Atlanta Falcons

Flowery Branch — Falcons offensive line coach Paul Boudreau knows his unit is facing a big challenge against the Bears' defensive front. "The biggest thing is they've got helmets on and they are going to try to pound our guys with the ball," Boudreau said. "Our deal is, if your guy is making th...

The Falcons offensive line, which played well last week, will be front and center against Chicago’s rugged defensive front. The Bears are getting back Tommie Harris this week after he served his one-game suspension. Alex Brown is beast, too. “They...

Flowery Branch — It was some 33 years ago that a highly touted rookie quarterback opened the season as the starting quarterback for the Falcons. That was Steve Bartkowski. The former Falcon has been impressed with the play of Matt Ryan, another highly touted rookie quarterback who current...

Flowery Branch — Justin Blalock feels good about going to work. That wasn't always the case. The Falcons' left guard was thrown into the starting lineup last season as a rookie. The second-round draft pick had trouble picking up stunts and coping with the other demands of playing in the NFL tr...

Flowery Branch — The Falcons' offensive line could receive a boost with the return of tackle Renardo Foster. However, defensive tackle Trey Lewis is expected to miss the entire season.

  USA - The Falcons are second in the NFL in rushing yards with 180.6 per game, while the Bears are fourth in run defense, allowing 74.2 yards per game. ...

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In the NFL, Wednesdays and Thursdays are the major preparation days for the teams. So after getting Monday off for the victory over the Green Bay Packers, the Falcons spring back into action today. Coach Mike Smith is hoping they...

Matt Ryan threw for a touchdown with his very first NFL pass, Michael Turner set a team rushing record in his Atlanta debut, and the Falcons were off and running Sunday.

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Flowery Branch — Chris Redman, who this time a year ago was fighting for a roster spot, will start the Falcons' exhibition season opener Saturday in Jacksonville, coach Mike Smith announced Thursday afternoon.

Flowery Branch — The Falcons will be back in prime time this season — twice against the Manning brothers and once against the franchise for which their father played. They'll also face recently traded quarterback Matt Schaub in their second home game of the season and former coach Jim Mora...

The Falcons will play their first preseason home game of the Bobby Petrino-era before a national audience as they play host to the Cincinnati Bengals on Monday night, Aug. 27 on ESPN. Of the four preseason games announced, the Falcons-Bengals game is the only one with a solidified date. Atla...

The exodus of frontline Falcons continued Monday with three prominent players — Patrick Kerney, Matt Lehr and Ashley Lelie — saying goodbye to the team. The Falcons released starting guard Lehr in the first sign of a change along the offensive line. Former Pro bowl defensive end Kerney agr...

When Patrick Kerney voided the final two years and $13 million of his contract with the Falcons to test free agency, he knew his gamble would be worth it. Was it ever. The former Pro Bowl defensive end signed a six-year, $39 million contract with the Seattle Seahawks Monday night with $19 mill...

Chicago — Former Falcons coach Jim Mora will get to coach in Seattle after all. Mora was hired by the Seattle Seahawks on Sunday as their assistant head coach/secondary coach, less than three weeks after he was fired by the Falcons. "I'm thrilled to join not only what I believe is a quality org...

Coverage units don't cover In addition to B.J. Sams' 65-yard punt return late in the first half, which did not lead to points for Baltimore, he had a 59-yard punt return in the third quarter that helped the Ravens take a 10-7 lead. After the Falcons came back down and tied the score 10-10 on a 21-y...

OFFENSIVE OFFENSE A lot of the blame has been placed at the feet of the defense in the Falcons' four losses, but the offense hasn't done its part to help. The Falcons have averaged a meager 11 points in their losses. They have not scored more than 14 points in any defeat, including the past two we...

Detroit — All the momentum the Falcons had generated the past two weeks may have been false bravado. So said Atlanta's dejected, beat-up and humbled players after they were taken apart 30-14 at Ford Field on Sunday by the Detroit Lions, whose record indicates they are one of the NFL's worst...

Falcons defensive tackle Rod Coleman has been one of the NFL's best interior pass rushers the past five years. And in the final few games of last season, this preseason and last Sunday's 20-6 victory at Carolina, Coleman said he's become more stout against the run. The reason may surprise yo...

Nashville — A cut left, a quick slash right, 62 yards and six seconds later, Falcons tailback Jerious Norwood erased a lot of concerns. Gone was worry about that trade earlier this week that sent backup tailback T.J. Duckett to Washington. Three yards and a cloud of dust were, in essence, excha...

Denver — History will say the Denver Broncos ended the Patriots' shot at NFL history chiefly on a pair of 1-yard touchdown runs by Mike Anderson, but Saturday night was more about New England and quarterback Tom Brady running out of magic. Or, to be precise after the Pats were not, it was abou...

Wesley Duke won't be the only Denver Broncos player with Georgia connections in Saturday night's playoff game against New England, but it's a slam-dunk that he'll be the least likely member of an unusually large group. Before training camp in August, the 24-year-old rookie tight end las...