Georgia fans don’t just live in Georgia. There are strongholds of UGA fans in every major city in America as well as most countries across the world. However, a lot of them do call them do call The Peach State home, and when they’re done cheering on the Bulldogs on Saturdays, some wake up the next day and root for
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remember when Rodney Hampton was available late in the first round. Everyone thought the Falcons, who had a need at RB would scoop him up. Instead Steve Broussard. Hampton gets a couple of Super Bowl rings and finishes his career as the Giants all time leading rusher. Falcons go out of their way to not draft Georgia guys
It's the Falcons! They seem to look every where but UGA! I would like Swift but I wouldn't hold my breath.
Actually, trading Brett Favre was the right thing at the time. He was a joke as a Falcon, even he admits that. The trade is what woke him up and got him to actually pay attention to becoming a qb instead of becoming an alcoholic. But yeah, the Falcons seem to have something against UGA players. Maybe they are afraid that too much in-home attention will spoil them or something. Just weird to me.
It was definitely an upgrade for Favre.. But he did end up hooked on pain killers, just as bad as alcohol, if not worse. Guess we'll never know the real reason Falcons management continually passes up UGA players. A definite mystery..
Expecting the Falcons to do something that would make fans happy is like expecting politicians(of both parties) to show some common sense.
As great as Swift might be in the NFL, he would be better off playing for a real team, not the joke of a team like the Falcons.