Atlanta Falcons News

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

Every team knows the Falcons are going to run the ball. Every team is going to put eight --- and sometimes nine --- players at the line of scrimmage to stop them.

Roddy White was kicking himself after the game. Sure, it would have been a tough catch, but it shows just how far he's come that everyone expected him to make it.

Just a shade over 2, Logan Brooking is a might young yet to be a deep woods sniper.

The Falcons waived defensive end Brandon Miller, a former University of Georgia player, today.

Brandon Jacobs wants to be practicing today. He wants to play on Sunday. And when the NFL 's free agency period begins this winter, he wants to still be a Giant.

There are only three guarantees in life: death, taxes, and Atlanta sports fans jumping off the bandwagon at the first sign of adversity.

The Falcons cornerback will be facing his former team in the Denver Broncos. But there is more - - much more.

's red jersey was 7. Now, the number stenciled on his blue prison workshirt is 33765-183. The last time the Atlanta Falcons and Broncos played, on Oct.

Baltimore Ravens at New York Giants , 1 p.m. The Ravens haven't beaten a team with a winning record.

More than halfway into his rookie season, the Falcons don't mind getting a little more creative with quarterback Matt Ryan.

The Falcons were anticipating that they'd be able to run the ball against Denver Sunday, but were met with some major resistance.

* Mike Smith A former Jacksonville defensive coordinator, Smith was given the helm after Bobby Petrino bolted for Arkansas.

Spencer Larsen made history in his first NFL start. Larsen, a rookie, became the first Denver player to start on offense and defense in the same game when he opened Sunday's game in Atlanta as the team's middle ...

"It's going to be a great feeling," Reeves said. The Falcons have two celebrations planned for today's game against the Broncos: Before the game, there will be an alumni tailgate gathering at the Georgia World ...

The downturn in the economy hasn't spared Atlanta Falcons owner Arthur Blank's foundation and his main business unit.

Young and Bailey were held out with groin injuries. Young has only one carry since Oct.

They say football is a game of inches. It's also a game of injuries. In the NFL, one injury to a key player can cause upheaval to a team's depth chart and ultimately its won-loss record.

Coach , however, expects Turner to be ready to play against the Broncos at 1 p.m. Sunday at the Georgia Dome.

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Michael Vick lives in a prison in Kansas, making 12 cents an hour while plotting his return to the NFL.