he said that was what other people called them and that was their reputation

The Falcons have drawn criticism from opposing teams this season for supposedly playing dirty and playing beyond the whistle.

“But in a way it kind of is exciting. Most people, you would call them dirtbags,” Tuck said. “But it is what it is. We got to make sure we do our job and if we are doing our job well, then they will be upset and they will be trying to do things to get us off our game and we got to take that as a compliment. But in the same sense you got to protect yourself and hopefully the referees have 20/20 vision this week.”

From ESPN.

I hadn’t heard this. Has Atlanta been called out for this all season?

Oh, and Willgfass look at the name of the players who said that. SUH and Raji

The Falcons are a bit of a joke to me in many ways:

- OL is dirty.
- Dunta Robinson is dirty as hell.
- Team thinks they were one player away, so they trade (2) 1’s, a 2, and (2) 4’s for Julio Jones, when they aren’t even remotely close to teams like GB and NO.
- QB has the most undeserved nickname in sports, seeing as he’s never actually done anything.
- Organization cried when Brees got the passing record on them, because he did it in the 4th Q of a lopsided win.
- Organization also cried when the Eagles put Michael Vick in a couple years ago in a blowout.

It’s a nice team and they have a few things in place. But they’re probably going to be one and done against the 10th or 11th best team in the playoffs.