AJC Tired of Covering Crappy Teams

And who can blame them? I guess the Vick disaster was fun for a while and it was nice everyone got to mug it up on ESPN, but I'm sure its got to be easier for everyone to cover a winner. Their latest effort involves a blitzkrieg against Matty Ice, whom an astounding number of pundits think is the slam-dunk savior franchise QB for the Birds. Today on the ajc.com Falcons page, they had a huge pic of Brian Brohm - remember him?- he was supposed to be the Falcons' #1 pick for like ten months. "Brohm Intrigues Falcons" they say, and then link to an article from an outside website. In all my years of sports internet obsession, I cannot remember the AJC doing this, particularly as the lead story on a section. Wow - who the hell is "Big C" anyway? Good god, that's about as shocking as the South's biggest paper linking to this craptastic site. Anyway, the outside link is very complimentary of Brohm - he's not Matt Ryan - woohoo! He ran a 4.6 forty - woohoo! That's almost as fast as Vick! Aaannd...he's not Matt Ryan- Who has onions!

Feel the Chill... Of "Matty Ice" (Boston Hrld.)

And right beside it is the headline "Dorsey Pro Day Impressive." Guess what- links to another outside site. Knock, knock, Mr. Wyche? Are you home? This kind of cracked me up because not everyone thought that highly of Dorsey's workout. Don't think its an open campaign against the IceMan? The poll underneath all these stories (since removed) asked: If the Falcons pass on Matt Ryan, who should the Falcons draft as their next quarterback? So while this open advocacy might risk the AJC's sterling reputation for objective journalism, um, never mind. I, for one, am loving it. There are a hundred reasons why this makes no sense to me. Thanks AJC!