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Arizona Cardinals tight end Stephen Spach celebrates his first down catch with teammate teammate Ben Patrick as Atlanta Falcons safeties Erik Coleman and Lawyer Milloy react to the last first down of the game ...

It was barely a year ago that the Falcons visited Arizona and returned home with a three-point overtime loss.

Arizona is not exactly coming into Saturday's first-round NFC playoff game against the Falcons with a full head of steam.

At some point, they started to gather tangible evidence that they could contend for the division title and make the playoffs.

They need to rename the Metrodome. Just call it the Georgia Dome North. The Falcons own the building.

Minneapolis - - One of Minnesota's players lamented running up the tunnel after Sunday's game: "We [bleeping] let them have it." It's easy to see how the Vikings felt that way.

At least the Falcons know who they will be facing at quarterback this week. Last week against Tampa Bay, Jeff Garcia was hurt and Luke McCown was slated to start.

In addition to being a hard-hitting linebacker and special teams player for the Falcons , Coy Wire is also a thinker.

Atlanta's historic Swan House is never lovelier than during the holidays, when its halls are decked with festive finery.

The Falcons have one of the best rushing games in the NFL. They sure liked what they saw when they tuned in to "Monday Night Football." There was Carolina, which had one running back pounding away on the ...

He hit on all three of his top draft picks - quarterback Matt Ryan, left tackle Sam Baker and middle linebacker Curtis Lofton - and has received major contributions from his top two free-agent signees, running ...

In addition to the shoulder injury that has lingered for Abraham, who leads the team with 12.5 sacks, he was listed on the injury report with a thigh injury.

A week after holding San Diego's LaDainian Tomlinson to 24 yards on 14 carries, the defense was gashed by Pierre Thomas, a former undrafted free agent from Illinois, for 102 yards.

"We are going forward like he will be playing," Smith said after Wednesday's practice.

Just finished looking at the Pro Bowl ballot on NFL.Com. Fan voting for the Pro Bowl concludes on Tuesday.

Carolina Panthers' Jake Delhomme gets pressured by Atlanta Falcons' Jamaal Anderson in the 1st quarter at the Georgia Dome.

E. Coleman gets plenty of tackles : Falcons DB Erik Coleman had nine tackles, including eight solo, Week 12 against the Panthers.

Strong play at the Georgia Dome has helped the Atlanta Falcons become one of the NFL's most improved teams of the 2008 season.

Nine NFL seasons, to be exact. So it's rather significant that the brilliant defensive end for the Falcons sat at his locker Wednesday, thought about the last time he experienced this much togetherness among ...

Playoffs?! Don't talk about...playoffs? Are you kidding me? Cover your ears Jim Mora , because with seven weeks left in the regular season we're going to talk playoffs, and the Falcons are officially in the ...