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The Falcons surprised everyone last year with Matt Ryan at quarterback and Michael Turner at running back and winning and winning and winning and then they lost to Dallas. It was a heck of a year. But therein lays the problem.
And then, the iron-clad capper: After 43 years in operation, the Falcons still haven’t had consecutive winning seasons.
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43 years is a long time in anything and even a longer time not to have back to back winning seasons. Can that curse be broken this year? Well, the …read more

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The new face of the Atlanta Falcons, Matt Ryan
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One day Matt Ryan is playing my Michigan State Spartans in a bowl game and the next day Matt is inking a contract with the Atlanta Falcons.
The name “Michael Vick” was conspicuously absent.
Atlanta is owned by Arthur Blank, an owner that desperately wants to move on, as they say. It is time to forget the Michael Vick era. What better way than to draft a new quarterback, to give the …read more

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Michael Vick is vilified everywhere
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What could possibly happen next to Michael Vick?
Will he get benched by his prison team for erratic passing?
Will the guard dogs start hearing rumors of his past life and threaten him?
Now we find out Michael Vick is being held responsible for a defaulted loan.
A federal judge ordered imprisoned quarterback Michael Vick to repay more than $2.4 million to a Canadian bank for defaulting on a loan.
The Royal Bank of Canada sued Vick in September, arguing his guilty …read more

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You want Pete Carroll over me?
You know what you are thinking. Why would he do it?
It is USC, man. Land of the babes and surf and football. It does not get any better.
Even a bad year has you mentioned in the running for a National Championship at some point.
The money is good. The sun is good.
Why do it?
Maybe we need a little background here.
Carroll has experience in the NFL as a head coach and as an assistant in addition to his tremendous success at USC.
Carroll, 56, …read more

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This is the look of Michael Vick’s Owner, Arthur Blank. Does not look too happy, does he?

Michael Vick has become a problem for the NFL. Why they have not acted to do more is beyond me. Michael was told not to come to camp. That is training camp, big deal.
“To our fans and all fans of the NFL, we want to emphasize that this team and the entire organization is committed to doing the right things both on and off the field,” Blank said.
“No one …read more