Atlanta Falcons

Enjoyed my first NFL game against The Vikings. Front row season ticket seats on the 10 yard line!!! The food choices were numerous. I chose a taco salad (the fried shell bowls are one of my weaknesses). It was great! I asked for dbl meat and rec’d with no charge. There was really no need bc the amounts are plentiful. My sister had chicken and waffles. The syrup/​butter dip was AMAZING. Happy… Happy.

Georgia dome is awesome. First visit, in town for football game. Redskins v Falcons. While we had good seats (section 111) it really looks like there isn’t a bad seat in the house. Even the «nose bleed» seats appeared to still give good views. Good variety of food vendors, overall helpful staff. Over time game and while the outcome wasn’t in my teams favor, really had a good time. One and only complaint is leaving can be chaotic. So many people all trying to get out at once, but no incidents and over all the fans do a great job of understanding it’s a process no need to be rude or difficult. Good times!

Atlanta Falcons «Rise Up». NFC South Division.
Unilocal Challenge ⁵⁵⁄₁₀₀.
Oh you guys came so close a few years ago. Navarro Bowman ended your season. Since then what the hell happened in the past two years?
This team definitely needs to rise up, in fact the whole NFC South needs to get better. Last year the south division was the joke of the NFL.
I hear Vick is a free agent, you guys should bring him back, It wouldn’t hurt. For fun you guys should bring back the Run N Shoot. The old Jerry Glanville and June Jones days.
The Falcons really need a lot of help, start cutting your losses now. Free up some cap space and give your new head coach a chance.
Vincent D aka VD aka Vebola aka Vincent Vega.
Always, Enjoying the simple things in life.

Someone once told me to get a Falcon clue. So I did. I read up on the Falcons and found out that fans are called the Falconers, and their mothers are called Motherfalconers. If I was a mother, I would definitely want to be a real motherfalconer. But I’m not, and I don’t have a Falcon hope in hell of ever Falcon being one.
First-​Hand Experience: I’ve seen the Falcons beat the Panthers away, and lose to the Texans at home. Both times were really awesome. I love the fans inside the Georgia Dome but I don’t really love the team. Matt Ryan doesn’t inspire me, Julio Jones is great but not as great as people say, and honestly they haven’t been exciting since Vick, although Gonzalez was an amazing addition. Wish he’d stayed at my Chiefs. I do love the city of Atlanta and respect this team a lot having seen them in person twice, so I’ll give them a 3.
Now that I’ve seen every NFL team play live & been to every NFL stadium (current and former), time to review them on Unilocal!I love stadiums! I’ve been to every cool stadium in the UK & North America, due to my obsession with travel & sport. I’ve toured America as a musician for 7 years. In that time, I’ve seen sports games at (or visited when empty, or both) almost every major stadium in US and Canada. I have pictures of most which I’ll upload at some point. Also, on future travels, I plan to take new pix, and add more stadia! Watch this space!
***back to regular review***
I have very indifferent feelings about the Falcons. With Mike Vick, I loved them, but that didn’t work. I think Falcons fans are a little fickle sometimes, but Atlanta is a young city and maybe that sometimes lends itself to fairweather support.
Whatever the case, it hasn’t been a team that has inspired a lot of excitement. A few great talents but it’s never blown me away. And Gonzalez should have stayed with the Chiefs and should still be playing now, for Andy Reid.
Anyway, a pretty average rating for a pretty average team, I have nothing against them.
If you’re hungry in Atlanta, get a Gyro from Nick’s Food To Go and a burger from The Vortex. I’ve heard a lot of good things about the Ghetto Burger at Ann’s, and a few other things, but I can neither confirm or deny the rumours.
Also try the Fish Tacos at El Rey De Taco in NE Atlanta, and some Crawfish from the nearby Crawfish Shack on Buford Hwy.
I know some of you hardcore fans will be sad I only gave the team a ³⁄₅ but I don’t give a Falc.

More taxes in Fulton county for the residents to pay. Win the damn Super Bowl you overpaid fools!!!

So I have been trying to decide how to rate a franchise that in 40+ years has been based on nothing but failure. Granted they have a few decent seasons, but in the end you can understand why they went over 40 years without back to back winning seasons. They are the king of the ‘one trick pony’ style of football. Want a balanced offense? Try some of those other teams with long records of winning, the birds just throw the ball every down, then when the WRs get hurt, it’s back to 4 – 12 seasons. Don’t ever try to develop a running game until they are starting all the 2^nd stringers. This is a franchise that paid Mike Vick tens of millions, then did not really even expect him to watch and study game film.
Q) What do the Atlanta Falcons and Billy Graham have in common?
A) Both can make a 70,000 seat stadium leap to it’s feet and scream Jesus Christ!
Want to see professional teams play? Buy some Braves tickets.

The atmosphere was crazy. It was my pro NFL game and I had a blast.

The Falcons are going to be great this year. They have done tons to improve the offense and the defense. Look for them to win the NFC South and likely be contenders to win the NFC.
This is the year that Matt Ryan finally makes the leap to Elite QB in the NFL.

The Falcons may not be the greatest NFL team of all time, and the fans aren’t all in the way they are in other cities, but they’re ours and we need to embrace them. The whole reason Atlanta isn’t a good sports town is because people sit around saying «Atlanta isn’t a good sports town.» Change starts with you, folks!
I’m a new season ticket holder this year, and am super excited to see them continue to improve. The preseason gave me a good taste of what’s in store. I have a lot of fun at every game!

It’s really hard to put a review past 3 stars when you don’t win the chip. For the most part as of lately, the team has been aighhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhtttt. Good regular season team but missing a few pieces to put them over the top. Historically, the franchise has had its ups and downs. From the Bartkowski years up until with Ryan, Neon Deion & Vick in between… An average franchise with average fans. What more can you say!
Grade: C

*sigh*

I loved the Georgia Dome, the Falcons game, and everything in between. This was my first NFL game and thought it was really entertaining. Also, I went to a great game against Tampa Bay and they WON!
The beers were cheaper than those at a Fenway game, a Pats game, or even a Celtics game (are you getting the drift that I am from Boston or something?!). The Falcons are a GREAT team and always underrated…
Coy Wire is from where I grew up in PA, Brent Grimes played ball at Ship, and a good friend of mine knows Matt Ryan well. Its a crazy small world but these guys have serious potential that is overlooked by such publized teams as the Pats and Jets. Its a shame!
Anyway, thanks Falcons for making me a superfan!

I *heart* the Falcons! I didn’t even think about reviewing them until I saw that someone had reviewed the Braves.
I am a die hard Falcons fan that has been through it all with this franchise. Sure, management has made some idiotic decisions (like Mike Vick) but finally the Falcons are on their way to being a great, respectable club. Matt Ryan is what Atlanta has been needing for a long time. I’m glad the club has purged the thugs and bad attitudes replacing them with seemingly good guys who care about the sport and the team as a whole. I say «seemingly» because you never really know what goes on behind closed doors. Mike Vick had a lot of people fooled but not me, I knew he was trouble from the beginning. Hope that works out for you Philly.
One thing that is pretty neat about the Falcons is the game day experience is really family oriented. In some cities its just all about the men going to games and getting sloshed up and talking shit. Sure there is some shit talking at Falcons games but you’ll find many kids and women at the games too. Falcons landing is a really neat experience for kids and adults. I also appreciate the climate controlled nature of the Dome.

Another one of these NFL franchises that seems so bland. They’ve had their moments but despite the excitement of Michael Vick on the field, off it he was, of course, an embarrassment. Luckily Matt Ryan looks like a keeper.
Having said that this team lacks an identity and it’s been in the NFL since 1966! Even their lone Super Bowl appearance was tainted by Eugene Robinson soliciting and undercover cop. Sort of sums it up.

It seems fitting that my 200^th review cover one of the most popular sports teams in Atlanta. Especially now that Mike Vick has finally been indicted by the Federal Government on charges of having a connection and contribution to illegal dogfighting.
The Atlanta Falcon’s history of victories in the NFL is not something that any of the owners and coaches of the past and present should ever gloat or brag about. Back in the days of «Neon Deion» our team had several seasons where there were only one or two wins on their record. The team was a joke those seasons, and the best part about going to a game at the Dome was never the game itself, but the fat guy from 96 rock that would dance during half-​time.
When they acquired Mike Vick it initially seemed like the Falcons losing record past would forever remain a distant memory because of the sensational play maker ability in that existed in our coveted quarterback. Instead of carrying the Falcons to the promise land of a Super Bowl win, Mike Vick has guided the falcons to only two playoff game appearances in his 6 years of playing for the team. While this may be a somewhat great achievement, it becomes an inadequate performance expectancy when you consider the fact that Vick is the highest paid athlete in the NFL.
With the love hate relationship between Vick and the fans of Atlanta set aside, I think it is necessary to address the specific qualities of the fan base surrounding the Atlanta Falcons. While there are many die hard Falcons fans in the city of Atlanta, there are just as many «fair weather» fans that only cheer for the team when they are winning. The Falcons are not alone when it comes to a majority of their fans being strictly «fair weather.» The Braves, Hawks and Thrashers also know all to well how dismissive the Atlanta fans can be when the chips are down.
It is going to take one hell of a staff change to get the Falcons back on track. I honestly hope that Vick is suspended by the NFL and kicked off the Falcons. After they get rid of the disease that Vick has become to Atlanta, the Falcons can rebuild and get a QB that has a decent amount of intelligence and can keep himself out of trouble. The QB is supposed to be the team leader. How is Vick going to lead others when he flicks off the fans after a game and follows that up with a slew of off the field issues?

In 40 years of play, the Falcons have never had back to back winning seasons. Let that sink in…40 years… not talking about playoff appearances, just winning seasons in a row. It’s almost mind boggling to me. Even some of the worst franchises in all sports don’t have that albatross hanging around their necks.
The Falcons are back to being a huge draw in Atlanta, but are still pretty frustrating for their fans. If there’s one consistent thing about the Falcons, it’s that they are always inconsistent.