smittty Posted June 22, 2008 Share Posted June 22, 2008 michael vick of course. nevermind the fact that he has the highest career win% out of any qb in franchise history, he was the most exciting player of al-time, and was a one man marketing machine.the falcons were guarunteed to sell out every single game he played for the rest of his career. it's too bad the nfl screwed him and literally ruined his life over dog fighting.i'm all for him being repremanded and punished, but to ruin his entire life and even have the possiblty of never playing in ther nfl again because of frickin DOG FIGHTING!!??WTF!!!go ahead people, flame away. tell me that he's i jail, and get over it, and he'll come back as a kr or pr in the arena league(ultimate sign of ignorance, prejudice, and an absolute fool who has less comprehension for the game of footbal than i did when i was 12).but the fact is the second best player, deion sanders, is the only player within miles of vick. after that your looking at guys like jamaal anderson and andre rison. very good players but a far drp off fro vick and deion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GEORGIAfan Posted June 22, 2008 Share Posted June 22, 2008 Jessie THE HAMMER Tuggle!!!! love LBs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Posted June 22, 2008 Share Posted June 22, 2008 Deion, Rison, Chris Miller, Tuggle, Mathis, William Andrews, Jamal Anderson, Morten Andersen, Bartkowski, White Shoes Johnson, Gerald Riggs, Mike Kenn..... **** even Chandler were all better players for this team than Vick were. Not just better players, better human beings too. You can argue that Vick may have been the most athletically gifted player we ever had. No one will argue that. He was not the best player we ever had and he was not the best QB either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dakid Posted June 22, 2008 Share Posted June 22, 2008 uh....deion Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
syxx Posted June 22, 2008 Share Posted June 22, 2008 deion, vick, or tuggle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mathis81WR Posted June 22, 2008 Share Posted June 22, 2008 Mathis or Tuggle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michaelgee Posted June 22, 2008 Share Posted June 22, 2008 Nobis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brutha Mike Posted June 22, 2008 Share Posted June 22, 2008 michaelgee (6/21/2008)Nobisseconded Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dayton Grissam Posted June 22, 2008 Share Posted June 22, 2008 Tuggle, i have an 8 x 10 auto of him on my wall along with Jamal Anderson and Roddy White. Working on getting Nobis because i beleive him and Tuggle were the best, both beast Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest JBopper Posted June 22, 2008 Share Posted June 22, 2008 Vick is a good athlete no doubt,As a person he SUXXXXXXXXX........My fav Falcon of all time though is Tuggle hands down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bossFALCON™ Posted June 22, 2008 Share Posted June 22, 2008 michaelgee (6/21/2008)Nobisaaaahhhhh gee went old school on us.:cool: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Falcons Ace Posted June 22, 2008 Share Posted June 22, 2008 The contributions and ability of any Falcons player is dwarfed by Tommy Nobis. 300 tackles as a rookie on an expansion team. Vick? GTFO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rhourk Posted June 22, 2008 Share Posted June 22, 2008 smittty (6/21/2008)michael vick of course. nevermind the fact that he has the highest career win% out of any qb in franchise history, he was the most exciting player of al-time, and was a one man marketing machine.the falcons were guarunteed to sell out every single game he played for the rest of his career. it's too bad the nfl screwed him and literally ruined his life over dog fighting.i'm all for him being repremanded and punished, but to ruin his entire life and even have the possiblty of never playing in ther nfl again because of frickin DOG FIGHTING!!??WTF!!!go ahead people, flame away. tell me that he's i jail, and get over it, and he'll come back as a kr or pr in the arena league(ultimate sign of ignorance, prejudice, and an absolute fool who has less comprehension for the game of footbal than i did when i was 12).but the fact is the second best player, deion sanders, is the only player within miles of vick. after that your looking at guys like jamaal anderson and andre rison. very good players but a far drp off fro vick and deion. You're really going to repeat word for word the old "it's just some dogs" garbage again? Really, same old stuff? Get with it man. He did to himself. He did it to the team. He did it to the fans. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
usslost Posted June 22, 2008 Share Posted June 22, 2008 The Hammer. Never saw much of Nobis until end of his career but the highlights I have seen of him are awesome. Would have wild to see him and Tuggle play side by side in the middle when they were both in their prime. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Falcons Ace Posted June 22, 2008 Share Posted June 22, 2008 smittty (6/21/2008)the falcons were guarunteed to sell out every single game he played for the rest of his career. it's too bad the nfl screwed him and literally ruined his life over dog fighting.i'm all for him being repremanded and punished, but to ruin his entire life and even have the possiblty of never playing in ther nfl again because of frickin DOG FIGHTING!!??WTF!!!go ahead people, flame away. tell me that he's i jail, and get over it, and he'll come back as a kr or pr in the arena league(ultimate sign of ignorance, prejudice, and an absolute fool who has less comprehension for the game of footbal than i did when i was 12).Listen up and you might learn a good lesson about life. Vick not only electrocuted, drowned, and hung dogs; but he also fought them. He also ran an innerstate gambling ring based around that dog fighting. Guess what? That's against the law, on both the federal and state level. The gambling along is grounds for a life time ban from the NFL, and then he went and lied to Blank and Goodell about it. He deflected blame off himself to his own family. Then, to top that off, he lied to the judge and police about it. That is cowardly, and is a lesson you need to learn. Responsibility. You suffer the consequences of your own actions. The fact he is in prison rotting away is ONLY his fault, no one else to blame but Michael Vick for Michael Vick's actions. Your sorry attempts to blame it on race or saying we just don't appreciate good football players is pathetic. Morons like yourself who try to push blame on others for being an idiot and doing idiotic things is pathetic, and one of the many things wrong with America today. Be a man, quit hiding behind those lame excuses, and quit trying to blame everyone for Michael Vick's actions. Besides, you have stated you no longer support the Falcons, so GTFO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
REV.2000 Posted June 22, 2008 Share Posted June 22, 2008 BART ...... BY A LANDSLIDE! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dozer Posted June 22, 2008 Share Posted June 22, 2008 Nobis, Deion, Bart, Tuggle, W Andrews, G Riggs, M Andersen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dawg58 Posted June 22, 2008 Share Posted June 22, 2008 REV.2000 (6/22/2008)BART ...... BY A LANDSLIDE!I don't know about the landslide part but yeah I agree. Nobis second. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rugger8 Posted June 22, 2008 Share Posted June 22, 2008 Ok, Nobis, for sure, but I really loved seeing hits a la Scott Case....Vick. *psht* Yeah. NFL's fault... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigatlfan2 Posted June 22, 2008 Share Posted June 22, 2008 I vote for Jessie Tuggle! He should be in the hall of fame!In his 14 seasons, he recorded 1803 tackles (1165 solo), 21 sacks, 6 interceptions, which he returned for 106 yards and a touchdown, 10 forced fumbles and 37 pass deflections. He also recovered 9 fumbles, returning them for 155 yards and an NFL record 5 touchdowns. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dizzee rascal Posted June 22, 2008 Share Posted June 22, 2008 The guy I'd put up there with Nobis is Van Note. More Pro Bowls and All Pro selections than any other Falcon. He was the center from before I can remember until I finished high school. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mastershake Posted June 22, 2008 Share Posted June 22, 2008 Van Note,Morten Anderson, BART, The Hammer,Riggs Dion,all are good, but my fave is Billy WHITE SHOES Johnson. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
falconfansince66 Posted June 22, 2008 Share Posted June 22, 2008 1966 DROY - 5x Pro Bowler - 2x All Pro - Member of Georgia and Texas Sports Hall of FameTommy Nobis joined the Falcons for their inaugural season in 1966. That season he won the league s NFL Rookie of the Year, was voted to the Pro Bowl and amassed an unprecedented 294 combined tackles which still stands today as the team s all-time single-season record. In eleven professional seasons he led the Falcons in tackles nine times, went to five Pro Bowls (one in 1972 after two knee surgeries), was named All-Pro twice and was chosen for the NFL's "All-Decade Team" for the 1960's. Miami Dolphins great, running back Larry Csonka commented, "I'd rather play against **** Butkus than Nobis," and Falcon s coach Norm Van Brocklin once pointed to Nobis locker and proclaimed, There s where our football team dresses. END OF ARGUMENT.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nobkowski Posted June 22, 2008 Share Posted June 22, 2008 In answer to the TROLLS question: Tommy "Mr. Falcon" Nobis. Deion didn't play for the team long enough to be considered "all time" and did much more for other teams. Then there is Jeff Van Note, Mike Kenn, Jessie Tuggle, Steve Bartkowski, Keith Brooking. If William Andrews and Jam Anderson hadn't had the injuries, they would have been up there also. William Andrews first of the two. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
falconfansince66 Posted June 22, 2008 Share Posted June 22, 2008 nobkowski (6/22/2008)In answer to the TROLLS question: Tommy "Mr. Falcon" Nobis. Deion didn't play for the team long enough to be considered "all time" and did much more for other teams. Then there is Jeff Van Note, Mike Kenn, Jessie Tuggle, Steve Bartkowski, Keith Brooking. If William Andrews and Jam Anderson hadn't had the injuries, they would have been up there also. William Andrews first of the two.I tend to agree. Deion will probably get elected into the HoF if he decides to go in as a 49er/Cowboy. It was probably a good move for him to go play elsewhere at the time but if he'd been on our '98 team, he could have made a huge difference in shutting down the Elway passing game. So essentially, what Deion's accomplishments were in his career cannot be added to what he accomplished in Atlanta. Nobis was dedicated to being a Falcon his whole career, which in itself makes him great, but his accomplishments and high level of play for a franchise that never made the playoffs during his tenure are second to none here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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