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Catching Up with Harry Douglas

Recovering from a sports injury takes equal parts hard work and heart. Falcons wide receiver Harry Douglas isn’t afraid of the workload. He’s been at the team’s Flowery Branch facility almost every weekday since the end of the 2009 season rehabilitating from a torn ACL. Speak to him for just a few moments and you know his [...]
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Offseason Questions (and Answers)

Thanks to everyone who submitted questions over the last week via the magic, Voices Heard Question-Gathering Machine on AF.com (working title). While I couldn’t get to everyone, I did take a crack at some of the highest-rated queries. Some key points/themes from fan questions thus far. Keep in mind, it’s early in the offseason process… … It’s not [...]
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Birdseed: January 1, 2010

Welcome to 2010! May this decade be better than the previous five for Falcons football. After growing pains in the 1960s and 70s, streaks of success in the 80s and 90s and bizarre frustrations and setbacks in 2000s, Mike Smith and Co. have a chance to start 2010 with a win and a piece of history. (You [...]
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Examining the Injury Report

With the final game of the season rapidly approaching, the Falcons hit the field for practice Wednesday afternoon just before a rare mix of wintery weather, mostly sleet, found its way to Flowery Branch. Thankfully no one slipped on any ice. That would be a frustrating addition to an already lengthy injury report that includes the team’s punter [...]
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About the Whole Pro Bowl Thing…

Curtis Lofton, Roddy White and Tony Gonzalez were asked about the Pro Bowl voting Wednesday. They are the three Falcons players widely viewed as having a shot at the game. As it turns out, all three weren’t invited. It snaps a 10-year streak of Pro Bowl appearances for Gonzalez. It would have been the second-straight trip for White and [...]
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Good Start Leads to Good Finish

The Falcons had a 7-0 lead over the Buffalo Bills before many fans at the Georgia Dome made it to their seats Sunday afternoon. Atlanta’s defense sacked quarterback Brian Brohm on its way to an early three-and-out. Buffalo punted from its end zone. Eric Weems returned the kick 17 yards and — on the next snap [...]
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In Case You Missed It…

Tight end Tony Gonzalez was the guest on Falcons LIVE Monday night. The Future Hall of Famer is six catches away from 1,000 in his career and, fought through Atlanta rush hour and holiday traffic to chat with Wes Durham and Dave Archer.
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Falcons Hold Ryan Out of Practice

Falcons quarterback Matt Ryan did not practice Wednesday afternoon. The second-year signal caller played for the first time in two games in Sunday’s victory over the Jets but, according to Head Coach Mike Smith, the team is taking extra precautions as it prepares for a Week 16 game against the Buffalo Bills. “We had anticipated if he [...]
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Passing an Important Test

Most Falcons players are done with college. But that doesn’t mean they’ve escaped the occasional test. Whether they knew it or not, the Birds were being quizzed Sunday afternoon at The Meadowlands. The New York Jets ran out of the tunnel with playoff hopes alive. The night before, Atlanta’s postseason hopes were laid to rest. Losers of six of their [...]
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Not Messing with the Weather

Moving in and around the New York City area in a snow shower is easy for one or two people (did you know PATH trains have heated seats)? Moving a professional football team is a bit more complicated. So, faced with a storm that was shutting down parts of the mid-Atlantic, the Falcons and NFL took [...]
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