2013 Fantasy Football Preview: Atlanta Falcons
How can you not like the Atlanta Falcons’ chances again in the NFC South? How can the Falcons not be worried about the fact they are on the cusp and continually fall short of getting back to the Super Bowl. How can the team that looks like it could be the “Greatest Show on Turf” in this day and age, misfire when it comes to the playoffs and now that it seems the Saints are...
Atlanta Falcons 2013 Schedule: Predicting the Wins and Losses
Here is a quick breakdown and prediction for each game that the Falcons will be playing in the 2013 regular season.Falcons Regular Season Schedule (All times Eastern)Week 1: Sunday, Sept. 8, at New Orleans, 1 p.m.I think the Saints will come out with a lot of fire having Sean Payton back at he helm.This is a big rivalry in the NFL South and usually it is split every year. I take...
NFC Playoff team overview
So, the other day, we went back and looked at a piece I wrote from the middle of the year (after Week 9 win against Buffalo) about how there are not a lot of teams to fear. Well, Monday we looked over the AFC teams from that, now we are going to go NFC.Atlanta? Fakest of all the NFC fake teams. They haven't won ****. Their defense is suspect. Their run game is horrific. Matt...
Buccaneers at Falcons game preview
Game time: Sunday at 1 p.m. ET
TV: FOX
Win or lose, the Atlanta Falcons will finish the season with the NFC's best record.
Still, given their lack of playoff success with Mike Smith as coach and Matt Ryan under center, the South champs definitely don't want to head into the postseason on a down note.
The Falcons will try to match a team record for wins and finish 8-0 at...
Roddy White admits that the Falcons used to be scared of other teams
The Atlanta Falcons swagger captain is hands down, without a doubt veteran receiver Roddy White.
White can thump his chest and talk trash with the best of them. He has every right to, to a certain degree as his team is 12-2. Boom. Right now they are the best in the business with only the AFC’s Houston Texans holding a similar record.
So as is his nature, White is taking it upon...
Prolonged ruts on offense hurting Falcons
FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. The Atlanta Falcons have one of the best offenses in the NFL and some of the best players in the league at the skill positions yet twice in the last two weeks the unit has stalled for prolonged periods.
The Falcons survived doldrums in the second and third quarter of a 23-13 win over New Orleans on Nov. 29, but largely because the defense came up with five interceptions...
Prolonged ruts on offense hurting Falcons
FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. The Atlanta Falcons have one of the best offenses in the NFL and some of the best players in the league at the skill positions yet twice in the last two weeks the unit has stalled for prolonged periods.
The Falcons' survived doldrums in the second and third quarter of a 23-13 win over New Orleans on Nov. 29, but largely because the defense came up with five...
Falcons' Bryant is back on track
FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. With 4:25 left in regulation and his team leading the New Orleans Saints by seven points, Falcons head coach Mike Smith elected to try a 55-yard field goal.
If Falcons kicker Matt Bryant had missed and Bryant was coming off a game in which he uncharacteristically missed two of three attempts the Saints would have had the ball at the Falcons 45-yard-line and...
Falcons' Bryant is back on track
FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. With 4:25 left in regulation and his team leading the New Orleans Saints by seven points, Falcons head coach Mike Smith elected to try a 55-yard field goal.
If Falcons kicker Matt Bryant had missed and Bryant was coming off a game in which he uncharacteristically missed two of three attempts the Saints would have had the ball at the Falcons 45-yard-line and...
Falcons' third-down woes on offense concern Smith
Coach Mike Smith is giving the Atlanta Falcons four days off following a victory over the rival New Orleans Saints.
When they return to practice on Tuesday, Smith will have the offense focus hard on correcting third-down problems that could have cost them against the Saints.
Atlanta, one of the NFL's most efficient offenses in third-down efficiency, converted none of its first...
Falcons can clinch NFC South on Sunday
FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. - Mike Smith said that he slept for an hour and a half following Thursdays 23-13 win over New Orleans that pushed the Falcons to an NFC-best 11-1 and so the answer was, no, he would not watch the Tampa Bay Buccaneers game on Sunday at Denver.
If the Broncos prevail, then the Falcons would clinch the NFC South title their second in three seasons before they played...
Falcons can clinch NFC South on Sunday
FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. - Mike Smith said he slept for an hour and a half following Thursdays 23-13 win over New Orleans that pushed the Falcons to an NFC-best 11-1 record.
So the answer was no, he would not watch the Tampa Bay Buccaneers game on Sunday at Denver.
If the Broncos prevail, the Falcons would clinch the NFC South title their second in three seasons before they've...
Falcons' Robinson plays on the edge
FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. Falcons head coach Mike Smith presented right cornerback Dunta Robinson with the teams defensive game ball for his performance in Sundays 24-23 win over Tampa Bay.
Robinson ranked second on the team in tackles with six, had one of the units two sacks, registered two tackles-for-loss and added a quarterback hurry.
Earlier this season Robinson had said that he...
Samuel could miss rematch with Saints
FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. -- In his team's 31-27 loss to the New Orleans Saints on Nov. 11, Falcons left cornerback Asante Samuel was one of the primary reasons the game was as close as it was.
However, this week the Falcons must prepare for quarterback Drew Brees and a Saints' passing attack that has flustered them many times in the recent past with the possibility -- at best...
Smith wants Falcons to clean up inconsistencies
FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. (AP) -- Leading the NFC with a 10-1 record isn't nearly enough to satisfy Atlanta Falcons coach Mike Smith.
His team is playing too many close games and still making too many mistakes for Smith to say that Atlanta is one of the NFL's few elite teams.
He will only say that if the Falcons keep winning, they will put themselves in position to earn a top...
Falcons overcome mistakes to beat Buccaneers 24-23
Atlanta coach Mike Smith spoke highly of the Falcons' defense. Without its solid performance, Matt Ryan may not have had an opportunity to lead his latest game-winning drive.
The Falcons (10-1) held off Tampa Bay 24-23 Sunday, overcoming two turnovers by their star quarterback in part because the Buccaneers settled for a pair of field goals rather than touchdowns after Ryan...
Julio Jones A Game Time Decision
We’re talking bout practice Juan…
Julio Jones left the game against the Saints last week, only to return and grab a nice little 52 yard bomb. Now, he has missed practice all week and will be a gametime decision according to Mike Smith.
Smith: “These guys are so close and moving in the right direction that we’ll make a determination as late as we possibly can,” Smith...
Julio Jones Uncertain For Week 11
Falcons receiver Julio Jones (ankle) missed practice again Thursday. Coach Mike Smith indicated that he and linebacker Sean Weatherspoon are basically game-time decisions. SOURCE: Atlanta Journal-ConstitutionFantasy Spin:"These guys are so close and moving in the right direction that we'll make a determination as late as we possibly can," Smith said. Jones left Sunday...
Falcons Coach Mike Smith Won't Address Accusations Leveled By Saints Players
Falcons coach Mike Smith will not address with his players accusations that Sean Weatherspoon and Jonathan Babineaux deliberately interfered with the New Orleans Saints' pregame warm-up routine Sunday, a source told Ed Werder of ESPN reports.
Saints linebackers Scott Shanle and Jonathan Vilma said that the two Falcons walked through their drill and were talking trash.
Shanle...
Falcons' short-yardage struggles prove costly
The Falcons' short-yardage woes in their first loss of the season stirred memories of similar struggles the last time they lost - in the playoffs.
In each case, Atlanta couldn't come up with just one yard.
The Falcons couldn't score after they had a second down at the Saints' 1-yard line late in Sunday's 31-27 loss at New Orleans. The Falcons, who had been the...
Falcons say bad tackling limited to one play
FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. In their 31-27 loss to New Orleans on Sunday, the Atlanta Falcons allowed 148 yards rushing, marking the fourth time this season they have yielded at least that many.
All of it begs the question: Are the Falcons a poor tackling team or did they just have a bad day? Falcons head coach Mike Smith seemed to settle on the idea that it came down to one play gone...
Falcons say bad tackling limited to one play
FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. In their 31-27 loss to New Orleans on Sunday, the Atlanta Falcons allowed 148 yards rushing, marking the fourth time this season they have yielded at least that many.
All of it begs the question: Are the Falcons a poor tackling team or did they just have a bad day? Falcons head coach Mike Smith seemed to settle on the idea that it came down to one play gone...
Familiar foe hands Falcons their first loss
It's hard not to think that the New Orleans Saints don't have the Atlanta Falcons' number.
Even with the Falcons' entering as the NFL's last unbeaten team in Week 10 of the NFL season and the Saints at 3-5, New Orleans registered its fourth straight victory over its NFC South archrival, 31-27, on Sunday at the Superdome.
It's a clich to say the records don...
Falcons LB Sean Weatherspoon Won't Play Vs Saints
Falcons linebacker Sean Weatherspoon is out for Sundays Saints game, head coach Mike Smith announced after practice Thursday.
We felt like Sean would be a real, real stretch these first two weeks, Smith said. We feel like hes making progress, but he wont play in the ball game this week.
Weatherspoon, wide receiver Kevin Cone (groin) and safety Charles Mitchell ...
Despite criticism, Falcons legit Super Bowl contenders
Sure, they have the record, but do they have the aura?
At the midpoint of their season, the Atlanta Falcons are the NFLs only unbeaten team and only the 15th team in league history to reach 8-0.
But when a franchise has been playing since 1966 and never won a Super Bowl, it will have its doubters especially with the current head coach and same core of players having qualified for...
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