Funny Personal Rich McKay Story

[FalconTough]

I was in Atlanta with my dad for our Week 3 matchup against the Saints in 2018. 

We arrived at the stadium early and went to the Home Depot tailgating area to have some Bud Lights and get ready for the game. We were confident we were going to beat the Aint's.

There were a few ex-Falcons in the area we were in - I remember seeing Finneran, and a few others that I'm blanking on now.

Then we saw Rich McKay walking by us. We gave him a thumbs up and a simple "Hi Rich".

His response:

"Don't be scared, guys! Okay? Don't be scared!"

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We weren't. Until then. That was straight up projection by the man lol. I truly believe that energy he put out in the world is what gave Drew Brees the power to pull off a g-**** spin move on our defense to win the game.

Morale of the story, if someone says "don't be scared", they're probably scared.

Edited April 29, 2020 by FalconTough

[NOVAFalconFan]

Wish you’d seen Bonecrusher that day instead, then.

[Falcons_Frenzy]

I think he was saying things can never be worse than the 28-3 debacle. Don't be scared it can't get any worse than that right?

[kschreck]

So.....don't be scared, just embrace the suck?

[HASHBROWN3]

Or they were running low on bud light?

[UnrealfalcoN]

Yes it was Rich McKay's fault lol.

If you want to talk about putting negative energy out into the world, how about the pessimistic *** falcons fans always expecting the worse.

[g-dawg]

Cool story bro.

[FalconTough]

17 minutes ago, g-dawg said:

Cool story bro.

I'm bored in quarantine, gimme a break here lol.

[NOVAFalconFan]

By way of contrast, my family and I went to the last regular season game at the Georgia Dome in 2016 against the Saints.  Before the game, we were hanging around the little park outside doing the football throw games, etc.  My son was seven and went to the facepaint place, but he sneezed and got paint in his eyes.  He started screaming, my wife started screaming...I was looking for a bottle of water or something to pour on his face, when I suddenly heard a voice that sounded like a mountain of velvet, calming but with a warming power like blankets that just came out of the dryer, and it said, “Peace be unto you, child....let he who has eyes, see.”  Instantly, my son stopped screaming.  He slowly pulled his hands off of his face, and he could see again!  I turned around and saw Tony Martin standing there!

I said, “Oh my God, thank you Tony Martin!”  And he said, “Where I am needed, always shall I be,” with a broad smile.

I asked him, “How do you think we’re going to do today?” And he said, “I see glory today, and glories to come...but then the future becomes cloudy.”

And like that, he was gone.

[FalconTough]

4 minutes ago, NOVAFalconFan said:

By way of contrast, my family and I went to the last regular season game at the Georgia Dome in 2016 against the Saints.  Before the game, we were hanging around the little park outside doing the football throw games, etc.  My son was seven and went to the facepaint place, but he sneezed and got paint in his eyes.  He started screaming, my wife started screaming...I was looking for a bottle of water or something to pour on his face, when I suddenly heard a voice that sounded like a mountain of velvet, calming but with a warming power like blankets that just came out of the dryer, and it said, “Peace be unto you, child....let he who has eyes, see.”  Instantly, my son stopped screaming.  He slowly pulled his hands off of his face, and he could see again!  I turned around and saw Tony Martin standing there!

I said, “Oh my God, thank you Tony Martin!”  And he said, “Where I am needed, always shall I be,” with a broad smile.

I asked him, “How do you think we’re going to do today?” And he said, “I see glory today, and glories to come...but then the future becomes cloudy.”

And like that, he was gone.

This is amazing 

[papachaz]

1 hour ago, NOVAFalconFan said:

By way of contrast, my family and I went to the last regular season game at the Georgia Dome in 2016 against the Saints.  Before the game, we were hanging around the little park outside doing the football throw games, etc.  My son was seven and went to the facepaint place, but he sneezed and got paint in his eyes.  He started screaming, my wife started screaming...I was looking for a bottle of water or something to pour on his face, when I suddenly heard a voice that sounded like a mountain of velvet, calming but with a warming power like blankets that just came out of the dryer, and it said, “Peace be unto you, child....let he who has eyes, see.”  Instantly, my son stopped screaming.  He slowly pulled his hands off of his face, and he could see again!  I turned around and saw Tony Martin standing there!

I said, “Oh my God, thank you Tony Martin!”  And he said, “Where I am needed, always shall I be,” with a broad smile.

I asked him, “How do you think we’re going to do today?” And he said, “I see glory today, and glories to come...but then the future becomes cloudy.”

And like that, he was gone.

[Captain Insano]

I met McKay once walking around before a game. I was surprised no one knew who he was so me being the “obnoxious fan” I went up and asked for a picture. He was nice as could be but wouldn’t stop trying to get me to buy season tickets. I told him if they had anymore high paying jobs like his in the organization that I could have then I would think about it.

[Mister pudding]

Maybe he was talking about male pattern baldness. Are you and your dad a little thin up there with a receding horseshoe pattern? Perhaps he just wanted you to embrace the baldness and you too can be successful like him

[Moist Words]

4 hours ago, NOVAFalconFan said:

By way of contrast, my family and I went to the last regular season game at the Georgia Dome in 2016 against the Saints.  Before the game, we were hanging around the little park outside doing the football throw games, etc.  My son was seven and went to the facepaint place, but he sneezed and got paint in his eyes.  He started screaming, my wife started screaming...I was looking for a bottle of water or something to pour on his face, when I suddenly heard a voice that sounded like a mountain of velvet, calming but with a warming power like blankets that just came out of the dryer, and it said, “Peace be unto you, child....let he who has eyes, see.”  Instantly, my son stopped screaming.  He slowly pulled his hands off of his face, and he could see again!  I turned around and saw Tony Martin standing there!

I said, “Oh my God, thank you Tony Martin!”  And he said, “Where I am needed, always shall I be,” with a broad smile.

I asked him, “How do you think we’re going to do today?” And he said, “I see glory today, and glories to come...but then the future becomes cloudy.”

And like that, he was gone.

This is severely underrated.

[roguebeaver]

Never cared much for this dude! Think he suckles up to good ole Roger to much!