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Five things to know about the San Francisco 49ers' matchup against the Atlanta Falcons in the NFC Championship Game on Sunday in the Georgia Dome: 1. Same thing all over again? At least on paper, this matchup looks awfully similar to the one Atlan...

The question has become so prevalent that the answer has gotten lost in the shuffle. "When will the Atlanta Falcons win a playoff game?" is the question that's been building since soon after coach Mike Smith and quarterback Matt Ryan arrived in t...

Atlanta Falcons owner Arthur Blank on Tuesday became the first NFC South owner, including New Orleans' Tom Benson, to publicly address the NFL's punishments of the Saints for their three-year bounty program.

Since we had a lot on the Saints on Saturday -- and I'll be coming back with more on their playoff loss to San Francisco later Sunday -- let's take a quick break from New Orleans and look at what's going on around the rest of the NFC South. The At...

NEW ORLEANS -- The Saints are focused solely on their "Monday Night Football" game with the Atlanta Falcons right now. A victory will give them the NFC South title. But fans and media have been getting ahead of the game and comparing the Saints t...

Even if you had Drew Brees' cellphone number, there's no way you could reach him right now. You wouldn't even get a ring; you'd hear, "This mailbox is full." It's been that way for weeks now, and you can't really blame the quarterback of the New ...

ATLANTA -- That playoff game the Atlanta Falcons lost in January is still going on. It has lingered through a lockout and a lackluster first four games. It dragged on even further Sunday night as the Green Bay Packers defeated the Falcons 25-14 at...

Obviously, we've devoted a lot of Monday night and the wee hours of Tuesday morning to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. That's because they were hosting the "Monday Night Football" victory over the Indianapolis Colts. But let's take a look at what's goi...

ESPN.com's NFL writers rank the top 10 quarterbacks in the league today. Next week: Top 10 safeties. Take eight football writers scattered from Seattle to Tampa and ask them to come up with a list of the top 10 quarterbacks in the National Footba...

ESPN.com's NFL writers rank the top 10 quarterbacks in the league today. Next week: Top 10 safeties. Take eight football writers scattered from Seattle to Tampa and ask them to come up with a list of the top 10 quarterbacks in the National Footba...

Each Thursday leading up to the NFL draft (April 28-30), the ESPN.com NFL blog network will take a division-by-division look at key aspects of the draft. Today's topic: history in that spot. Carolina Panthers The Panthers' top pick is No. 1 ove...

ATLANTA -- Their season is over. That "process" that the Atlanta Falcons always talk about? Well, we found out Saturday night that it's far from complete. After showing signs (a 13-3 record and the No. 1 seed in the NFC playoffs) all season that ...

Three nuggets of knowledge on Saturday's playoff game between the Green Bay Packers and Atlanta Falcons. Forgotten Falcons. The Falcons can take some comfort in being at home, where they were 7-1 this season, and that they beat Green Bay in a regu...

A quick review of the Atlanta Falcons' 34-17 victory against the St. Louis Rams. What it means: The Falcons are 8-2 and no team in the league has more wins. The meeting with St. Louis had the markings of a "trap" game, but the Falcons didn't fall...