Atlanta's Gonzalez upset after allowing rare sack
 

FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. (AP) -- Tony Gonzalez is still bitterly disappointed in himself for allowing a sack for the first time since 1999.

The 13-time Pro Bowl tight end said Thursday that ''it was laziness on my part,'' ''embarrassing'' and ''inexcusable'' when Saints linebacker Junior Galette to sack Atlanta quarterback Matt Ryan for a 10-yard loss late in the second quarter of last week's loss at New Orleans.


''I was thinking, 'He's way out there (on the edge), and there's no way he can get to the quarterback,'' Gonzalez said. ''Matt's going to throw it by then, and I just had a slow, lazy kick instead of kicking it back there and getting aggressive with it like I should have, like I've always done.''

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Re: Atlanta's Gonzalez upset after allowing rare sack
 

Should have called it a day after last season like he said he would. Now he's going to end up retiring after an incredibly disappointing Falcons season.

Re: Atlanta's Gonzalez upset after allowing rare sack
 

Long and Quinn are going to eat that O-Line alive...

Re: Atlanta's Gonzalez upset after allowing rare sack
 

Whoops. He is learning how to choke from the masters. Smith & Ryan.

Re: Atlanta's Gonzalez upset after allowing rare sack
 

Tony's is a great player. Hey, but even the great one's have bad days.

Re: Atlanta's Gonzalez upset after allowing rare sack
 

Did he just subtly suggest, in an offhand way, that Matt Ryan holds on to the ball too long? :lol:.

Re: Atlanta's Gonzalez upset after allowing rare sack
 

That is what happens when you skip camp and preseason Tony.

You decide to retire which means some time in the last year or two your heart wasn't in it, you don't make camp or preseason so your rusty.... No one is that good. Rust hits everyone and when the heart leaves, it's time to hang it up.

Re: Atlanta's Gonzalez upset after allowing rare sack
 

Or Gallett is faster than expected :)

Re: Atlanta's Gonzalez upset after allowing rare sack
 

Or both... :razz:

Re: Atlanta's Gonzalez upset after allowing rare sack
 

Or Gallett is faster than expected. You speak the truth.