Falcons name rookie Matt Ryan as starting QB

[Tyrone Bigguns]

Or is your position that it requires no greater effort to play against more talented players?

No greater effort.

Have you ever participated in a sport before? In a competitive manner anyway?

Yes. But, again, to compare myself or anyone else to the best of the best is foolish. And, what separates most isn't the athletic..it is the mental. Perhaps that is why you aren't in the pros.

LT and Gates 40 time isn't dramatically better than anybody else. Neither on is a freak. If speed, etc was the factor..then why isn't moss running free each time. Plenty of faster players than those two.

Every team in the NFL has a back that is capable of putting up numbers. How is that possible if they aren't superior.

So now Gates and Tomlinson are average players based on their 40 time? Good for them they're just average physically, but tough mentally. Partial should be joining them at FB in the next week.

I didn't say they were average players. I just said that what separated them from the pack wasn't speed.

LT has tremendous vision and takes great angles..which is always a plus. Has decent power..can run thru arm tackles. But, he doesn't have an explosive burst, he is quick. He is pretty tight in the hips..he isn't a shake and bake player.

Gates: he has great hands and knows how to use his body.

Partial: He is tough mentally?

[Zool]

I didn't say they were average players. I just said that what separated them from the pack wasn't speed.

LT has tremendous vision and takes great angles..which is always a plus. Has decent power..can run thru arm tackles. But, he doesn't have an explosive burst, he is quick. He is pretty tight in the hips..he isn't a shake and bake player.

Gates: he has great hands and knows how to use his body.

Partial: He is tough mentally?

He argues with you till the ends of the earth. He's either mentally tough or a sadist.

[Guiness]

Partial: He is tough mentally?

Of course he is. He once shut down Darren Charles in high school.

Or was that someone else

[Guiness]

I can't tell if you believe that, or are just being an argumentative ass. With you, either could be true

When you play against better players, it absolutely takes more out of you. Mentally and/or physically. Making a tackle and taking a guy down is less demanding and punishing than getting run over. And if you get juked, you gota turn around and chase the SOB. And both of those things are frustrating, leading to stress.

Which is why a D's facing our line and Green in 2003 looked like they'd been hit by a truck by the time the 4th quarter came around. Think those guys looked like that every week?

I would agree on a level like high school or even college. Sorry, not at the pros.

But, what you are saying is true about tackling/run over..but, LT isn't that type of back. And, skin didn't say that. Very few backs are running over people. And, again, that is also the effect of the line and the fullback.

Very few backs do run people over anymore. I don't think we've seen much of that since Christian 'The Nigerian Nightmare' Okoye was on the scene. But some backs do punish tacklers more than others. To pick one close to home, we all saw Green levitate an LB at the end of his run.

GB: Um, that is a team effort. Not an individual. You think those D's woulda looked the same with ahman on a crappy team with a crappy offense? Nope. Many factors go into that. Time of possesion, etc.

Right - but the original comment was 'tired from chasing LT and Gates around'. I'd take that to mean dealing with the Chargers as a whole (no one ever bothers to mention the line...). Skin was refering to the fact that Turner was not going to have the benefit of being on their team, and wouldn't be facing beat up D's.

[Partial]

Partial: He is tough mentally?

Of course he is. He once shut down Darren Charles in high school.

Or was that someone else

Most definitely not me. Charles has me by 7 inches and about 4 seconds in the 40. Yes, I run an 8.6

[Tarlam!]

Partial: He is tough mentally?

Of course he is. He once shut down Darren Charles in high school.

Or was that someone else

Most definitely not me. Charles has me by 7 inches and about 4 seconds in the 40. Yes, I run an 8.6

IIRC, that claim was made by Tank.

[mission]

Listen ---

I live in Atlanta and I hear it all the time:

Err'since Mike Vick, da Falcons aint eh'gon hav a black quaback 'gin ... da'Ryan beau'cu he white, u know!

[MOBB DEEP]

Listen ---

I live in Atlanta and I hear it all the time:

Err'since Mike Vick, da Falcons aint eh'gon hav a black quaback 'gin ... da'Ryan beau'cu he white, u know!

lol, do atliens really talk to YOU like that?