Question from a falcons fan, why do you guys hate our fanbase?

[Panthro]

I hate all things Atlanta...hating your teams are just an added bonus

[Rock_Steady]

I hate the falcons, and the fact anyone could support that team makes you all seem like idiots. Now go away.

[KingsoftheSouth]

I hate the falcons, and the fact anyone could support that team makes you all seem like idiots. Now go away.

a team that holds a 17-11 all time record over the panthers? wow if we are idiots for supporting a supperior team since the panthers have came into the league then what does that make you guys? genius? the fact that you guys had a shot at a superbowl this season, when you finished 1 game ahead of us in the division, and got beat by us, and we are a rebuilding team!, makes you guys look like idiots. no offense.

[KingsoftheSouth]

I hate all things Atlanta...hating your teams are just an added bonus

envy of a far better city, entertainment wise, football wise, baseball wise bascketball wise and employment wise is a terrible thing, you really shouldnt hate.

[SCP]

I hate all things Atlanta...hating your teams are just an added bonus

The Varsity has some good grub. Other than that, everything about Atlanta sucks.

[KingsoftheSouth]

The Varsity has some good grub. Other than that, everything about Atlanta sucks.

well i cant really think of anything in N.C worth mentioning so that state obviously sucks. South carolina though rocks, charleston is a great vacation spot.

[ashehudson]

It's the fact that you guys are our rivals.... We are in the same division, closest team to us, and Michael Vick beat us more then we beat him. I hate everyone in the NFC-South, trust me, but the ATL gets the most hate out of the three.

[top dawg]

a team that holds a 17-11 all time record over the panthers? wow if we are idiots for supporting a supperior team since the panthers have came into the league then what does that make you guys? genius? the fact that you guys had a shot at a superbowl this season, when you finished 1 game ahead of us in the division, and got beat by us, and we are a rebuilding team!, makes you guys look like idiots. no offense.

I wouldn't exactly say that the Falcons are a superior team. You have to look at the overall body of work, not just the record of an inter division rivalry. Even more, I am sure that that particular stat became skewed when Vick was your QB, because we all know that he used to terrorize the Panthers. Vick is gone now, and we should be beating you guys with a lot more regularity.

On an off note, it doesn't make the Falcons organization look like it's chock full of geniuses just because they landed Matt Ryan due to Vick's stupidity.

[KingsoftheSouth]

It's the fact that you guys are our rivals.... We are in the same division, closest team to us, and Michael Vick beat us more then we beat him. I hate everyone in the NFC-South, trust me, but the ATL gets the most hate out of the three.

well to be honest you guys do not have a winning record agianst any of our qb's since 1995 so spread the hate around to chris chandler matt ryan and vick.

[KingsoftheSouth]

I wouldn't exactly say that the Falcons are a superior team. You have to look at the overall body of work, not just the record of an inter division rivalry. Even more, I am sure that that particular stat became skewed when Vick was your QB, because we all know that he used to terrorize the Panthers. Vick is gone now, and we should be beating you guys with a lot more regularity.

On an off note, it doesn't make the Falcons organization look like it's chock full of geniuses just because they landed Matt Ryan due to Vick's stupidity.

no what makes the falcons look like genuis is, ,drafting the rookie of the yearsigning the runner up in MVP voting year, hiring the coach of the year, bringing in a GM that was the new enngland patriots scout director and a big part of their success over the lasst decade, need i say more? and ryan>>>vick, ryans completion percentage 61.2 vicks 52.3 ryan 87 passer rating, vick 75 if you think vick beat you down wait till you see what ryan does.

[KingsoftheSouth]

no what makes the falcons look like genuis is, ,drafting the rookie of the yearsigning the runner up in MVP voting year, hiring the coach of the year, bringing in a GM that was the new enngland patriots scout director and a big part of their success over the lasst decade, need i say more? and ryan>>>vick, ryans completion percentage 61.2 vicks 52.3 ryan 87 passer rating, vick 75 if you think vick beat you down wait till you see what ryan does.

it doesnt make the carolina panthers look to bright either to take this long to realise jake delhomme sucks but are so smart that they are going to start him in the 2009 season, with out a qb competition and hope that things pan out

[ashehudson]

well to be honest you guys do not have a winning record agianst any of our qb's since 1995 so spread the hate around to chris chandler matt ryan and vick.

50% vs Matt Ryan and I hate Chris Chandler too, just not the same level of hate I have for Michael Vick.

I also dislike the Falcons' fans little jabs in threads when they are asking why we hate their fan base.

I also hate how people in Atlanta call it "Hotlanta".

In fact, I hate the grammar a majority of the Falcons' fans use, but the same goes for most of football fans in general.

[The NFL Shield At Midfield]

You can pretty much see why in this thread. All you got were direct, honest answers to your questions and you instantly started firing off about the overall head to head record, espousing how much better Atlanta is than Charlotte, and jerking off Matt Ryan.

Over the years, I've noticed that the Falcons fans have trouble sticking to football. The conversation just about always switches over to how Atlanta is a faster, more happening city than Charlotte and how we sit on our front porches at dusk and play banjos. Whatever. The fact that Atlanta is the self-appointed capital of the south has nothing to do with the rivalry.

[Mesmer]

it doesnt make the carolina panthers look to bright either to take this long to realise jake delhomme sucks but are so smart that they are going to start him in the 2009 season, with out a qb competition and hope that things pan out

Posts like this are generally good reason of why we don't respect you.

I, for one, hate the city of Atlanta. All of their sports teams annoy me. Their city, in my eyes, is just a bigger, dirtier version of Charlotte. Why anyone would want to live there, I don't know. That's not really the topic of discussion here, though.

Call me an asshole. I don't care. I don't think I could possibly ever root for any team from Atlanta.

Matt Ryan surprised a lot of people this season, including Falcons fans. You can say you knew he was going to be awesome, but you'd be lying. And so would most of their front office. Nobody knew he was going to be good, or even remotely decent. Taking him was a risk that they had to take. Without a high profile pick like Ryan, they'd never have a chance at removing the stench that Vick left when he went to prison.

The real test to see if the Falcons have really turned a corner will be this next season. Every team has their time in the sun. It's the teams that can sustain it over a few years that really prove their worth. Hell, even the Browns looked pretty good last season.