFENSEWR 80 Tony MartinLT 70 Bob Whitfield (Pro Bowler)LG 68 Calvin Collins (solid)C 61 Robbie Tobeck (Pro Bowler)RG 69 Gene Williams (solid)RT 74 Ephraim Salaam (very good RT)<---------------LMFAOOOOO TE 88 O.J. SantiagoWR 81 Terance MathisQB 12 Chris ChandlerRB 44 Bob ChristianRB 28 Jamal AndersonMICHAEL VICK'S 2004 OFFENSEWR 89 Dez WhiteLT 76 Kevin Shaffer (awful)LG 63 Roberto Garza (mediocre)C 62 Todd McClure (solid)RG 65 Kynan Forney (solid)RT 74 Todd Weiner (solid)TE 83 Alge Crumpler(pro bowler -All Pro TeamWR 81 Peerless PriceRB 28 Warrick Dunn3 time pro bowlerFB 33 Justin Griffith Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goatehall Posted February 20, 2008 Share Posted February 20, 2008 Chris Chandler only QB to lead us to a Super Bowl with a bum knee...What a drive probably the best drive in Falcons history in that 98' Championship game..That takes heart .. Then he threw 3ints in the SB. Jamal Played going in the SB though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gazoo Posted February 20, 2008 Author Share Posted February 20, 2008 swiftkick (2/20/2008)Chris Chandler only QB to lead us to a Super Bowl with a bum knee...What a drive probably the best drive in Falcons history in that 98' Championship game..That takes heart ..It was a great drive in the history of our franchise, and that FG kick was the biggest kick in our franchise since it got us to the Super Bowl. How could anyone not love discussing these 3 best games in our history?Chandler took us the furthest with is supporting cast and the best defensive squad of the 3. Vick took us second furthest with a #16th ranked defense and an offensive roster full of holes, and Bart took us the 3rd furthest with a stud offensive lineup, and decent defense. These 3 games are fun to discuss! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rev_Hal Posted February 20, 2008 Share Posted February 20, 2008 Same Ol Falcons (2/20/2008)gazoo (2/20/2008)Same Ol Falcons (2/20/2008)Alfred Jenkins was All-Pro in '81 not '80 so I 'm not moving on any further with your twisted logicit is very much appreciated that you are choosing to move on. Your willingness to discuss this topic and the analysis is clearly not there, so I would prefer to discuss it with those that appreciated the effort I went through to put togther the 3 best years we've had as a franchise and provide a positional breakdown of the players on each ofensive rosters.This thread is bringing up the 3 best years of our franchise, why would anyone not enjoy discussing something lie this in the offseason, especially after the terrbile season we just had?But it is inaccurate - 1) Jenkins was not All-Pro in '80 2) you forgot to put (PRO-BOWL) by CrumplerSpin round round like a record playerChandler will never get the credit he deserves for his time in Atlanta and Houston, and rightfully so. He was injured every time the wind changed direction. If he had been able to remain healthy, he would have put up solid numbers on pretty bad teams. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gazoo Posted February 20, 2008 Author Share Posted February 20, 2008 swifty, Perrless Price was also a Pro Bowler, as was Terrence Mathis, Bob Christian, Tony Martin and Jamal Anderson. Unfortunately, the original post will not let me edit it ofr some reason. btw...Salaam came very close to making the Pro Bowl more than once, he played very god football some years, and had a great year when he was here. He had some bad years as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gazoo Posted February 20, 2008 Author Share Posted February 20, 2008 goatehall (2/20/2008)Chris Chandler only QB to lead us to a Super Bowl with a bum knee...What a drive probably the best drive in Falcons history in that 98' Championship game..That takes heart .. Then he threw 3ints in the SB. Jamal Played going in the SB though.True that Chandler had a rough game, but I do not hand that all on him. For one thing we had the Eugene Robinson fiasco that had many players up all night long and playing that game with no sleep at all, and for another the Denver team was far more talented than us that year.Chandler did have an excellent running game, 2 pro bowl WR's and the best defense of any of those 3 seasons backing him up though.What a great discussion folks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddie Jewell Posted February 20, 2008 Share Posted February 20, 2008 I know what the 80 tam was about, I was still a new yorker and new to football. The city was buzzing at that time. It would be the last time the city buzzed like that until we moved into the dome and wore black. Oh did I forget the twelve days of christmas with the falcons. lol98 was the year. 14-2. We steam rolled over our 49 nemesis after taking a beat down from them. We molested teams in 98. We upset the fan favorite to win it all that year in their house. I saw Atlanta natives stopping at red lights getting out of their cars doing the dirty bird. We meant something. We weren't respected then a horny azz Eugene Robinson got busted. ****. Vick's year was magical. He went back to Minnesota for the first time after we beat them in 98 and made a highlight film. We took it to Bret Farve in their house. Still not respected, we had a wonderful year with alot to grow on. Then the preseason and the injury. So is the plight of my team. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gazoo Posted February 20, 2008 Author Share Posted February 20, 2008 rev_hal Chandler will never get the credit he deserves for his time in Atlanta and Houston, and rightfully so. He was injured every time the wind changed direction. If he had been able to remain healthy, he would have put up solid numbers on pretty bad teams.For me, Chandlers problems went past injury. He seemed to be down a lot and play lackluster at times while he was here. In 1998 he played inspired all year, but his run overall had some times I questioned how inspired he was on game days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goatehall Posted February 20, 2008 Share Posted February 20, 2008 swifty, Perrless Price was also a Pro Bowler, as was Terrence Mathis, Bob Christian, Tony Martin and Jamal Anderson. Unfortunately, the original post will not let me edit it ofr some reason. btw...Salaam came very close to making the Pro Bowl more than once, he played very god football some years, and had a great year when he was here. He had some bad years as well. Peerless Price was a pro bowl once in buffalo, Never in Atlanta, Dallas, or back in Buffalo or anywhere with out Eric Moulds Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matty ICE Posted February 20, 2008 Share Posted February 20, 2008 Oh boy, more arguing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rev_Hal Posted February 20, 2008 Share Posted February 20, 2008 gazoo (2/20/2008)rev_hal Chandler will never get the credit he deserves for his time in Atlanta and Houston, and rightfully so. He was injured every time the wind changed direction. If he had been able to remain healthy, he would have put up solid numbers on pretty bad teams.For me, Chandlers problems went past injury. He seemed to be down a lot and play lackluster at times while he was here. In 1998 he played inspired all year, but his run overall had some times I questioned how inspired he was on game days.It's imposible to climb inside a guy's head to know this stuff, but he was constantly playing with nagging injuries back to his early days with the Oilers. That might have had an impact on his overall play. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pencilpusher. just because Posted February 20, 2008 Share Posted February 20, 2008 Hey Gaz, why don't you compare the West division that Bart played in with Walsh & Montana and some really good Rams teams with the NFC south? Why don't you compare the rules that protect the QB and WR today compared to the ones Bart played in? Why don't you get over your mancrush while you are at it? Maybe those other players were better because Bart made them better. Maybe a WR is better when a better QB is throwing them the ball? Great players make those around them better. In your own admission,apparently Mike made no one better. Good stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pencilpusher. just because Posted February 20, 2008 Share Posted February 20, 2008 Wow. William Andrews rushed for 2000 yards two seasons in a row! That must be news to the NFL record books. Way to start a thread off with a blatant lie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swiftkick Posted February 20, 2008 Share Posted February 20, 2008 gazoo (2/20/2008)swifty, Perrless Price was also a Pro Bowler, as was Terrence Mathis, Bob Christian, Tony Martin and Jamal Anderson. Unfortunately, the original post will not let me edit it ofr some reason. btw...Salaam came very close to making the Pro Bowl more than once, he played very god football some years, and had a great year when he was here. He had some bad years as well.least that was respectful and I agreeand now we can talk like human beings instead of insulting each other all the timeas for Salaam he was what a 7th round draft pick that we moved to Denver..He had a decent career and made a name for himself outside of football but he was not a great tackle in my opinion and ..I would put him on the same level as Weiner Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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