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Matt Ryan usually spends his off days during the season watching film at the Falcons' team headquarters.

Falcons at Cowboys Kickoff: 3:15 p.m., Cowboys Stadium, Arlington TV, radio: Fox, DirecTV , WOAI-AM 1200, KCOR-AM 1350 Line: Cowboys by 4 1/2 Series: Cowboys lead 15-8. Last meeting: Cowboys won 38-28 on Dec.

By Scott Garbarini, Associate NFL Editor -- - The Atlanta Falcons have so far been able to successfully navigate through a challenging stretch of games that followed a bye week.

While rummaging through the scrap heap of the Dallas game, there was one little gem the Falcons could pick up and carry forward.

Though its early and anything can happen, it isn't a stretch to say that this Monday's game versus the New Orleans Saints is a must win for the Atlanta Falcons.

The Falcons couldn't stop quarterback Tony Romo in Sunday's 37-21 loss at Dallas, and suddenly they're in danger of getting left behind in their division.

Here's a familiar scene: Falcons running back Michael Turner getting hammered by the Dallas defense in Sunday's 37-21 loss.

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

The Dallas Cowboys come into this game as the favorites, but they have looked like an inferior team so far in the season.

Michael Turner doesn't want to talk too much about Atlanta's inconsistent rushing attack.

After being limited all week in practice, Falcons RB Michael Turner appears fine and is officially probable for Sunday's game against the Cowboys .

Look out Jerious Norwood, but you might have just lost your job. For a few weeks, at least.

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

The Falcons' regular base offense had trouble moving the ball against the Chicago Bears Sunday night.

Sunday night, the Chicago Bears had it all over the Falcons statistically. They outgained the home team by 120 yards, had a higher yards-per-play average and out-performed them on third down.

Chicago made another huge mistake in the red zone, and the Atlanta Falcons held on for another wild victory over the Bears.

It looks more and more as if the Falcons will not have starting FB Ovie Mughelli for Sunday night's home game against the Bears .

While beating Chicago in the final second last year helped define Atlanta's season, quarterback Matt Ryan has little interest in reminiscing.

This year, for the first time, Michael Turner isn't going to catch anyone by surprise.

They turned on the tape, and guess what they saw? Players getting punched in the mouth.

A Falcons Pro Bowl running back Michael Turner has three fumbles this season, and two have been drive killers.

Now that the Michael Crabtree hysteria has calmed down a bit - at least until he suits up in two weeks at Houston - the San Francisco 49ers and their fans can shift their attention to the trivial matter of Sunday's game versus the 2-1 Atlanta Falcons.

While his resume' only consists of 20 games as the Atlanta Falcons head coach, Mike Smith has shown an ability to get his club to bounce back well after a loss.

The Falcons seemingly solved every problem that had emerged in the first three games of the season during their Week Four bye.

Atlanta Falcons running back Michael Turner scores a touchdown as San Francisco 49ers linebacker Patrick Willis , left, attempts to stop him in the first quarter during their NFL football game in San Francisco, Sunday, Oct.

You didn't have to be a fantasy expert to know that Falcons RB Michael Turner had a bad matchup this week against LB Patrick Willis and the San Francisco 49ers.

The big news coming out of the Bay area this week wasn't how the San Francisco 49ers scored 21 combined points on defense and special teams to improve to 3-1, but that the team finally got first-round draft pick Michael Crabtree to sign on the dotted line.

Oh, yeah, there's a game. With all the focus on Michael Crabtree's arrival this week, the intriguing matchup between the 49ers and Falcons has been overlooked.

They both can credit Jimmy Raye for giving them plenty of chances along the way.

While Matt Ryan is getting a taste of what it's like to be star NFL quarterback, the adulation is nothing like his Falcons predecessor Michael Vick received as an Atlanta celebrity.

Early in the 2009 season, several teams are kicking tradition and conventional strategy to the curb.

" NFL teams generally are defined in December. That's when the stakes tend to be the highest, the injuries tend to be the most debilitating and the coaches either look like nuclear physicists or are completely dumbfounded as to why the New England defense in Week 13 didn't bite on the same play-action as the Oakland defense did in Week 2. That ...

FLOWERY BRANCH One of the Falcons top priorities as they returned from their bye week Monday was to shift their running attack back into gear.

Pro Bowler Roddy White has been working underneath a lot. Do the Falcons need to send him deep more often? IN THE AIR ON THE WAY TO HARTSFIELD-JACKSON - It seems like there is never a good time for the bye week.

Fred Taylor's second-quarter, 19-yard gain when he was stopped at the line of scrimmage, refused to go down and bowled over a string of Falcons tacklers.

Falcons running back Jerious Norwood has a new helmet. Not because it's Throwback week, but because he's coming off his fourth career concussion and will play with a more-heavily padded helmet.

If anything has been proven over the past two games it is that Brady is throwing the ball alot.

I can't imagine Arthur Blank personally deleting anyone's comments, but you never know.