Atlanta Falcons

From Bart Scott and Hines Ward to Joey Porter vs. everyone, there's a lot of animosity in the NFL.

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Defensive end John Abraham is starting to get some help in the sack department.

He has 12.5 of the Falcons 24 sacks. The Falcons are using a defensive line by committee approach, but Jonathan Babineaux has stepped forward. He is second on the team with four sacks. Jamaal Anderson and Chauncey Davis are tied for third with two each.

But if you see someone diving around a quarterback's legs, it's usually Babineaux.

Early this season, he got after Green Bay's Aaron Rodgers, who then ran into Grady Jackson for his only sack of the season.

Even on some of defensive end John Abraham's sacks, the quarterback is jumpy because Babineaux is giving chase from up the middle.

"He's using his quickness and his speed," Falcons defensive line coach Ray Hamilton...

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Atlanta linebacker Keith Brooking sneered at the question: Is the surprising success of the Falcons and the NFC South the result of playing teams from the lowly AFC West and NFC North? If not, what explains the teams' combined 22-2 home record, easily the best in the NFL? "I just think this division as a whole is the toughest division in the league," said Brooking, in his 11th year with the...

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The Atlanta Falcons expect Grady Jackson to be available for Sunday's game at New Orleans after the defensive tackle was not one of the players suspended by the NFL for violating the league's anti-doping policy. "We're anticipating that Grady will play," coach Mike Smith said after Wednesday's practice.

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It's not supposed to be easy for rookie quarterbacks in the NFL. No one told Atlanta's Matt Ryan or Baltimore's Joe Flacco that, though.

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After losing defensive tackles Kevin and Pat Williams for the final four games, staying in first place will be a big challenge for the Vikings, says Vinnie Iyer.

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Mike Florio analyzes the StarCaps matter and determines that players seem to have a case against after the NFL as well as the manufacturer.

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The fellow inmates in Leavenworth with whom Michael Vick shares the group shower aren't the only ones who think...

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Two years ago, then- Atlanta Falcons coach Jim Mora sealed his fate in Atlanta by saying in a radio interview...

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