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He'd reward the Atlanta Falcons for drafting him eighth overall in 2004 with a long, illustrious career in the red and black.

Five things to watch against the Redskins 1. The Falcons against the $100 million man: There is a good reason the Redskins gave defensive tackle Albert Haynesworth a contract potentially worth $100 million.

The Atlanta Falcons are eager to break free of their mostly inglorious past, show they can be a team that consistently puts up winning records and contends for the playoffs.

He was the greatest rookie quarterback the NFL has seen --- better than Marino, better than Big Ben --- and there seems no reason he won't develop into a truly great quarterback soon.

Some games are already taking on a playoff atmosphere.A The Week 8 Falcons-Saints game on Monday night was one such game.A The one thing that is painfully clear to me is that the Falcons really miss Harry Douglas.A If you don't live in Atlanta or didn't go to Louisville, you've probably never heard of him.A Douglas is a speedy wideout who was ...

New Orleans a ' The Atlanta Falcons and New Orleans Saints traded physical opening drive with touchdown runs, but Atlanta took a lead with a sack and forced fumble returned for a touchdown by DE Kroy Biermann that has given the Atlanta a 14-7 lead after the first quarter.

The Atlanta Falcons are facing their biggest test of the season as they hope to get back in the NFC South race.

Big letdown. Still learned some stuff today/ Still glad Brooking is gone. Rather lose with him gone than win with him here.

The Atlanta Falcons are facing their biggest test of the season as they hope to get back in the NFC South race.

This Pic Sums it Up The Falcons were hit in the mouth several times today by the Cowboys and wilted under the pressure in Cowboys Stadium in Dallas.

Tony Romo is running around and having fun again, and Miles Austin is the reason for it.

Second-year Argo Mark Dewit and rookie Chris Van Zeyl will start on the offensive line, replacing the injured Brian Ramsay and Jeff Keeping .

The Falcons first primetime game of the season turned out in their favor. But it wasn't pretty.

Such a ridiculous question, he said. What was asked of the 49ers' right cornerback was if he thought the 49ers were lacking in speed on defense.

Every week during the season, we'll scout out the Cowboys next opponent. This weekend, that opponent is the Atlanta Falcons .

ATLANTA - Forty-three years after establishing themselves as a National Football League franchise with the goal of making winning seasons a regular tradition to the South's most populous city, the Atlanta Falcons are closing in on that goal.

For the second year in a row, a game between the Chicago Bears and the Atlanta Falcons was decided in the final seconds.

Just 11 ticks remained on the game clock. Trailing by a point, the Falcons appeared headed for a near-certain defeat at the hands of the Chicago Bears.

Posted by ESPN.com's Pat Yasinskas We'll start off our series of team-by-team mailbags with the Atlanta Falcons .

Who remembers last year's Falcons-Bears game? If you're anything like us, you spent most of the past 12 months trying to forget.