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Time for our morning run through the top headlines from around the division: ATLANTA FALCONS National Football Post lists running back Steven Jackson as one of its top comeback fantasy players for the upcoming season. Jackson should be an excel...

Let's start the week off with a trip through some of the headlines from around the division: ATLANTA FALCONS Receiver Roddy White has a history of producing strong numbers in December, Daniel Cox points out. White's a clutch receiver and his la...

It's that time of year when everyone is making lists about various topics, so let's turn to another one. Matthew Berry ranks the 200 best fantasy football picks for 2013. The best fantasy player in the NFC South? According to Berry, it's Tampa ...

Earlier, we told you about New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees being included on a list of America's most influential athletes. Well, it looks like Brees doesn't have as much influence with one group. That's the fine folks over at Pro Footba...

TAMPA, Fla. -- When your pass defense (almost all by itself) sinks an entire season, there's only one thing to do. You go overboard to fix it. That's the approach the Tampa Bay Buccaneers followed Friday night as they drafted Mississippi State cor...

Re-signing strong safety Kam Chancellor was a priority for the Seattle Seahawks this offseason. Coach Pete Carroll said so during the NFL owners meeting in Arizona last month. It should come as no surprise, then, that the Seahawks have reached ...

We'll continue our pre-draft rankings of position-group needs with wide receivers. Remember, the earlier the ranking, the greater the need. New Orleans Saints: You can make a case that any receiver with Drew Brees as his quarterback instantly ...

The NFL will announce the 2013 regular-season schedule Thursday at 8 p.m. ET, league spokesman Greg Aiello announced through his Twitter account.

Who is one potential breakout player for each NFC South team in 2013? Atlanta Falcons: Receiver Harry Douglas already is established as the third receiver, but the team feels he has big-play potential that hasn't been fully utilized in the past. W...

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...

Time for a swoop through some odds and ends from around the NFC South: ATLANTA FALCONS In this "First Take" video, Atlanta wide receiver Roddy White ranks the top five teams in the NFL. As you might expect, White puts the Falcons at No. 1. He a...

The guy who I think is the most entertaining player in the NFC South got some national air time Wednesday and he didn't disappoint. Atlanta wide receiver Roddy White joined "First Take" and had some pretty strong comments about the state of the Fa...

Roddy White said Wednesday that for the first time since he's been with the Atlanta Falcons, the upcoming season will be looked at as "Super Bowl or bust."

The Atlanta Falcons have been fairly active this offseason and are likely to have several new starters next season. At the moment, here's how I see Atlanta's starting lineup: OFFENSE WR Roddy White LT Sam Baker LG Justin Blalock C Pete...

Future football Hall of Famer Tony Gonzalez isn't just bragging when he says he could play in the NBA. In fact, he did. In 2002, Gonzalez, who was in a contract dispute with the Kansas City Chiefs, was invited by the Miami Heat to take part in ...

In the never-ending scramble to somehow make the NBA All-Star weekend as exciting as it once was, it doesn't help that its once-marquee event, the Slam Dunk Contest, is now the third most exciting dunk contest on the basketball landscape. Earlier thi...