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Antone Smith. I Wish Him Luck.


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Are people for real acting like he was some known superstar this whole time? He went undrafted and spent like a month on the Lions, Vikings and Texans each. The Falcons have kept him since 2009 and he has been not much more than a special teams player, a good one at that.

He has had plenty of depth ahead of him too from Turner to Rodgers to Snelling to Jackson et al.

Falcons have treated him fairly and have worked him into a 4-headed rotation based on his performance. He will likely be back and at a fair price. RB's are hardly paid well anyway outside of the elite.

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Are people for real acting like he was some known superstar this whole time? He went undrafted and spent like a month on the Lions, Vikings and Texans each. The Falcons have kept him since 2009 and he has been not much more than a special teams player, a good one at that.

He has had plenty of depth ahead of him too from Turner to Rodgers to Snelling to Jackson et al.

Falcons have treated him fairly and have worked him into a 4-headed rotation based on his performance. He will likely be back and at a fair price. RB's are hardly paid well anyway outside of the elite.

Fairly? Are you high? We have let that dude rot on our bench for 5 years because our coaching staff was too stupid to recognize that he is a tremendous athlete and it would be a good idea to give him a few touches on offense to see what he could do. The anti-competition, pay grade/experience/draft position based hierarchy this regime has created is a big reason why they are all about to lose their jobs.

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Fairly? Are you high? We have let that dude rot on our bench for 5 years because our coaching staff was too stupid to recognize that he is a tremendous athlete and it would be a good idea to give him a few touches on offense to see what he could do. The anti-competition, pay grade/experience/draft position based hierarchy this regime has created is a big reason why they are all about to lose their jobs.

Am I high? Seriously? If Antone has always been this amazing, why is it that he didn't make it on the the other teams he was on? ANY OF THEM? If he felt he was capable of more AND believed other teams thought that too, why would he be on his THIRD CONTRACT with the team? How many other teams are committing $1.452m on a 4th string player? Lastly, are you thinking he belonged atop this depth chart anytime prior to maybe the last few weeks? If so, than perhaps it is you that is high.

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snapback.pngscarface1856, on 20 October 2014 - 03:01 PM, said:

Are people for real acting like he was some known superstar this whole time? He went undrafted and spent like a month on the Lions, Vikings and Texans each. The Falcons have kept him since 2009 and he has been not much more than a special teams player, a good one at that.

He has had plenty of depth ahead of him too from Turner to Rodgers to Snelling to Jackson et al.

Falcons have treated him fairly and have worked him into a 4-headed rotation based on his performance. He will likely be back and at a fair price. RB's are hardly paid well anyway outside of the elite.

Been saying this.

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I doubt he even wants to come back here next year and why should he? The decision to sit this guy on the bench is so wrong and for a talented guy like him he deserves to go somewhere where a coach will realize how good he is and they will play him for more than 10 snaps a game. If I were Antone I wouldn't want to go back to this team if that meant sitting on the bench for most of the game.

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I doubt he even wants to come back here next year and why should he? The decision to sit this guy on the bench is so wrong and for a talented guy like him he deserves to go somewhere where a coach will realize how good he is and they will play him for more than 10 snaps a game. If I were Antone I wouldn't want to go back to this team if that meant sitting on the bench for most of the game.

Good luck on that Free Agent market then. Dude has made millions from the Falcons as a ROLE PLAYER. The minute he shows promise, they start working him into the crowded backfield. They start making plays just for him and they take snaps away from the highest paid/premier back. Why would he not want to be back? Does he want 10 more carries a game and $400K more, then maybe he should try for a new deal elsewhere.

They have treated him fairly for years and have kept him employed when all 32 teams passed on him and 3 teams cut him in short order.

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Good luck on that Free Agent market then. Dude has made millions from the Falcons as a ROLE PLAYER. The minute he shows promise, they start working him into the crowded backfield. They start making plays just for him and they take snaps away from the highest paid/premier back. Why would he not want to be back? Does he want 10 more carries a game and $400K more, then maybe he should try for a new deal elsewhere.

They have treated him fairly for years and have kept him employed when all 32 teams passed on him and 3 teams cut him in short order.

How can you possbily say that this team has treated him "fairly"? Are you kidding me? They only give him 15 snaps a game at most and once he scores or makes a big play he's gone and right back on the bench. This team gave him an oppurtunity and he has delivered. Tons of guys go undrafted and make impacts but what makes you think that for a guy like Antone would want to come back here when he would get the opportunity to play else where? Somewhere where he'll actually get 25 to 30 plays a game. The dude deserves it.
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Are people for real acting like he was some known superstar this whole time? He went undrafted and spent like a month on the Lions, Vikings and Texans each. The Falcons have kept him since 2009 and he has been not much more than a special teams player, a good one at that.

He has had plenty of depth ahead of him too from Turner to Rodgers to Snelling to Jackson et al.

Falcons have treated him fairly and have worked him into a 4-headed rotation based on his performance. He will likely be back and at a fair price. RB's are hardly paid well anyway outside of the elite.

He is good but Jesus! I guess thats what we get when TD puts a garbage team on the field

And by the way, he is staying in Atlanta.

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Are people for real acting like he was some known superstar this whole time? He went undrafted and spent like a month on the Lions, Vikings and Texans each. The Falcons have kept him since 2009 and he has been not much more than a special teams player, a good one at that.

He has had plenty of depth ahead of him too from Turner to Rodgers to Snelling to Jackson et al.

Falcons have treated him fairly and have worked him into a 4-headed rotation based on his performance. He will likely be back and at a fair price. RB's are hardly paid well anyway outside of the elite.

uhh bro, coach notepad likes to sit guys on the bench and let them rot, I think he benched antone because he doesn't

want to offend the other team by running the ball on them and scoring

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He wont be.. he has already been quoted as to that he really doesnt understand why he isnt getting more touches .. Bye Antone. Hope he doesnt end up in Carolina or New Orleans

kinda like snelling a few years ago who tested fa and came back since no one made him an offer?

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