atlanta falcons

Like everyone else, here at SportsTalk we a gearing up for Champoinship Sunday in the NFL this weekend.

So to break down the Atlanta Falcons, we enlisted the help of Bleacher Reports NFC South staff writer Knox Bardeen

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In the first 35 years of their existence, the Atlanta Falcons had very marginal success in the NFL. The future seemed bright when the team drafted Michael Vick out of Virginia Tech in 2001. A 2007 dog fighting arrest abruptly ended the Vick era in the ATL.

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Junior Seau was the quintessential NFL linebacker, a motivational leader, and loved by many people. Yesterday his life was tragically cut short when he was found dead in his Oceanside, California home with a self-inflicted gun shot wound to his chest, in an apparent suicide.

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It wasn't that long ago when the Giants entered the postseason as the 6th seed in the NFC and went on to win 3 road playoff games and defeat the mighty Patriots in Super Bowl XLII.  The Giants enter this postseason with a 9-7 record, and won 2 of their final 3 games to get into the tournament.

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New Orleans 45 – Atlanta 16

Drew Brees set a new NFL record for yards passing in a season, and the New Orleans Saints beat the Atlanta Falcons 45-16 on Monday night to clinch the NFC South title. B

Atlanta 41 – Jacksonville 14

Matt Ryan threw for 224 yards and three touchdowns, as the Atlanta Falcons routed the Jacksonville Jaguars 41-14 on Thursday night. Ryan threw two touchdowns to receiver Roddy White and the other to Julio Jones. A

Atlanta (8-5) needs to win this game to keep its current position as one of two NFC wild card teams. The Falcons trail the Saints in the NFC South by two games, but play at New Orleans on Dec. 26.

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Americans collectively breathed a huge sigh of relief in late July when the NFL lockout was officially lifted.  As a sports radio host I can't tell you how relieved to give up the daily charade of being a 'legal and labor analyst' and got to go back to prognosticating.

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