The Atlanta Falcons are off to a fast start this season, and on Sunday used a potent offensive attack to top the Carolina Panthers 28-20 at the Georgia Dome. QB Matt Ryan threw a career high three touchdown passes, including one to his new favorite receiver Tony Gonzalez. Beleaguered Carolina QB Jake Delhomme threw another interception for ten in his previous three games (including last years playoff loss to Arizona) but was otherwise much more effective passing for 308 yards and a touchdown.
NFL football betting devotees who invested in the Falcons as -6 home favorites were rewarded with the pointspread cover. The Falcons have won and covered both games this season for a 2-0 record both straight up and against the spread. The Panthers, meanwhile, have dropped both of their 2009 contests straight up and to the number.
The offseason acquisition of Gonzalez has worked to a benefit of both so far. In his first two games in a Falcons uniform the future Hall of Famer has 12 catches for 144 yards and two touchdowns. Gonzalez wanted out of Kansas City to play for a contender, and hes found himself on a talented young Falcons team with a QB that already appears destined for superstardom.
Gonzalez admitted that he was happy with how things have transpired thus far:
“Not a bad start at all. It’s just great to be part of a team like this.”
Quarterback Matt Ryan was full of compliments for his tight end in his postgame comments:
“He’s one of the greatest tight ends of all time. That was a huge pickup for us. He makes big plays for us in different situations when we need him. I’ve enjoyed playing with him thus far.”
Despite the loss, Carolinas Jake Delhomme was relieved to put the horrible performance of the opening week behind him:
“It couldn’t be any worse than last week. I felt good out there today. Last week, I put too much pressure on myself. This week, I got back to being just plain Jake.”
The Panthers will head to Dallas for a game against the Cowboys next Monday night. Theyll enjoy a bye week before returning to action at home against the Washington Redskins on October 11th. Atlanta has a pair of tough road games on the docket, beginning this weekend against the New England Patriots at Foxboro, Massachusetts. Theyll have a week off before a game that doesnt look quite so easy any more, heading cross country to play the resurgent San Francisco 49ers on October 11th.
Ross Everett is a widely published widely published freelance sports writer and respected authority on soccer betting. His writing has appeared on a variety of sports sites including sportsbooks and sportsbook directory sites. He lives in Las Vegas with three Jack Russell Terriers and an emu. He is currently working on an autobiography of former energy secretary Donald Hodell.
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Veteran quarterback Jeff Garcia was released earlier this week by the Philadelphia Eagles, a victim of too many quarterbacks on the roster. Now that hes no longer under contract to a NFL team, hes letting his feelings be known about another one of his recent employers–the Oakland Raiders. In an interview with Fox Sports Radio in which he slammed the teams management and suggested that current quarterback Jamarcus Russell was in over his head.
Garcia started his comments with an observation that the team is putting too much pressure on their young quarterback. He suggested that the team is putting their hopes on Russell’s shoulders, and that hes simply not ready for that pressure mentally or emotionally:
“I have no problem going into a situation and helping a young guy out and really trying to help the team out overall more so than anything. I just feel like it’s an unfortunate situation when the entire work ethic and the entire goal of the team is really put upon one guy’s shoulder.”
Garcia continued to stress that Russell’s skill level wasn’t the issue:
“When you put him on the field in a one-on-one workout session he’ll make every throw for you. But when it comes down to making things happen in the heat of the battle and rallying the troops around you and making a case for the team, that’s where maybe things aren’t where they need to be.”
Russell is currently suffering with a 39.8 pass rating–the worst in the NFL–and hasn’t shown much progress from game to game. Garcia went on to assert that the Raiders problems go much deeper than the inexperience of their quarterback:
“It was to a point where I felt like guys who walked through those doors that just were there to collect a check and not really interested in putting everything that they had within themselves on to the football field. And that was the frustrating thing for me to see.
“There were a lot of good young guys in that locker room who really want to do whatever it takes to win, but unfortunately it’s not everybody. In order to compete at this level in this game, everybody needs to be on board.”
“Maybe it’s because how things have been for a number of years now out there and they just don’t see the hope”
After his release from the Raiders, coach Tom Cable insinuated that Garcia had an issue with playing backup to Russell:
“There was some talk about how he would fit but the best way for me to approach it is the other two played so well and we are committed to JaMarcus as our starter. Whether or not Garcia was comfortable in a role as a backup, it is what it is.”
Ultimately, Garcia got to the point where he simply wanted out:
“To see the reality of the situation and realize what I may be up against staying here for the entire year, it hurt me, it broke my heart to do that to step up. But I just felt like it was something I really didn’t want to put myself through anymore.”
The 39 year old Garcia has started 110 games in the NFL in ten seasons after a standout career in the Canadian Football League. There’s a good chance you’ll see him back in action before the end of the year–though the Raiders are clearly no longer an option.
Ross Everett is a freelance sports writer and noted authority on baseball betting. His writing has appeared on a variety of sports sites including sportsbooks and sportsbook directory sites. He lives in Southern Nevada with three Jack Russell Terriers and a kangaroo. He is currently working on an autobiography of former interior secretary James Watt.
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When legendary quarterback Brett Favre announced his return to the NFL from what has become a seemingly annual flirtation with retirement, many second guessed the Minnesota Vikings’ decision to sign “The Gunslinger”. On Sunday, Favre and the Vikings answered those critics in the best way possible-with a lopsided 34-3 beatdown of the Dallas Cowboys. Favre threw 4 touchdown passes in the victory and the Vikings’ defense sacked Dallas QB Tony Romo six times in the blowout. Minnesota will now face the New Orleans Saints in the NFC Championship game.
NFL football betting fans also cashed tickets on the Vikings as -3 point home favorites. This was the shortest pointspread of the divisional playoff weekend and many thought that Dallas’ momentum would carry them to victory. The 37 combined points went UNDER the posted total of 45. Minnesota had gone UNDER in four of six games to conclude the regular season.
After the contest, Favre boasted that a playoff run was a large part of his motivation to return to NFL action:
“”This is what I came back for. Probably the most fatigued I got today was celebrating. I feel like I’m playing the same way. I have the same enthusiasm. As long as I’m out there, the enthusiasm and the passion that you see is real. And I know the guys feed off of that. Fans enjoy that, because it is real and genuine. Today was like this season: It’s been wonderful.”
Sidney Rice caught three of Favre’s touchdown passes:
“Same ol’ Brett. He’s doing thing he’s done since he first came in the league: moving around, getting the ball out, breaking tackles and even running down the field and throwing blocks. That just shows you how big of a heart he has.”
Head coach Brad Childress mixed up a bunch of metaphors as he took a swipe at the prognosticators who picked Dallas to win:
“The Tasmanian devils were coming from Dallas that were about to bombard the state of Minnesota and run through us like Sherman through the South. All of us felt it quite palpably.”
Cowboys’ QB didn’t have much to say in defeat:
“Any time you come in with the expectations and goals we set and don’t accomplish them, No. 1, it’s frustrating. Right now, it’s just hard to think the season is over.”
Cowboys’ head coach Wade Phillips had a similar take:
“It’s like the elevator falling from the top. It’s tough when it’s over. If you don’t win it all, you have not reached your goal.”
The Vikings will now head to New Orleans for Sunday’s NFC Championship game against the Saints. Minnesota is a +3′ point road underdog with the total set at 52′. The winner will advance to the Superbowl to take on the winner of the New York Jets/Indianapolis Colts contest.
Ross Everett is a widely published freelance writer and noted authority on baseball betting. His writing has appeared on a variety of sports sites including sportsbooks and sportsbook directory sites. He lives in Southern Nevada with three Jack Russell Terriers and a kangaroo. He is currently working on an autobiography of former interior secretary James Watt.
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Easier Than A Defamation Suit
2 Sep2010
Defamation Suit Headaches
Sometimes bad news follows us around. With the Internet’s ability to remember ever little thing, that happens even more often. Someone doesn’t like you or your business and, whether that opinion is valid or not, they send out some kind of attack over the electric wires. And that’s the stuff that sticks around forever, haunting your reputation and damaging your business.
It’s not all monsters out there online to chew you up, though. What kind of a place would the Internet be? No, it’s a big electric nest for new ideas, so you shouldn’t be surprised to hear that solutions have sprung up. In this case, one solution is to recruit the aid of a reputation repair service. These businesses will scrub away the bad.
Instead of a Defamation Suit
There’s a trick to making it work for you, of course. Sites get ranked on search pages based on how many sites link to it, so a reputation repair service can force negative stuff down by out-linking it with the service’s own generated content. The insults and potentially libelous stuff get forced from the limelight of those first search pages, 10-20 pages or more down, where they are forgotten.
It’s a solution that only could exist on the Internet. It’s familiar though — giving a good first impression. After that, you’re on your own. But at least it levels the playing field a bit, gets those few damaging comments off the radar and allows the rest of us to form our own opinion of who you really are. (Be on your best behavior.)
Defamation Suit or Reputation Service
Let’s assume for the moment you’re the nicest person on the Web (which probably isn’t that hard to do, actually). You might still be a total unknown, which for a business is only slightly less bad than having a bad reputation. These reputation repair services can push that name of yours up the search results, giving you a good reputation where before you had, let’s face it, none.
The Internet may seem like one big crazy magic box at times, full of rules and regulations that perhaps don’t always make the most sense. It was designed a long time ago, and some of its oldest DNA is still at work. So you just have to take it and run with it. But don’t ignore it; you’ve got an online self in here, and if you own a business or a just trying to find a job you need to make sure you’ve got control of that image at all times. Keep in mind that more people may see it than see your actual real-world self. That’s the crazy thing.
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2 Sep2010
To Sue for Defamation Isn’t Your Only Choice
Nothing hurts like an insult. Usually it passes away and is forgotten. But not if it happens online. The Internet remembers all that stuff, and people often find negative things about them leaping to the top of search results. If you own a business, this can really hurt you. If you’re trying to start a business or get a job, your reputation may be seriously besmirched.
On the other hand, good stuff sticks around forever too. And the Internet will certainly hold on to that, if you’ve got it out there. Which is why in the last few years, reputation repair services have begun springing up, ready to undo the damage to your business by reminding the world how swell you are.
Reputation Repair vs Suing for Defamation
In the great popularity contest of the Internet, links are the most important friends you can have. The reputation repair services combat the negative content by adding content that has more links than the bad sites, which forces those sites off the first pages of the search engines, all the way down a hundred pages or more.
Once the negative stuff is dropped down into the search underworld, it’s all up to you from there on out. But people who search for you will get a better impression of you, that’s for sure. And you didn’t have to take anyone to court or shed any tears to restore your reputation. It’s a bit of electric house-cleaning, some light dusting of the search results.
Try Reputation Repair Instead of Suing for Defamation
Even on the Internet, nice guys sometimes finish last. Or at least in the search results. You may not have negative content to push down, but suppose you want to make your name known. These services can float you up to the top using search engine optimization, effectively giving you a name where before you were somewhere way down there.
It’s a strange wonderland of opportunities, the Internet. And like that place Alice ended up in, there are all kinds of rules that make not exactly make the most sense at first. But since you’re here, you might as well learn them. It’s pretty important, especially if you have a business, or just an online self you’d like to see protected. Keep your wits about you, is what I’m saying, and maintain control of that online self you’ve been cultivating; there are plenty of people who will be glad to take control of it for you.
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