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Bucs pounce on rookie Ryan's mistakes in victory over Falcons
Falcons rookie Matt Ryan was intercepted twice in the first half Sunday and Tampa Bay's Brian Griese turned the miscues into a touchdown and field goal that helped the Buccaneers beat their NFC South rivals 24-9.

4 NFL teams taking a chance on inexperience at helm

Sep. 11--When Washington Coach Jim Zorn took the Redskins into the Meadowlands last week to face the reigning world-champion New York Giants, he did so as head coach, offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach.

Falcons report: Inside slant
The Falcons are looking for their rushing attack.

Falcons report: Notes, quotes
--Falcons safety Lawyer Milloy was arrested at 4:35 a.m. Monday morning after the team's charter returned from Tampa Bay.

Falcons report: Strategy and personnel

Turner's record Week 1 performance proves this critic wrong
It's tough to admit a mistake but Pete Prisco does so in his analysis of Atlanta's Michael Turner. The 'Burner' torches the Lions for 220 yards in a Week 1 victory, which is just the beginning of Turner's skilled tenure with the Falcons.

Falcons' Milloy released from jail, charged with DUI, speeding
Atlanta Falcons safety Lawyer Milloy has been arrested on DUI and speeding charges in suburban Atlanta.

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Injuries

RB	Thomas Brown	IR
T	Renardo Foster	PUP
DB	Von Hutchins	IR
MLB	Robert James	IR
DT	Trey Lewis	IR
T	Pat McCoy	IR
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Transactions

9/16	Martrez Milner	TE	cut
9/3	Kenneth Darby	RB	practice squad addition
9/3	Eric Weems	WR	practice squad addition
9/3	Glenn Sharpe	CB	practice squad addition
9/3	Brandon Miller	LB	practice squad addition
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sorry if this means you. no i'm not who gives a !

Why do people use the word sexy for football players? I cringe everytime I hear a commentator do that. It gets on my nerves and sounds super gay! I'm sorry but 30 years ago you didn't refer to Mean Joe Green as "a sexy option at d-line" He would have killed a small town and ate all of the pets. Ronnie Lott was not a sexy option at safety, he was a murderer that cold-c ...(more)

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Keys to beating the Chiefs?

Our topic for Week 3 of the Member Mayhem contest:

Looking forward to Week 3, what will be the key factor, or factors, to your team's success?

The Chiefs have a strong team of writers in their fan base. For the Member Mayhem essay contest, they're possibly the toug ...(more)

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Early predictions for Week 2 vs Bucs

Ok Falcons fans, time to make comments and thoughts before the game.

What will the Falcons do on the road and against a good defense? They had their way with Detroit with the running game and Turner proved to be a good runner. Ryan didn't have to do much and got us off to a great start with his TD pass to&nbs; ...(more)

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Lawyer Milloy arrested.....

LAWYER NEEDS AN ATTORNEY

Posted by Mike Florio on September 15, 2008, 9:55 a.m. EDT

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Brent Grimes = upgrade?

That Broncos-Raiders game was something else. I was happy to see Justin Griffith (supposedly not wanted by Petrino) and Ashley Lelie play well for the ...(more)

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Scoreboard

Final	1	2	3	4	T
Tennessee (2-1-0)	3	0	0	0	3
Atlanta (1-2-0) «	0	3	7	7	17
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2008 Schedule
Date	Opponent	Time/Result
Sep 7	Detroit	Won 34-21
Sep 14	@Tampa Bay	Lost 9-24
Sep 21	Kansas City
Sep 28	@Carolina
Oct 5	@Green Bay
Oct 12	Chicago
Week 7	BYE
Oct 26	@Philadelphia
Nov 2	@Oakland
Nov 9	New Orleans
Nov 16	Denver
Nov 23	Carolina
Nov 30	@San Diego
Dec 7	@New Orleans
Dec 14	Tampa Bay
Dec 21	@Minnesota
Dec 28	St. Louis
All times are Eastern
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NFC South
Team	W	L	T	PF	PA	DIV	Streak
Carolina	2	0	0	46	41	0-0	Won 2
Atlanta	1	1	0	43	45	0-1	Lost 1
New Orleans	1	1	0	48	49	1-0	Lost 1
Tampa Bay	1	1	0	44	33	1-1	Won 1
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2008 Team Rank
	Off	Rank	Def	Rank
Pass	182.2	22	170.5	5
Rush	140.2	5	104.2	13
Total	322.5	13	274.8	5
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2008 Player Stats

Passing
Player	PCT	YDS	TD	INT
Matt Ryan	47.8	319	1	2
Rushing
Player	ATT	YDS	AVG	TD
Michael Turner	36	262	7.3	2
Jerious Norwood	20	111	5.6	1
Receiving
Player	REC	YDS	AVG	TD
Roddy White	6	113	18.8	0
Michael Jenkins	1	62	62.0	1
Touchdowns
Player	TD	RUSH	REC	PTS
Michael Turner	2	2	0	12
Michael Jenkins	1	0	1	6
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Power Ranking

Current	Team	Previous
25	Falcons · Trends	23
They found out Sunday what all young teams find out: Winning at home is one thing, winning on the road another. At least they battled back to make it interesting after their first-quarter horrors.
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