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WrestleMania at the Dome

Fans of professional wrestling in Atlanta won’t have to travel far for one of the epic events in the sport. Earlier this week, the Georgia Dome and WWE announced WrestleMania XXVII will come to the Falcons home in 2011. Falcons players Ovie Mughelli, Erik Coelman, Verron Haynes and Quinn Ojinnaka and team president Rich McKay were [...]
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Lunch Break: Running Back Rundown

For much of the 2009 season the Falcons running game was a sports car forced to operate without the super-charged engine. Pro Bowl running back Michael Turner injured his ankle in a Week 9 game at Carolina and carried the ball only 13 times for 40 yards over the final seven contests. He was inactive for [...]
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Streak Dead, Era Continues

BLOGGER’S NOTE: For quarter-by-quarter recaps of Sunday’s historic game, check out John Manasso’s Beat Blog. You can also get more stats and early highlights on the NFL.com Game Center. You could say the Falcons, as a franchise, got off to a slow start. Having gone the first 44 years of existence without back-to-back winning seasons, it’s [...]
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Birdseed: November 12, 2009

As expected, mid-season television numbers for the NFL are through the roof. You can check out some of the details with Falcons Biz blogger Dan (the numbers and anecdotes are mind-boggling). For example, The second-most watched sporting event since Super Bowl XLIII was the Falcons-Cowboys game from earlier this season. Stats don’t lie and the increasing popularity [...]
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“Questionable” on the Injury Report

Ten of 12 players on the Falcons injury report are “questionable” for Monday night’s game at New Orleans. That includes four starters and several key contributors. Notable players include a trio of backs: Jason Snelling, Ovie Mughelli and Jerious Norwood. Mughelli, the team’s starting fullback, missed the last two games with a calf injury. During that stretch [...]
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Birdseed: October 31, 2009

Happy Halloween, Falcons Fans. I’ll open with a horror story. In recent history, the Saints in the Superdome have been the Lucy to the Falcons’ Charlie Brown. The football is there to be kicked — the game is there to win — but it’s pulled away at the last minute. The Falcons haven’t won in New Orleans since [...]
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Falcons Shuffle Practice Squad

Normally roster moves on an NFL practice squad isn’t headline news. But, when a team needs to get healthy bodies in practice and releases a popular name, the script is changed. Wednesday the Falcons released former Georgia quarterback D.J. Shockley from the practice squad. Facing injuries to fullback Ovie Mughelli and running back Jerious Norwood on the [...]
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Birdseed: October 16, 2009

If for some reason you’re looking for a way to get pumped of for Sunday night’s game between the Falcons and Bears, look no further than AF.com’s Vantage Point highlight from last year’s game between the teams. A lot has been made this week of the Falcons, last-second, 22-20 win over Chicago in 2008. It’s not [...]
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Birdseed: October 15, 2009

Seven years ago this evening my life changed forever. It’s all thanks to a wonderful woman and “Texas Chainsaw Massacre.” Mrs. J. Mike and I had our first date 2,555 days ago. The night included watching an old VHS copy of one of the best — or worst — horror movies ever made (who says I’m [...]
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Mughelli Misses Practice

Fullback Ovie Mughelli, who left Sunday’s game at San Francisco with a leg injury, spent Wednesday’s practice time in the training room according to Head Coach Mike Smith. The coach said Mughelli, who hasn’t missed a game since the 2005 season, is “day to day.” He is listed on the Piedmont Healthcare Injury Report with a [...]
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