Once-downtrodden Falcons now among NFL's best
 

Please tell me us Saints fans weren't this pathetic when we finally became a winning team!!

ATLANTA — During their dismal first season, the Atlanta Falcons' mascot - a real bird - apparently decided he had seen enough bad football.

So, he picked up and left. Just flew away.

For the better part of the next four decades, plenty of Atlantans probably wished they could've followed the lead of that prescient falcon in 1966. This was the home of a team that always found a way to quickly snuff out whatever hope it had.

The franchise's only trip to the Super Bowl? That was ruined by the arrest of perhaps its most respected player the night before the big game. The Michael Vick era? That crashed and burned when it was discovered the one-of-a-kind quarterback had another passion - dogfighting.

Well, look at the Falcons now.

They have put together four straight winning seasons and are well on their way to a fifth, joining Houston as the only teams that are still unbeaten five weeks into the season. Since the beginning of 2008, the Falcons have won 48 out of 69 games. Only the New England Patriots have won more during that span.

No one could have imagined the Falcons ever becoming a model franchise.

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Re: Once-downtrodden Falcons now among NFL's best
 

You guys were worse.

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What is the difference between the Atlanta Falcons and a junk car?

A junk car has a title!!

Re: Once-downtrodden Falcons now among NFL's best
 

Probably.

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Fairweather fans. Has anyone else noticed that it took the Saints being out of contention due to certain circumstances for the Falcons fans to all of the sudden care so much about their team?! I mean, forgive me if I'm wrong (and don't bother because I'm not) but the Falcons have had terrific seasons the last few years and their fans apparently didn't care. Their start to this season isn't much different than they've had lately but when they don't have the Saints battling them for the top spot then their fans care lol.

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Our all-time winning% is a bit lower than theirs.

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I've always cared. Who are you to tell me that I never cared about my team before 08?

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After bountygate, the Saints' title is worth about as much as a 2 dollar bill.

$2 more more than you got

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Ryan will be there second leading rusher once Turner is suspended.