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Falcons' White: 'Super Bowl or bust' in '13

Wed, 10 Apr 2013 14:00:06 EDT

Roddy White said Wednesday that for the first time since he's been with the Atlanta Falcons, the upcoming season will be looked at as "Super Bowl or bust."

Congratulations, You Won A Playoff Game: Falcons-Seahawks In Seven GIFs

Sun, 13 Jan 2013 17:30:02 EST

Atlanta 30, Seattle 28: Seattle's all-pro shit stirrer, Richard Sherman, somehow manages to win this interaction that began with Roddy White burning the Seahawks defense for a 47-yard touchdown—Ohhh you got a touchdown, gooood for youuuu—even though the score put the Falcons up 20-0 in the second quarter. Things would improve dramatically for the Seahawks but it would not be enough. Atlanta hung on and will host San Francisco next week in the NFC Championship. More »

Falcons lead Lions 21-16 early in 4th quarter (Yahoo! Sports)

Sat, 22 Dec 2012 23:30:02 EST

DETROIT (AP) -- Matt Ryan threw three touchdown passes, two to Roddy White, and Atlanta's defense made some key plays to help the Falcons lead the Detroit Lions 21-16 early in the fourth quarter Saturday night.

Falcons lead Lions 21-6 at half (Yahoo! Sports)

Sat, 22 Dec 2012 22:30:01 EST

DETROIT (AP) -- Matt Ryan threw three touchdown passes, two to Roddy White, and their defensive teammates made some key plays to help the Atlanta Falcons take a 21-6 lead over the Detroit Lions at halftime Saturday night.

Falcons lead Lions 7-3 after 1st quarter (Yahoo! Sports)

Sat, 22 Dec 2012 22:00:05 EST

DETROIT (AP) -- Matt Ryan threw a 44-yard touchdown pass to Roddy White and their teammates on defense made some key plays to help the Atlanta Falcons lead the Detroit Lions 7-3 after the first quarter Saturday night.

Falcons have WR Roddy White active against Lions (Yahoo! Sports)

Sat, 22 Dec 2012 20:00:03 EST

DETROIT (AP) -- The Atlanta Falcons listed receiver Roddy White among their active players against the Detroit Lions.

The With Leather Fantasy Football Support Group: The Promised Land Awaits

Tue, 18 Dec 2012 16:00:03 EST

Chances are that as you read this you’re either setting your fantasy football lineup for your league’s championship game, or you’re curled up in the fetal position in a puddle of your own filth, wondering how it all went wrong. Out of five leagues, I’m prepping for two championship matches, so I ask not for any sympathy today, but instead, as always, offer my broad, hulking shoulders as a temple for which you can lean on. After all, I might be one of the few human beings on this planet who enjoys listening to people talk about their fantasy teams.As far as the MVPs and LVPs this week, there were plenty of pleasant surprises, as well as dependable performances from those players that we depend on the most. Oh, and there were plenty of guys who let us down as well, including Eli Manning, who may have two Super Bowl rings, but after the season he’s having, I wouldn’t be surprised if Archie and Peyton make him sit at the kids’ table for Christmas this year.So what the hell have the rest of you done for us lately, professional athlete millionaires?QBs Who Did What We Expected Them To: Drew Brees (37), Aaron Rodgers (30), Matt Ryan (28), Tom Brady (26), Ben Roethlisberger (23), Cam Newton (21)Not much of a surprise happening with this group. Chances are if you have one of these guys then you’re sitting pretty. Or maybe not. This season’s been a real bastard with surprises. I blame Roger Goodell.RBs Who Did What We Expected Them To: Adrian Peterson (27), Alfred Morris (20), Marshawn Lynch (18), Chris Johnson (18), CJ Spiller (16), Arian Foster (16)If the Minnesota Vikings make the playoffs, then Peterson is the league’s MVP. This shouldn’t even be up for debate. The NFL doesn’t make an award meaningful enough for what he has accomplished this season.Also, as Chris Johnson probably won quite a few people their matchups with his performance last night, which included a 94-yard touchdown run that was the longest in the NFL over the past six seasons, he also did it with the names of every Sandy Hook victim on his shoes and that was a nice gesture. I’m not as good with words as many other Internet writer peoples, but I gained a ton of respect for CJ2K last night.WRs Who Did What We Expected Them To: Andre Johnson (21), Julio Jones (20), Eric Decker (19)Chances are that if you lost this week, it’s because your top receivers let you down. Sure, the Top 3 WRs in fantasy scoring – Calvin Johnson, Brandon Marshall and AJ Green – each topped the 10-point mark (depending on your league’s scoring), but we’re depending on those guys to carry us right now. 10 or 11 points may not cut it.QBs Who Let Us Down: Josh Freeman (1), Eli Manning (2), Matt Stafford (3), Philip Rivers (6), Carson Palmer (7), Peyton Manning (11)This was a very fitting end to the massive letdown given to us by Stafford this season. But hey, he may pass for 5,000 yards again to become the first QB in league history to pass for 5,000 yards in consecutive seasons. DOOOOOOOOOOOON’T CAAAAAAAAAAAARE. I hope Drew Brees finishes with 5,000 yards and Stafford only ends up with 4,999 yards. Big ol’ jerk.RBs Who Let Us Down: Stevan Ridley (0), Ryan Matthews (2), Doug Martin (2), Ray Rice (3), Bryce Brown (4), David Wilson (6)The moral of this story is to never, ever, never ever ever ever put your faith in a young RB or an elite RB that may have been completely ruined by Cam Cameron’s horrible offense. And if you do put your faith in a rookie RB, make sure he’s as wonderful as Alfred Morris.WRs Who Let Us Down: Danario Alexander (0), Kenny Britt (0), Demaryius Thomas (1), Reggie Wayne (1), Victor Cruz (1), Roddy White (1), Torrey Smith (1), Larry Fitzgerald (2), Hakeem Nicks (4)I started Alexander in my four playoff matchups, and amazingly I won two despite his disappearing act. Back to the bench with you, you awful, wretched swine. (Side note: Thanks for the past four weeks, Danario.) Additionally…QBs Who Were Pleasant Surprises: Russell Wilson (41), Sam Bradford (33), Colin Kaepernick (32), Ryan Tannehill (25), Kirk Cousins (23)I really want to keep Wilson in the QBs that we expected to succeed category, but last week’s performance against Arizona makes me wary of trusting him. Also, if you somehow started Cousins in a fantasy playoff matchup, you need to drive to Bristol, Connecticut right now and just go sit at Matthew Berry’s desk and start doing his job.RBs Who Were Pleasant Surprises: Beanie Wells (24), Danny Woodhead (20), DeAngelo Williams (18), Mike Tolbert (18)This is like the Who’s Who of Week 11 waiver pickups. I’ll bet they all looked great sitting on a 4-10 team’s bench.WRs Who Were Pleasant Surprises: James Jones (24), Michael Crabtree (22), Brandon Lloyd (19), Leonard Hankerson (17)Congratulations to Jones for finding the end zone again after being covered in cob webs on my bench for the last seven weeks. (Side note: Thank you for the first six weeks of the season, Mr. Jones.)As always, share your wins or losses in the comments and I will be preparing milk and cookies in the corner.The post The With Leather Fantasy Football Support Group: The Promised Land Awaits appeared first on With Leather.

Roddy White starting for Falcons against Giants (Yahoo! Sports)

Sun, 16 Dec 2012 12:30:02 EST

ATLANTA (AP) -- Roddy White is starting for the Atlanta Falcons against the New York Giants after missing practice all week with a sore right knee.

The With Leather Fantasy Football Support Group: Good Lord, Seattle Seahawks!

Tue, 11 Dec 2012 15:00:02 EST

Chances are that this week was either your last shot at making your fantasy football league’s playoffs or it may have even been the first round for some of us, but either way it’s safe to say that the dependables did their thing and the risky guys probably didn’t. It was a relatively normal week across the board for the Big 3 positions, with the exception of a handful of “elite” or “bordering-on-elite” wide receivers who really crapped the bed.But the most fascinating game of the week from both a train wreck and/or fantasy standpoint was the Seattle Seahawks’ 58-0 absolute-clobbering of the Arizona Cardinals. Unless you had the Seahawks defense or Marshawn Lynch in this game, chances are you walked away scratching your head and wondering what the hell just happened. Obviously, there wasn’t a single Arizona player worth a damn (except maybe Rob Housler as a desperation TE *points to self*), but people counting on Russell Wilson, Sidney Rice or Golden Tate must have been PISSED.What a strange, strange game that was. And if you’re interested, you can watch the entire game in one quick video recap…QBs Who Did What We Expected Them To Do: Cam Newton (40), Tom Brady (35), Eli Manning (30), Ben Roethlisberger (28), Matt Ryan (23)Is anyone else worried about Matt Ryan? I’m talking about Atlanta Falcons fans, not just fantasy owners. He seems like he’s sputtering through these final weeks, and that’s pretty scary for a guy who already has a reputation for not coming through when it matters. However, don’t take that as me being a downer. I greatly appreciate his efforts this season. *crosses fingers, does that cross thingy*RBs Who Did What We Expected Them To Do: Marshawn Lynch (30), Adrian Peterson (28), Jamaal Charles (22), Darren Sproles (19), Ray Rice (19), Doug Martin (18), Trent Richardson (16), Alfred Morris (16)Again, amazingly, in a 58-0 complete blowout shutout shellacking, Lynch was the only player who had any significant value in the game. Other than that, after Peterson ran for 100 yards and 2 TD in the first quarter on Sunday, I truly believed he would have topped 2,000 yards on the season by the end of the fourth quarter. How he’s not being talked about as a league MVP just blows me away. Disclaimer: I haven’t actually listened to any MVP conversations, and I just felt like wagging my finger.Also, the best thing to ever happen to Rice is Cam Cameron being fired this week. Hallelujah!WRs Who Did What We Expected Them To Do: Mike Wallace (23), Brandon Marshall (22), Danario Alexander (20), Vincent Jackson (19), Victor Cruz (18), Roddy White (17), Jeremy Maclin (16)Does anyone else have the feeling that Alexander is going to have a dumb injury on the first play of this week’s game? Or is that just me because he’s been a godsend for me while Eric Decker has gone into hibernation? It’s probably just me.QBs Who Let Us Down: John Skelton (-8), Christian Ponder (1), Matt Schaub (7), Andrew Luck (9), Russell Wilson (10), Andy Dalton (12), Aaron Rodgers (13) Obviously, if you started John Skelton this week, it’s a pretty solid bet that you weren’t too concerned with that whole fantasy playoffs thing. I just included him because, geez man, -8 points. Imagine if that had been an actual QB on an actual team, and not just a future third-stringer on the Cardinals.RBs Who Let Us Down: Fred Jackson (0), Bryce Brown (0), Beanie Wells (1), Ahmad Bradshaw (3), CJ Spiller (4), Chris Johnson (5), Ryan Matthews (6), Michael Turner (7)I don’t know anyone who actually had Brown and was in the playoff hunt, as he was mostly a late season add by the worst teams in my leagues, but after his last two games, I’d imagine anyone who got an egg from him must have felt pretty lousy. So here’s a cute critter:WRs Who Let Us Down: Golden Tate (0), Larry Fitzgerald (0), Greg Jennings (2), Lance Moore (2), Torrey Smith (2), Sidney Rice (3), Miles Austin (4), AJ Green (4), Marques Colston (4), Wes Welker (5), Justin Blackmon (5), TY Hilton (5)Despite his improved play, I wouldn’t have been starting Tate anyway unless I was incredibly desperate. Green is my big concern here, because he dropped one easy TD against the Cowboys and had another good opportunity to score but couldn’t make that catch either. Maybe take a spa day, buddy.Also, #FREELARRYFITZGERALD is stronger than ever.(Via)QBs Who Were A Pleasant Surprise: Nick Foles (35), Philip Rivers (26), Jake Locker (17)I assume that if your team is playoff bound, you’re not starting any of these guys. Maybe Rivers, but as someone who dropped him in Week 6, I doubt it.RBs Who Were A Pleasant Surprise: David Wilson (22), Knowshon Moreno (21), DeAngelo Williams (16), Montell Owens (16)Remember when we used to expect this from Williams every week? This is kind of depressing.WRs Who Were A Pleasant Surprise: Anquan Boldin (19), Brandon Gibson (16), Jason Avant (13)Catch of the week right there.It’s pretty nice to see Boldin performing this well this late in the season. As for the other two, I’m pretty sure you can grab them off of waivers right now.As always, air your grievances and vent your frustrations in the comments. I have no complaints because I did very well, but I will not brag, as I am a compassionate man, here to lend a shoulder.The post The With Leather Fantasy Football Support Group: Good Lord, Seattle Seahawks! appeared first on With Leather.

The With Leather Fantasy Football Support Group: What The Hell Was That, Drew Brees?

Tue, 04 Dec 2012 13:00:05 EST

I’ve had a joke going with several friends over the past few weeks that Calvin Johnson has helped put the Madden Curse to rest, while we’re starting to see the emergence of an all new and much more powerful NFL demon – the Thursday Night Football QB Curse. Take this last TNF game, for instance. Atlanta Falcons QB Matt Ryan was just not-sh*tty enough with 165 yards and a TD to defeat the New Orleans Saints, who were led by Drew Brees’ 341 yards (good) and 5 INT (horrendous). Needless to say, by Friday morning, I already had several readers asking for this post.Excluding the Thanksgiving Thursday games, which featured strong performances from Matt Schaub, Tom Brady, Matt Stafford, Tony Romo and Robert Griffin III – hell, even Mark Sanchez wasn’t terrible – you had a double-decker turdburger from Ryan Tannehill and Ryan Fitzpatrick in Week 11, a Blaine Gabbert-esque performance from Blaine Gabbert and Andrew Luck (he did rush for 2 TD in his defense) in Week 10, and Matt Cassel and Philip Rivers derping it up in Week 9. In fact, aside from Josh Freeman in Week 8, Ben Roethlisberger in Week 6 and Joe Flacco in Week 4, Thursday night games have been mediocre-to-awful at best for fantasy QBs.I bring this up for two reasons – 1) Because Brees’ career low performance in Atlanta is almost definitely the fantasy performance that killed the most people’s chances this week; and 2) Because as someone who has Peyton Manning leading his team into the first round of the playoffs this week, I am terrified. But let’s go ahead and check out who we love and who we especially loathe this week, and share your own awful stories in the comments.(Via)QBs We Knew We Could Count On: Andrew Luck (36), Cam Newton (34), Peyton Manning (25), Matt Stafford (22)I guess I’m comfortable with Luck in this category now. He’s been close to spectacular in most of his games (save for the one played on Thursday). As for the rest, there were very few awesome performances from the guys we drafted early, which is very disappointing for this late in the season.I <3 this dude.RBs We Knew We Could Count On: Adrian Peterson (28), Trent Richardson (15), Marshawn Lynch (13), Stevan Ridley (13), CJ Spiller (13)I realize that Lynch, Ridley and Spiller have relatively low point totals, but those are the numbers that I would have basically expected from them. Like QBs, it wasn’t exactly a banner week for our elite RBs.WRs We Knew We Could Count On: Calvin Johnson (23), Dez Bryant (21), Demaryius Thomas (21), Steve Smith (18), Brandon Marshall (16), Wes Welker (16)A lot of WRs had great games this week, but a lot of WRs were awful. That seems to be par for the course this season. But Dez Bryant… man, that dude has me ticked off. Did you see his whole “I’m just getting warmed up” routine? Where was that in Week 1? Forget fantasy numbers and him helping to sink my auction league team, I guarantee that’s a question that Dallas Cowboys fans are asking.QBs Who Broke Our Hearts: Drew Brees (3), Matt Ryan (12), Tom Brady (13), Aaron Rodgers (16)Obviously, I feel no sorrow for anyone who gets double digits out of any player on their team. But we also expect more from Brady and Rodgers. I certainly expect more from Ryan, as his poor performances over the past few weeks have basically tanked my keeper team, as I hang on to the final playoff spot. I can’t wait til he’s benched for rest, too."Shhhhhhhhhh, it's okay, fella."RBs Who Broke Our Hearts: Beanie Wells (2), Ryan Matthews (4), Darren Sproles (4), Chris Johnson (5), Marcel Reece (5), Reggie Bush (6), Doug Martin (9), Arian Foster (10), Ray Rice (13)This list is way too long. The biggest concerns have to lie with Foster and Rice, because the former might lose carries to rest and the latter just isn’t being used properly. But I’d also be worried about Martin and the rookie wall.Don't look at them, dude. It's not their fault.WRs Who Broke Our Hearts: Justin Blackmon (0), Jordy Nelson (1), Eric Decker (1), Roddy White (2), Larry Fitzgerald (2), Jeremy Maclin (3), Torrey Smith (3), Hakeem Nicks (4), Julio Jones (4), Mike Wallace (4), Vincent Jackson (5), Reggie Wayne (5), Andre Johnson (5)This list is way, way, way too long. I may start one of those White House petitions to get Larry Fitzgerald traded. There’s not a team in the NFL that he wouldn’t be better off with right now.QBs Who Surprised Us: Tony Romo (31), Russell Wilson (30), Brady Quinn (21), Nick Foles (16)I included Romo here, because I guarantee if you were playing against Romo this week, you were thinking, “Oh there’s no way he drops more than 15 on me”, and Foles was a nice surprise because you’d think that Andy Reid would be running the hell out of the ball with…RBs Who Surprised Us: Bryce Brown (27), DeMarco Murray (15), James Starks (13), Vick Ballard (12), Jonathan Dwyer (10)What happens when LeSean McCoy comes back? I say he doesn’t come back at all this season, which is a whole different nightmare for fantasy owners who used the No. 2 or 3 pick on McCoy and couldn’t get Brown.WRs Who Surprised Us: Donnie Avery (21), Josh Gordon (17), Golden Tate (15)I can’t imagine a situation in which a playoff-bound team would have needed to start one of these guys, but then again, I’m a stubborn dick who refuses to bench Eric Decker, so who knows?All right, Leatherheads, who did you the dirtiest?The post The With Leather Fantasy Football Support Group: What The Hell Was That, Drew Brees? appeared first on With Leather.