Atlanta Falcons News and Rumors
Falcons beat Seahawks 30-28 to make NFC title gameTimes Staff, tampabay.com Times wires Sunday, January 13, 2013 ATLANTA - Matt Bryant pumped his fist and celebrated atop the Falcons logo in the middle of the field. Tony Gonzalez broke down in tears. Matt Ryan relished the thought of not having to answer a familiar question.The |
|
|
The Falcons will surely defend the 49ers' rushing attack in the NFC title game better than the Packers did, but Andrew Perloff still feels Colin Kaepernick and Co. will head to the Super Bowl. |
|
Judy Battista, nytimes.com A preview of the N.F.C. championship game between the San Francisco 49ers and the Atlanta Falcons. |
|
Times Staff, tampabay.com The Bucs will have at least one more Pro Bowler at this time next week. With the Falcons and 49ers advancing to next Sunday’s NFC Championship Game, it will become necessary for either the Falcons’ Julio Jones or the 49ers’ Frank Gore to back out of… |
|
Michael David Smith, profootballtalk.com We saw three great football games this weekend. And then we saw one great football team. After a tremendous Saturday in the divisional round of the NFL playoffs, Sunday got started with another phenomenal game as the Falcons jumped out to a big lead, sq… |
|
Matt Loede, falconsgab.com Seahawks cornerback Richard Sherman gained attention not only for his play this year but for running his mouth at Tom Brady after the Seahawks beat the Patriots earlier this year and taunting Redskins tackle Trent Williams last Sunday. But today the Fal… |
|
|
Josh Alper, profootballtalk.com The Falcons got that elusive playoff win on Sunday, but it didn’t come easy and it didn’t come without a possible price in terms of health for the NFC Championship Game. Defensive end John Abraham left early in the game and did not return because, per… |
|
Quick Take: 49ers at FalconsJan 13
Five things to know about the San Francisco 49ers' matchup against the Atlanta Falcons in the NFC Championship Game on Sunday in the Georgia Dome: 1. Same thing all over again? At least on paper, this matchup looks awfully similar to the one Atlanta won… |
|
Sean Newell, deadspin.com Atlanta 30, Seattle 28: Seattle's all-pro shit stirrer, Richard Sherman, somehow manages to win this interaction that began with Roddy White burning the Seahawks defense for a 47-yard touchdown-Ohhh you got a touchdown, gooood for youuuu-even though t |
|
|
The Falcons added plenty of drama to their 30-28 win over the Seahawks. Chris Burke examines Atlanta's escape job, Russell Wilson's brilliance, questionable strategies and more. |
|
Maggie Hendricks, yahoo.com The Atlanta Falcons earned their first playoff win with Matt Ryan as quarterback, and they did it in heart attack-inducing manner. After pulling out to a 20-0 lead, the Falcons came close to dropping the home game to the Seattle Seahawks. Atlanta found … |
|
|
Doug Farrar, yahoo.com Sometimes, as an athlete, you define yourself in a losing effort. And in the year of the rookie quarterback, it was the last one standing who may have just done that. Russell Wilson of the Seattle Seahawks came into the 2012 NFL season as a too-short th… |
|
|
Associated Press, ESPN.com Matt Bryant kicked a 49-yard field goal with 8 seconds left and the Atlanta Falcons bounced back after blowing a 20-point lead in the fourth quarter, defeating Russell Wilson and the gutty Seattle Seahawks 30-28 in an NFC divisional playoff game Sunday. |
|
|
Frank Schwab, yahoo.com There's a notion that "clutch" isn't a skill, because luck in close games evens out over a long period of time. And there's something to that. But there has to be some explanation for Atlanta's Matt Ryan and the Falcons being able to pull thes… |
|
|
John Clayton, ESPN.com The Falcons and 49ers found vindication while winning their way into the NFC Championship Game. |
|
|
Josh Alper, profootballtalk.com The Falcons answered one Seattle touchdown drive with an impressive drive of their own, but they couldn’t do it a second time and we’ve got a close game in Atlanta. Russell Wilson flicked a short touchdown pass to Zach Miller with 9:13 left in the fou… |
|
|
ATLANTA -- Thoughts on the Atlanta Falcons' 30-28 victory over the Seattle Seahawks in the divisional round on Sunday at the Georgia Dome: What it means: We finally get to stop hearing how coach Mike Smith and quarterback Matt Ryan can’t win in the post… |
|
|
Doug Farrar, yahoo.com The Seattle Seahawks went into the visitors' locker room at the Georgia Dome In Atlanta down 20-0, and nobody to blame but themselves. A defense that has been stout all season allowed 268 yards on 34 plays, and the Falcons converted four of their seven … |
|
|
Josh Alper, profootballtalk.com An ugly half ended in ugly fashion for the Seahawks. The Seahawks drove the ball inside the Falcons’ 10-yard line as time ran down in the second quarter, but a false start and a sack by Jonathan Babineaux pushed them back with no timeouts left to stop t… |
|
|
Jay Busbee, yahoo.com You want a metaphor for the first half of Sunday's NFC divisional playoff game between Atlanta and Seattle, you could do worse than looking to the last play of the first quarter. Atlanta was up 10-0, starting fast but in danger of letting Seattle back i… |
|
|
Maggie Hendricks, yahoo.com Throughout the NFC divisional playoff game between the Seattle Seahawks and the Atlanta Falcons, Seattle cornerback Richard Sherman pulled out the best of his smack talk. After disrupting a sure touchdown early in the game, Sherman signaled that the Fal… |
|
|
Josh Alper, profootballtalk.com When the Falcons stumbled to a 24-2 loss against the Giants in the playoffs last season, they failed to convert a pair of fourth downs that helped swing the game to the Giants. This is a new year, though, and fourth down has worked out a lot better. The… |
|
|
Frank Schwab, yahoo.com It seems like the Atlanta Falcons weren't too pleased with the constant chatter about their recent playoff failures. Atlanta got off to a great start in the first quarter, highlighted by back-to-back catches by one future Hall of Fame tight end and one … |
|
|
Josh Alper, profootballtalk.com A slow start for the Seahawks in their Wild Card game against the Redskins meant they had to come back from a 14-0 deficit to move onto Sunday’s date with the Falcons. They’re digging themselves another hole. They trail the Falcons 10-0 near the end o… |
|
|
ATLANTA -- Even the most pessimistic of Atlanta fans might be able to start relaxing. At least a little. The Falcons are 30 minutes from winning their first playoff game since the 2004 season and the first since the arrival of coach Mike Smith and quart… |
|
|
Sean Newell, deadspin.com Seattle at Atlanta 1:00 p.m. (FOX): Well, it's put up or shut up for the "Falcons stink in the playoffs" narrative. It really could not have shaken out any worse for them, though, as the white-hot Seattle Seahawks come into town. While Atlanta… |
|
|
Falcons 10, Seahawks 0Jan 13
Can the top-seeded Falcons avoid their fifth straight playoff loss? They'll have to cool off Russell Wilson and the streaking visiting Seahawks. Follow the divisional round matchup here. |
|
|
Roddy White: ‘If Russell Wilson is better than Matt Ryan, I don’t know nothing about football’Jan 13
Doug Farrar, yahoo.com There's no question that the marquee matchup in the divisional round game between the Atlanta Falcons and Seattle Seahawks is the Falcons' outstanding receivers versus Seattle's big, physical cornerbacks. Roddy White and Julio Jones are a nightmare for … |
|
|
ATLANTA -- The Falcons just announced their inactives for Sunday’s game with Seattle and there are no surprises. As expected, injured cornerback Christopher Owens is out. The other inactives are quarterback Dominique Davis, receiver Tim Toone, guard Phi… |
|
|
Live from the Georgia DomeJan 13
ATLANTA -- I’m in the Georgia Dome press box and you can see and feel the playoff atmosphere. There are fairly large groups of players from both the Seahawks and the Falcons already out on the field loosening up. During the regular season, you usually o… |
|
|
Join our ESPN.com NFL experts for the NFC throw down between the Seattle Seahawks and the Atlanta Falcons. Contribute your thoughts and questions beginning at 1 p.m. ET. See you there. Countdown Live: Seahawks-Falcons |
