Getting defensive: Falcons suddenly turn stingy
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While Michael Vick commands most of the attention, the defense should get the bulk of the credit for the Falcons&#39; 3-0 start -- their best since 1986.
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By Charlie Riedel, AP. : Kansas City&#39;s 0-2 start includes an offseason strategy that is backfiring. The Chiefs defense was a huge problem last year - so much so that NFL Commissioner
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To hear Georgia Tech defense end Eric Henderson, it was just a matter of time before the Yellow Jackets defense became as stingy as it has been the last two games.
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The St. Louis Rams had spent the better part of the first half watching Michael Vick run circles around them. Surprisingly, they watched the normally accommodating Falcons run defense put the clamps on Marshall Faulk.
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When Rams coach Mike Martz said he didn't want to sound arrogant, you had a pretty good idea he wasn't going to toss any verbal bouquets at the Atlanta Falcons' defense.
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LANDOVER, Md.  -- The Atlanta Falcons faced a big first-half deficit and were headed toward their fifth straight loss. Then came a 24-point rally, highlighted by a pair of big plays in the open field.
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The Atlanta Falcons responded to the NFL's ultimate comeback team with one of their own.
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The Gators flashed a surprisingly stingy defense and showcased two of college footballâs brightest stars in quarterback Tim Tebow and wide receiver Percy Harvin.
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For years, the Baltimore Ravens have done things the hard way. With a lack of offensive firepower, Baltimore has been forced to look towards its defense and special teams to pick up the slack.
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The Falcons felt they could afford to rest three of their top players during yesterday&#39;s loss to New Orleans. Atlanta already had clinched the division title, and last week wrapped up the Number Two seed and a first-round bye.
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ATLANTA, Nov. 26 (Ticker) -- Steve Francis and rookie Dwight Howard made the defense of the Atlanta Hawks look like it wasn&#39;t there.
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This N.F.C. championship game was about whether the Falcons' Michael Vick, with his scrambling ways, could tie the Eagles in knots. He could not.
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In the first game of the season, the GiantsÂ defense was solid but was undone by a few critical flaws.
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The inexperienced receivers had a tough time getting open. The retooled offensive line had some trouble protecting the star quarterback.
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They've known what it means to be a laughingstock, the supposed first line of defense for a team that gave up yards at an alarming rate.
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If Atlanta Falcons defensive end Brady Smith ever pulled off a play similar to his game-sealing end zone fumble recovery Sunday afternoon, the details of it have been rendered fuzzy and incomplete by the passage of too many years.
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Ellis Johnson&#39;s career with the Falcons took another odd - and final â-wist on Monday when the team traded the disgruntled defensive tackle to the Denver Broncos.