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After a slow start to the 2017 NFL season, the Atlanta Falcons finally seem to be back on track following a clutch 34-31 victory over the Seattle Seahawks. Atlanta has now picked up their second key win is as many weeks to keep themselves within striking distance of first place in the NFC South. There […]

In case you were somehow unaware, Atlanta Falcons quarterback Matt Ryan is good at playing his position in the National Football League. That being said, he’s been on the wrong end of some jokes due to Atlanta collapsing against the New England Patriots in the Super Bowl. On Monday night, with a lead over the […]

Some unfortunate news for the Atlanta Falcons. As the team heads to Seattle to face the Seahawks, it will have to do so without the services of running back Devonta Freeman. The talented running back as been officially been ruled out for the Monday Night Football game. For context on how big a loss this […]

The NFC continued its dominance in NFL Week 10, but there were highlights all around. Here are this week’s highs and lows from across the league, headlined by Adrian Clayborn dominating the Cowboys and the Giants completely falling apart: Highs 3. Adrian Clayborn shines Once upon a time, Adrian Clayborn dominated Big Ten offensive lines, […]

People who own National Football League franchises are really just billionaires who never grew up. A good recent example of this is the rift between Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones and Atlanta Falcons owner Arthur Blank. These two older white men are, apparently, not on the best of terms. Due to the entire “Jones has […]

In the Atlanta Falcons convincing 27-7 win over the Dallas Cowboys, eighth-year defensive end Adrian Clayborn put up a career performance by recording a Falcons franchise-record six sacks. Following his impressive outing, the 29-year-old credited it to one move that allowed him to have much success against the Cowboys and backup offensive tackle Chaz Green, […]

In what has been a topsy-turvy season following a Super Bowl appearance, reigning league MVP Matt Ryan led the Atlanta Falcons to their fifth win of the season on Sunday in a convincing 27-7 win over the Dallas Cowboys. During the process, Ryan also surpassed another significant individual milestone in his career by becoming the […]

The Atlanta Falcons took a step in the right direction with a convincing 27-7 win over the Dallas Cowboys on Sunday afternoon. However, it came at a cost with Pro Bowl running back Devonta Freeman suffering his second concussion of the season that will likely force him to miss the Week 11 action against the […]

The fantasy football playoffs are looming, and whether your team has a spot locked or is still in the thick of the race, help is still available in the form of waiver wire pickups. With that, let’s scour the waivers one more time and see some players that have the potential to bolster your lineup. […]

In what could be an attempt to save its season, the Atlanta Falcons have worked out cornerback Byron Maxwell. For those unaware, the veteran defensive back was last with the Miami Dolphins, before being cut by the team a few weeks ago. For context and proper attribution: Field Yates of ESPN reports that Byron Maxwell worked out for the […]

On Sunday, the Atlanta Falcons could have probably won its game had receiver Julio Jones caught a pass from Matt Ryan in the endzone. It was an easy pass. Jones was more open than a 24/7 convenient store. Yet, he dropped it. And no one is taking it harder than Julio Jones himself. “I didn’t […]

The Atlanta Falcons entered the season hoping to keep the offensive form that brought them within one quarter of winning the Super Bowl. Instead, their struggles are well-documented after losing offensive coordinator Kyle Shanahan to the San Francisco 49ers. Wide receiver Mohamed Sanu noted that the offense is still coming together under offensive coordinator Steve […]

Atlanta Falcons defensive coordinator Marquand Manuel is apparently a huge fan of Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton. I mean, not that anyone could blame him, as Cam Newton remains one of the more special athletes in all of the National Football League. Yeah. Yeah. Newton is no longer that guy everyone is talking about, as […]

Six teams are scheduled for byes in Week 9, and whether you’re going to get hit by starters resting this week or not, there are hidden gems ready to become waiver wire pickups that will bolster your chances of booking a spot in the fantasy football playoffs. Our list this week includes some rising talents […]

Atlanta Falcons quarterback Matt Ryan is probably not a fan of the Back to the Future franchise. While people are constantly talking about last year, the veteran gunslinger just wants to move on at this point. “We have to find a way for this team to play the way that we’re capable of as a […]

The Atlanta Falcons got walloped by the New England Patriots this past weekend in the two’s Super Bowl rematch. How did the Falcons attempt to get over it? By having a team meeting, of course. “Tough night last night,” head coach Dan Quinn said, per the AJC. “We got in late. I’m not sure many […]

Fog is, at least apparently, a rather polarizing topic. Just ask New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady and Atlanta Falcons receiver Julio Jones, as the two had different opinions on the heavy fog that settled in when the two teams played on Sunday. Julio Jones doesn’t let a silly little thing like weather bother him: […]

Atlanta Falcons owner Arthur Blank will unlikely be confused with a great philosopher or as a person good with creating outside-the-box thinking. According to Arthur Blank, the Falcons having their Super Bowl rematch with the New England Patriots this week isn’t something the team can’t use to create closure. Not because he believes his team […]

There’s nothing like blowing a big lead in a loss to make a team question whether it needed a dramatic shift in the way it’s handling its business. Take for example the Atlanta Falcons, who relived their mini-Super Bowl collapse on Sunday by squandering a 17-point cushion in a 20-17 loss to the Miami Dolphins […]

Although bothered by a hip flexor injury which limited him in practice last week, Atlanta Falcons wide receiver Julio Jones confirmed that he’d be able to play against the Miami Dolphins on Sunday, ESPN’s Vaughn McClure reports. Jones suffered the injury in the Falcons’ Week 4 loss to the Buffalo Bills. However, the star receiver […]

It seems as though every week in the NFL so far has been crazy, and Week 5 was no exception. As the NFC playoff picture slowly begins to clear up, which teams are surpassing expectations, and which unexpected early-season contenders are for real? Madness In The East At the beginning of the season, many believed […]

The Atlanta Falcons are coming off their first loss of the season after dominating the competition in the first three weeks of the 2017 campaign. One of the reasons for the team’s failure to get the best of the Buffalo Bills in Week 4 was the depleted receiving corps with both Julio Jones and Mohamed Sanu […]

The Atlanta Falcons suffered their first loss of the season Sunday at the hands of the Buffalo Bills, 23-17. That’s not the only setback they drew from the game, however, as they saw top their top wide receiver Julio Jones get injured Jones sustained a hip flexor injury just before the conclusion of the first […]

Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers must be happy to hear that one of his most reliable targets is trending towards playing this coming Sunday against the Cincinnati Bengals. Packers wide receiver Jordy Nelson exited early in last Sunday’s 34-23 road loss to the Atlanta Falcons after banging bodies with an Atlanta defender in the […]

Aaron Rodgers could be losing yet another one of his best toys downfield. Apart from Jordy Nelson, who exited in the first quarter of Sunday’s 34-23 road loss to the Atlanta Falcons with a quad injury (never returned in the game), Rodgers and the Green Bay Packers are also staring at the possibility of Randall […]

Week 2 of the NFL season is in the books. Highlighted by the New England Patriots’ recovery and a dominant effort from the Atlanta Falcons, here is a look at this week’s highs and lows across the league. Highs 1. No Super Bowl hangover History has shown that teams suffered heartbreaking Super Bowl losses often […]

The real MVP of the Green Bay Packers-Atlanta Falcons game on Sunday wasn’t Matt Ryan, Devonta Freeman, nor Julio Jones. For many viewers of the game on TV, it was whoever was in charge of the broadcast production – the genius who ordered the playing of the old NBA on NBC tune, the John Tesh-composed […]

The Atlanta Falcons squeezed by for a 23-17 win in the season opener against Chicago Bears with the offense leading the way. It featured Pro Bowl wide receiver Julio Jones putting together a respectable performance by hauling in four catches for 66 receiving yards. That said, his five targets ranked third on the team behind Mohamed […]

Throughout his NFL career, Atlanta Falcons star wideout Julio Jones has established himself as one of the premier players at his position in the league. He has been one of the most productive wide receivers when healthy as he has eclipsed 1,400 receiving yards in three consecutive campaigns including 1,871 yards on 136 catches in the […]

Atlanta Falcons head coach Dan Quinn knows that his team’s historic collapse is one that’ll be talked about for forever. He’s not going to let the sting of that huge heartbreak from stopping him to move on and try to will his men from competing again. Unfortunately for some Falcons fans, they do not share […]

There’s a saying that misery loves company, and Atlanta Falcons head coach Dan Quinn probably had those words in his heart, when he communicated with a fellow coach, who knows what it feels like during the aftermath of a monumental sporting collapse. A week after Atlanta choked a 25-point lead in Super Bowl LI against […]

The last time Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver Martavis Bryant played a regular season game, the idea of Donald Trump becoming president of the United States was still considered as much of a joke as the Cleveland Browns winning the Super Bowl. But a 19-month absence from the NFL didn’t seem to have diminished Bryant’s skills […]

There’s nothing like the return of football, and the league made it a point to deliver even more thrills during the 2017 NFL season with a large serving of tasty matchups to look forward to. That holds especially true for the primetime games when the league has everybody’s undivided attention with its showdowns on national […]

Devonta Freeman just earned himself a fat contract extension from that Atlanta Falcons to the tune of five years and $41.25 million. In terms of salary per year, Freeman is now tops in the entire NFL with around an $8.25-million annual payout. But if you cross-reference salaries with current NBA players, Freeman would merely be […]

Time flies by when you having fun. It’s hard to believe, but we’re already in the final week of the regular season, and there are plenty of NFL playoff scenarios left to sort out. A lot was decided in Week 16, though. The Baltimore Ravens, Tennessee Titans, Indianapolis Colts, and Denver Broncos were all eliminated […]

The most dangerous receiver in the NFL was not in action on Sunday, but it didn’t make much of a different against the lowly Los Angeles Rams. But, as the Atlanta Falcons head toward the playoffs, a healthy Julio Jones is vital to their success. At 8-5, Atlanta is currently tied with the Tampa Bay […]

Julio Jones is well on his way to having three consecutive seasons with at least 1,500 receiving yards. He’s unlikely to match last year’s insane total of 1,871 (a career high), but at his current pace (a league-leading 1,140 yards), he’ll compile 1,658. For his entire career, coaches have dedicated a significant portion of their […]

The San Diego Chargers have held a number of fourth-quarter leads this season, only to see them whittle away. But, yesterday, the roles were reversed. Their opponent, the Atlanta Falcons, held a 17-point lead in the second half. San Diego slowly came back, eventually forcing overtime. The Falcons had the good fortune to win the […]

Save for a few Seahawks fans, players, and coaches, mostly everybody thought Richard Sherman interfered with Julio Jones on the Falcons‘ last offensive play on Sunday. If called, Atlanta would’ve had plenty of time to set up the game-winning field goal. Instead, they lost, 26-24. Initially, the no-call didn’t appear all that egregious. But, after […]