Line of Scrimmage: Falcons - Ferocious or Fraudulent?
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The Atlanta Falcons clinched the NFC South on Sunday, officially winning a division that had been all but conceded to them by Halloween with a 35-10 triumph over the Raiders.
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Two hands aren&#39;t enough to count the Falcons&#39; players and staffers who, while lumbering from the Georgia Dome field Sunday, locked eyes and went, &quot;Whew!
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Physical play and a bruising running attack have been staples of the Hingham football team this season. Generally a smashmouth attack is not a recipe for a quick-strike offense.
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The Minnesota defense overwhelmes Atlanta's Joey Harrington with six sacks and two interception returns for touchdowns, and the Vikings finish off the Falcons, 24-3.
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CBC SPORTS ONLINE - On the verge of losing Michael Vick, the Atlanta Falcons were determined to keep their star quarterback around for a long time.
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He might have won that game not so much with his play, as with his presence. Carolina went after him in full force, only they forgot to deal with the rest of the Atlanta Falcons in the proper manner.
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Doc Rivers told the rent-a-refs at practice yesterday to call scrimmages tight for two reasons. First, he wanted players to learn the importance of running back on defense and not waste time debating calls. Second, he hoped to encourage better overall defense with players more attentive to proper positioning.
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Maybe the Atlanta Falcons aren't a one-man team after all. While Michael Vick commands most of the attention, the defense should get the bulk of the credit for the Falcons' 3-0 start &#151; their best since 1986.
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Every team that plays the Atlanta Falcons tries to contain quarterback Michael Vick. Few have done it more successfully than the Philadelphia Eagles did Sunday.
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Javarris James has plenty of speed. He uses it to dart through small holes in the line of scrimmage, dodge pursuing linebackers and blow past defensive backs. He rushed for 300 yards in one high school game and finished his prep career with 72 touchdowns, even though nearly every defense was loaded up with the singular goal of slowing him down.
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There are reconstruction projects everywhere in the NFL, with the New York Giants and New York Jets a combined 8-1 and the Atlanta Falcons on top of the NFC South.
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They were a secret airborne force who worked undercover during World War II. Those who were discovered were shot Â or eaten by falcons.
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New Orleans, the city, is known as the Big Easy. The Atlanta Falcons defense should be called the Big Tease. How else can you explain the frustrations of the Carolina Panthers and quarterback Jake Delhomme.
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With nearly four decades on the books, the Atlanta Falcons are seriously lacking when it comes to a playoff pedigree.
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On the day one of the worst defeats in Atlanta Falcons history, Jim Mora used jokes and compassion as medicine for his players' wounded psyches. Mora's assistant coaches were meeting with the players to review Sunday's 56-10 loss to the Kansas City Chiefs at the same time Mora met with reporters.
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Jim Mora thought his team deserved a little something special. His Atlanta Falcons, with a thorough 27-10 pounding of the Carolina Panthers, had just extended their record to 4-0 for the first time since 1986.
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Numbers tell the Philadelphia story as the Falcons' Michael Vick was held to 26 rushing yards on four attempts and 136 yards on 11-for-24 passing.