Spts1 6,605 Posted September 17, 2019 Share Posted September 17, 2019 (edited) While watching parts of the game last night I saw Joe Namath. It reminded me that he was the first NFL player that I liked growing up. Everything about Namath is the template of what I felt was the prototype NFL quarterback. Joe threw for 4,000 yards back when the NFL was a running league. Joe threw a " pretty " ball, had the classic drop back style in the pocket, and did these things with SWAG. Everything about him was swag, even his number "12" which i still feel is the classic quarterback number. Before primetime, manziel, ocho cinco, odell beckham or any of them, there was Joe and Joe is STILL cool as ****... Steve Barktkowski was my first favorite falcon but Joe was my first favorite player before I even knew who the Falcons were... THE CLASSIC DROP BACK: Joe even STOOD in the pocket cool as ****... PERFECTION. THE PERFECT FORM: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JrCR1yn4heM Edited September 18, 2019 by slickgadawg Since1990, Falcster, Boise Falcon Fan and 3 others 6 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Outmyfalconmind 215 Posted September 17, 2019 Share Posted September 17, 2019 Toss... Ricky williams/Marvin harrison TalentedMrRidley and Spts1 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
notthatcool 2,475 Posted September 17, 2019 Share Posted September 17, 2019 PokerSteve, Flyin' In DC, 4dabirds and 6 others 9 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ya_boi_j 64,233 Posted September 17, 2019 Share Posted September 17, 2019 Barry Sanders DonOfThemBirds, Spts1 and Macintez 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
UnrealfalcoN 3,957 Posted September 17, 2019 Share Posted September 17, 2019 Tony G with the Chiefs MissouriFalcon49 and Spts1 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Francis York Morgan 24,710 Posted September 17, 2019 Share Posted September 17, 2019 Weird one maybe, but for me it was Terance Mathis. He's the reason I'm a Falcons fan. Loved the red and black as a kid, then I saw him against the 49ers in 98 and the rest is history. Vick sealed my fate. Spts1, blackredfellow, 408Falcon and 2 others 5 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DogIsYourName 1,069 Posted September 17, 2019 Share Posted September 17, 2019 Randy Moss. Spts1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Boise Falcon Fan 3,797 Posted September 17, 2019 Share Posted September 17, 2019 Bartkowski - Still my favorite Falcon's player. Spts1, MissouriFalcon49, PokerSteve and 4 others 7 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
wartownfalcon 2,246 Posted September 17, 2019 Share Posted September 17, 2019 Ickey Woods. Growing up I loved the Bengals helmet (still think it’s the best design) and my first SB was the 49ers/Bengals. Spts1, PokerSteve and Francis York Morgan 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
octoslash 18,081 Posted September 17, 2019 Share Posted September 17, 2019 Spts1, JayOzOne and Flyin' In DC 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SavvyFalcon89 4,588 Posted September 17, 2019 Share Posted September 17, 2019 I'll give you a bonus one..my favorite Falcons player, Jessie Tuggle My Non-Falcon player This man was a beast Spts1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Spts1 6,605 Posted September 17, 2019 Author Share Posted September 17, 2019 (edited) 23 hours ago, Boise Falcon Fan said: Bartkowski - Still my favorite Falcon's player. " Buckhead Bart " was the Falcon's answer to Namath. Bart had very similar mechanics to Joe. He didn't have the swag but Bart could sling it with the best of them... UPDATE: Its " Peachtree Bart ", my bad... Edited September 18, 2019 by slickgadawg PokerSteve, papachaz, NCFalconfan and 3 others 6 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Spts1 6,605 Posted September 17, 2019 Author Share Posted September 17, 2019 9 minutes ago, octoslash said: Namath was my first favorite player, the Dolphins my first favorite team before I found out who the Falcons were... octoslash and MissouriFalcon49 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ki46dinah 1,946 Posted September 17, 2019 Share Posted September 17, 2019 Tim Dwight Warrick Dunn Spts1, PokerSteve, Boise Falcon Fan and 1 other 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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Flyin' In DC 2,086 Posted September 17, 2019 Share Posted September 17, 2019 28 minutes ago, Francis York Morgan said: Weird one maybe, but for me it was Terance Mathis. He's the reason I'm a Falcons fan. Loved the red and black as a kid, then I saw him against the 49ers in 98 and the rest is history. Vick sealed my fate. I actually went to High School with Terence(he's a year younger). Really good guy Spts1, BadMoonRising, Francis York Morgan and 2 others 5 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
blackredfellow 2,040 Posted September 17, 2019 Share Posted September 17, 2019 22 minutes ago, Francis York Morgan said: Weird one maybe, but for me it was Terance Mathis. He's the reason I'm a Falcons fan. Loved the red and black as a kid, then I saw him against the 49ers in 98 and the rest is history. Vick sealed my fate. That's fantastic! Mathis is def top 5 for me. I still remember the game he scored the game winning touchdown against the 49ers, which put us in the playoffs in '95. I remember that was the first time I lost my mind for a Falcons game (I'd been a fan since '89 but there weren't many cheerable moments like that). Quote Link to post Share on other sites
V-Town Falcon 380 Posted September 17, 2019 Share Posted September 17, 2019 Jamal Anderson. Everybody doing the dirty bird dance that year we made a run to the Super Bowl. VTCrunkler, Boise Falcon Fan, Dr Long Shot and 1 other 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Smiler11 6,142 Posted September 17, 2019 Share Posted September 17, 2019 Randy Moss DogIsYourName, Spts1 and Boise Falcon Fan 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
thanat0s 3,648 Posted September 17, 2019 Share Posted September 17, 2019 First? Well Steve Bartkowski, of course. Spts1, marvinthemartian, Boise Falcon Fan and 1 other 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Spts1 6,605 Posted September 17, 2019 Author Share Posted September 17, 2019 5 minutes ago, V-Town Falcon said: Jamal Anderson. Everybody doing the dirty bird dance that year we made a run to the Super Bowl. Come on man, gifs, gifs... V-Town Falcon, Francis York Morgan and VTCrunkler 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ovie_Lover 29,399 Posted September 17, 2019 Share Posted September 17, 2019 408Falcon and Spts1 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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pa_falcon_fan 1,907 Posted September 17, 2019 Share Posted September 17, 2019 Dan Marino .. my dad was a Dolphins fan when I was a kid so I watched a lot of his games. When I decided I was a Falcons fan in the late 80s (age 12), Jessie Tuggle quickly became my favorite. Francis York Morgan and DonOfThemBirds 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DonOfThemBirds 17,589 Posted September 17, 2019 Share Posted September 17, 2019 1 minute ago, pa_falcon_fan said: Dan Marino .. my dad was a Dolphins fan when I was a kid so I watched a lot of his games. When I decided I was a Falcons fan in the late 80s (age 12), Jessie Tuggle quickly became my favorite. I also was a huge Marino fan. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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