Jamal Anderson: An Interview with the Atlanta Falcons’ Original Dirty Bird

March 16, 2011   ·   Jay Sanzari   ·   Jump to comments

At first glance, you might think that the title of this article is in reference to former “Dirty Bird” Michael Vick; however, that is not the case.
This article is about the original “Dirty Bird” himself, Jamal Anderson.
I’m sure all of you football fans out there remember this explosive running back, formerly an Atlanta Falcon. Recently, I received an opportunity to sit back and reflect with Anderson on his rather successful career.
How far back did we reflect? I took it all the way back to his draft day memories. That’s how I do it. One speed, one gear: Go.
When asked about how being drafted to the Falcons felt, Anderson said, “It was interesting because it was one of the teams that I didn’t have much interaction with during the draft process, so I was surprised. And to be honest, I’ve been a Raiders  fan and gone to school on the West Coast.”
He continued, “I didn’t really ...

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