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The Redskins take on the 4-3 Falcons in Atlanta. Falcons Examiner, Daniel Cox sat down to answer some of my questions.

Michael Turner ran for a season-high 166 yards, including touchdowns of 30 yards in the second quarter and 58 in the fourth, and Tye Hill returned an interception 62 yards for another score to power the Atlanta Falcons to a 31-17 victory Sunday against the visiting Washington Redskins.

Washington Redskins running back Clinton Portis was sidelined in Sunday's game after taking a blow to the head from Atlanta Falcons safety Thomas DeCoud.

Falcons quarterback Matt Ryan has thrown seven interceptions over the past three games, the worst stretch of his brief NFL career.

Anyone that watched this game Monday night must admit it was exciting until the end.

There is little lost in the Atlanta Falcons defeat by the New Orleans on Monday night.

When the Washington Redskins face the Atlanta FalconsA next week, they need to take a look at the Falcons blueprint from 2008 on how to turn this franchise around.

Posted by ESPN.com's Matt Mosley ARLINGTON, Texas -- Late in the first quarter, Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo scrambled for 16 yards before taking a big hit from Falcons safety Thomas DeCoud .

Finally, John Abraham thought, as he and Jonathan Babineaux closed in on Tony Romo.

Posted by ESPN.com's Pat Yasinskas Here's another feather in the cap for Atlanta general manager Thomas Dimitroff.

By CHAREAN WILLIAMS No team in NFL history has gone through as much turmoil as the Atlanta Falcons and emerged as quickly.

Falcons' free safety Thomas DeCoud was named the NFC's defensive player of the week on Wednesday.

If you look around the Atlanta Falcons locker room after a game, there are always players whose post-game attire stands out.

When he was 23 years old, immediately following his brief career as a scrappy defender for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers, Mike Smith worked as a part-time assistant coach for San Diego State.

A fifth-round pick out of Montana last year, Kroy Biermann saw only occasional snaps as a rookie, picking up two sacks.

New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees, Atlanta Falcons safety Thomas DeCoud and Tampa Bay kick returner Sammie Stroughter have been named the NFC's top players for Week 6 of the NFL season.

Give Michael Turner an award for sacrificing his personal stats; while drawing defensive fire all night against the Bears.

They seemed not to have a care in the world as they strolled from the parking lot to the Georgia Dome pulling designer wheelie bags while laughing and exchanging small talk with security personnel, their diamond-studded watches twinkling in the late-afternoon light.

In a contest that was punctuated by turnovers, inconsistent offenses, and opportunistic defenses the Atlanta Falcons held on to defeat the Chicago Bears 21-14 in a nationally televised Sunday Night Football tilt.

Could Al Michaels be making Jay Cutler nervous? Or is it Andrea Kremer? Cutler has been one of the most mistake-free quarterbacks in football -- with the exception of his two Sunday night games that have been nationally televised on NBC.