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Q & A: Blank says team should be better than last year
Falcons owner Arthur Blank, more than ever, believes the franchise is heading in the right direction.
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Tony Gonzalez set to become first tight end with 1,000 catches
FLOWERY BRANCH -- Falcons tight end Tony Gonzalez needs one catch to notch the 1,000th reception of his glorious career, and it probably won't be long into the season opener against the Pittsburgh Steelers on Sunday when he gets the catch.
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5 big ifs entering the NFL seasons
Here are five big "Ifs" entering the 2010 NFL season. 1. What if the Jets can back up all of Rex Ryan's talk?
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Ten best games of the 2010 NFL season
1.New England at New York Jets, Sept. 19: The normally understated Tom Brady is on record as saying that he dislikes the New York Jets.
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Game-by-game look at Falcons season
Sept. 12: at Pittsburgh Steelers Normally, a flight to Pittsburgh is one of the scariest road trips an NFL team can make.
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Turner plans to be just as effective with lighter load
FLOWERY BRANCH -- After a recent practice, Sean Weatherspoon, the Falcons' loquacious rookie linebacker, saw running back Michael Turner sitting in the bleachers with his helmet in his hand.
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Dunta Robinson ready to make his Atlanta debut
FLOWERY BRANCH -- Falcons cornerback Dunta Robinson's much-anticipated debut is now just a few days away.
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Roethlisberger out as captain, Dixon in at QB
PITTSBURGH - Ben Roethlisberger is no longer a Pittsburgh Steelers captain. Dennis Dixon is the new Steelers quarterback, at least for the time being.
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Making Falcons ‘very surreal' for Parkview grad
FLOWERY BRANCH -- Some 30 miles from where he played high school ball, Michael Palmer was doing something Monday few undrafted players ever get to do -- stand at his Falcons locker and take questions.
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Falcons fill out practice squad
The Falcons added eight players to their practice squad on Sunday. All eight took part in the team's training camp.
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Falcons release Jackson in reaching 53-man roster
Defensive back Chevis Jackson was released on Saturday by the Falcons, becoming the highest pick selected by general manager Thomas Dimitroff in three drafts and let go.
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Favre, Saints to help NFL kickoff its regular season
All the exhibition games and the bizarre experimentation sessions around the NFL are over. We can close the cover on that book for this season.
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Falcons release two, set to make final cuts today
His name is Jonathan Mark Woods, but people call him "Bear" for short. Bear Woods, who played middle linebacker in the exhibition finale Thursday against Jacksonville, is waiting to hear some news from the Falcons.
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Falcons rest starters, lose to Jaguars
JACKSONVILLE -- Falcons coach Mike Smith is clearly not a gambling man. Not willing to risk even the slightest injury, Smith rested most of his starters in the final exhibition game against Jacksonville on Thursday at EverBank Field.
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Falcons offense takes a pass on a final tune-up
JACKSONVILLE -- Instead of getting a final tune-up for the regular season, the entire starting offense was given the night off.
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5 burning Falcons questions heading into the exhibition finale
FLOWERY BRANCH -- The preseason has been a massive experimentation period for the Falcons, especially on defense.
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Matt Ryan ready for his all important third NFL season
FLOWERY BRANCH -- Looking back on the early careers of some of the top quarterbacks in NFL history, there is no common thread as to exactly when they blossomed into true stars.
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Falcons' no-huddle offense works with new rules
FLOWERY BRANCH – The Falcons have run their no-huddle offense in all three of the exhibition games and have not had any problems with the new positioning of the umpire.
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Where does Matt Ryan fit in the NFL QB pecking order?
FLOWERY BRANCH – In the quarterback pecking order in the NFL, there are three distinct groups.
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Falcons must start to trim down their roster
MIAMI -- Falcons coach Mike Smith and his staff are near the end of the evaluation process. The Falcons must trim their roster to 75 players by Tuesday.
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