Coach Mike Smith, left, and the Falcons haven't had the season they expected, but the players say they haven't quit on him. Although four straight losses and a 13-point defeat at the hands of 1-7 Tampa Bay might suggest otherwise, Atlanta Falcons tight end Tony Gonzalez wanted to make something clear: The players haven't shut it down on head coach Mike Smith, despite a 2-8 record. "We haven't quit on Coach Smitty," Gonzalez told ESPN.com on Wednesday. "If anything, we've quit on ourselves during certain momentum swings during the game. I think that's been our biggest problem. And I've been on teams before like this. It seems like when something bad happens -- which happens in every game, I don't care how good you are -- we're not responding like we should. We're letting it take control of us, I guess, with a here-we-go-again-type attitude. And we don't need to do that. Read more http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/1...ays-atlanta-falcons-not-quit-coach-mike-smith
