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WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- Purdue's reputation for producing great quarterbacks is recognized throughout college football, as names like Brees, Griese, Herrmann, Dawson and Everett are linked to the program. But there's another position where Purdue ...

It's time for the Atlanta Falcons' Class of 2008 to move on past graduate school and get the most advanced of degrees. Almost a year ago, I wrote a column about how the members of that draft class were headed for a crucial season that could define...

It's Trivia Thursday, so let's jump straight to the question. What NFC South unit in 2012 was the most overpriced and underutilized, and helped get a general manager fired? The answer is the Carolina Panthers' backfield. Yes, in 2012, the trio ...

Time for a look at some odds and ends from around the division: ATLANTA FALCONS Running back Steve Jackson said he considered retiring before signing with the Falcons. Jackson said the opportunity to play for a team with a shot at a Super Bowl ...

"Problem player." That's how Ray Edwards was branded after being released less than two years into his five-year, $30 million deal with the Atlanta Falcons in November. With the "locker-room cancer" label attached, Edwards knew it wouldn't be easy...

Time for an afternoon run through some odds and ends from around the division: ATLANTA FALCONS Quarterback Matt Ryan, who sprained his left shoulder in the NFC Championship Game, has fully recovered and started working out in the weight room. ...

North Dakota's fight commissioner has suspended an Iowa boxer for allegedly taking a dive 13 seconds into a bout against former Minnesota Vikings and Atlanta Falcons defensive end Ray Edwards.

I've got complete playing-time numbers for the Atlanta Falcons defense (we'll have numbers on their offense and the offenses and defenses for the rest of the NFC South teams later). The Falcons had 1,022 defensive plays and safety Thomas DeCoud wa...

Let's take a run through some odds and ends from around the division: ATLANTA FALCONS Remember Ray Edwards, the free-agent bust the Falcons released in the middle of last season? Well, after no other team signed him, Edwards apparently turned t...

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution has been running a fun series on past Atlanta Falcons' playoff heroes this week. Here's the installment on kicker Morten Andersen. The series also includes a little on what each former player is doing now, sort of ...

Kroy Biermann might not be the most famous athlete ever to come out of Montana's Hardin High. But the defensive end for the Atlanta Falcons is the most successful athlete to come out of a high school that is legendary in another sport. Hardin's ba...

One thing I always like to do after the season is look back at playing time for all the players in the NFC South. We'll get to the Buccaneers, Panthers and Saints at some point in the coming days or weeks. But we're going to take a look at the Atl...

Although we in the NFC South sometimes have an inferiority complex when it comes to recognition, there will be no shortage of it in what follows. I already rolled out my All-NFC South team and named Atlanta quarterback Matt Ryan the division's Mos...

The Atlanta Falcons may not have seen the last of Ray Edwards, the high-priced defensive end they released in November. Edwards reportedly worked out for the Seattle Seahawks on Monday and the team is expected to make a decision on whether to sign...

DETROIT -- When the Atlanta Falcons play the Detroit Lions on Saturday night, all they have to do to secure the No. 1 seed in the NFC playoffs is win. The Falcons have been doing plenty of winning. They're 12-2 and we've heard lots about quarterba...

It happens every time a player of any prominence is released elsewhere. Fans from just about every corner of the NFC South start asking if that player will land with one of the division's teams. It's been happening ever since Philadelphia released...