Anderson back with Falcons; Leftwich maybe,too.
 

see link for more but I had hoped Saints would have signed Leftwich but guess not. and now our old buddy Morten comes back. Hmm,... good for him though, just wished it was with us, but oh well. We stick with Olindo (not ORLANDO as Bobby says) for now.

ESPN - Falcons turn to Andersen, consider signing Leftwich - NFL

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Morten Anderson is 47 years old and still kicking 50yd field goals, ya gotta salute that.

Re: Anderson back with Falcons; Leftwich maybe,too.
 

People want Carney gone, so he is gone. Now they don't want Mare. Then they wanted Fred Thomas gone, now they want him back as a starter. Make up your minds.

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Anderson was good (scratch that) great for us. At times that's all we had => 5 Anderson field goals and we'd win 15-14. He put his foot in our butts everytime we met him in a Falcons uniform. I hope he can kick it until he's 60.

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Morten was great, especially under the conservative Mora, who ran 3 times any time we reached the 35.

He is not kicking anywhere near 50 yards. He was way short against Pittsburgh last year with the game on the line

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Morten kicked 13 feild goals for the Atlanta coaches monday and made them all, including a 50 yarder.

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Morton was the best kicker of all time and is a class act. Good for him that he's still competetive. As for Leftwich, I don't appreciate his skills as much as I do his heart. The Falcons need something as an alternative to Harrington and unfortunately Lefty is not much better.

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I hate to say it but I was hoping Payton was kinda picking up the phone to get Anderson back on our team. Could you imagine what the dome would sound like when he lines up for a field goal?

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I thought I was the only one here thinking about what you just said in your post...
I strongly feel though he'll retire as a Saint and not a Falcon

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OK, Guys. His name is AndersEn, with an "E". Worst mistake in Saints history to let him go.

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Maybe I missed that one, but who was crying for Toast to return as a starter? I'd say that guy needs to step away from the moonshine for a while...

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I'm surprised by how far his stock has fallen, but the birds have a QB guru on staff. I would've liked a shot at Leftwich, after Carr.

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Shoooot...They need to sign AB. He's got Leftwich's arm and can actually move. Plus, he's Vick's cousin so they won't miss Vick so bad with him at QB.

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Fred was not THAT bad. He guarded against TO with a broke hand, and shut him down - 1 TD. Fred may not be the best but Jason David just sucks.

Yes, I would take Fred over Burnt Toast any day.

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Andersen is a great guy and a great player, and I hope he goes into the HOF as a Saint.

Bottom line though, he doesn't have the leg anymore, forcing a team to carry an extra kicker or have a punter who can kickoff. His long last year was 45 yards, and the Birds other kicker was put in for long field goals.

I was all for getting Leftwich, if just to spite ATL. My guess he is starting week 9, after the bye

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Yeah, Andersen does not have that leg he once had. Still very accurate 40 yards and under. I think he is still a good pickup for a team with kicking needs. Atlanta is very fortunate to have him back. Yes, he does create a need to either carry another specialist to kickoff if the punter is unable to play that roll. But, I thing I will say. Mare does have that great leg on kickoffs, but most of his kicks into the end zone are still returnable. Maybe kicking to the 5 or 10 is not that bad if the special teams can still keep a guy behind the 30 yard line, providing he is accurate inside of 40 yards. FG attempts outside of 40 yards do not need to be attempted if the punter can pin a team inside the 10. Oh well, whatever...

On another note, I think during the by-week the Saints may bring in a kicker or two, if nothing else to send a message to Mare. We will see...

My guess is Leftwich will start for Atlanta in about 2 or 3 weeks. The only reason he was signed by Atlanta is Harrington is not getting it done at all.

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I think that andersen is a pretty good pick up for atlanta being that he hardly ever misses... but he does not have much of a leg any more considering his age....... But I think that Leftwich has a 50/50 chance of being good in atlanta..... i would say that he is goin to start in the next few weeks.... but he is a true pocket passer not a fast scarambleing QB like there o-line is use to with micheal vick and i dont know if they are going to beable to protect him enough so that he can stay health and get the job done... and he does not have to many wepons to pass the ball too. But he has to be alot better than Joey harrrington.........