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An entire NFL playoff-level team’s worth of Alabama alumni returned to the sideline of their alma mater on Monday night to watch the Crimson Tide defeat Georgia in the national championship game. “I was actually asleep,” said the Atlanta Falcons’ Julio Jones, an ex-Tider who’s prepping for a playoff game this weekend. Ah, but Jones wasn’t about to stop at a both-sides-played hard critique. Continue to Article

January 12, 2018 11:10:am EST

The Philadelphia Eagles are not exactly getting the respect the number one seed in the NFL playoffs usually gets. Wentz tore his anterior cruciate ligament on December 10 and has been out since, and the Eagles offense has struggled with Nick Foles at the helm. Because of that, the Atlanta Falcons are slight favourites to beat the Eagles in the NFC divisional round on Saturday. Continue to Article

January 11, 2018 7:09:pm EST

Nick Saban’s tenure at Alabama brought the program their fifth college championship this decade on Monday after defeating a well-matched Georgia team in one of the best championship games Alabama’s had to play. Since at least 1988, the 10-year dynasty for Alabama — from 2008 to 2017 — is the best ever college football dynasty based on Elo ratings. The Atlanta Falcons won against the highly regarded Los Angeles Rams on Sunday, but they’ve got trouble ahead based on how this team compares to the NFC conference champions of 2017. Continue to Article

January 11, 2018 4:55:pm EST

What America saw last weekend from the Atlanta Falcons was similar to what the team showed for 2+ quarters of last year's Super Bowl. The Falcons have that balanced offense - if Matt Ryan is efficient - to challenge any opponents. Where they made their mark against the Rams was on defense. Continue to Article

January 11, 2018 2:32:pm EST