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Atlanta is fresh off a 27-7 win over the Cowboys that pulled its record to 5-4, which is only good enough for third in the NFC South. The Falcons are also 4-1 against NFC competition this year with the lone loss coming by three points to the Panthers. Seattle has won five of its last six games to get to 6-3 and with a win, will be tied with the Rams at the tops of the NFC West. Continue to Article

November 20, 2017 11:55:am EST

Coordinator Kris Richard now plays more meaningful snaps of man coverage than zone, but with Richard Sherman out for the season, Richard doesn’t have a corner who can reliably match up to Julio Jones. Maybe that’s man-to-man, with safety Earl Thomas, an excellent robber, swooping across the middle of the field to take away Jones’s lethal crossing routes. Continue to Article

November 20, 2017 11:00:am EST

One of the nation's largest domed stadiums collapsed Monday into a pile of jagged concrete and a vast cloud of smoke in a scheduled implosion in downtown Atlanta. Nearly 5,000 pounds of explosives were used to blast the Georgia Dome in Atlanta to smithereens at 7:30 a.m. Onlookers gathered at skyscrapers' windows, at a restaurant atop the city's tallest hotel, in parking lots and on nearby streets to watch the destruction of the landmark stadium. The Georgia World Congress Center Authority, which includes the 71,250-seat dome, had said it would take 12 seconds for the explosives to go off plus another 3 seconds for sections of grandstands to hit the ground. Continue to Article

November 20, 2017 10:50:am EST

The Georgia Dome, former home of the Atlanta Falcons, collapsed Monday morning in a scheduled (and meticulously-controlled) explosive demolition. The stadium’s 250,000 cubic yards of concrete needed 480,000 pounds of explosives (that’s 240 tons) to take it out. The NFL’s Falcons have moved next door to the Mercedes-Benz Stadium after playing at the Dome for 25 years. Continue to Article

November 20, 2017 10:26:am EST

Another Atlanta Falcons symbol has collapsed, but this time it was intentional. The Georgia Dome, once the home of the Falcons, is now deceased, age 25. Cause of death: a big ol’ controlled explosion. Continue to Article

November 20, 2017 10:18:am EST

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