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Salary-Cap Issue Forces Falcons to Cut Three Key Players

• Dale Perth

• Last Updated: March 1, 2013

When it comes right down to it, sport is a business. Tough decisions often have to be made to keep the business viable. So it is with the Atlanta Falcons, who released three big names to make some room under the salary cap despite a 13-3 regular-season record in 2012, their fifth consecutive winning season....

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NFL Preview: Jacksonville Jaguars at Atlanta Falcons

• Frank Doyle

• Last Updated: December 15, 2011

Everyone who wrote off Atlanta at the end of September may need to think again. Frank Doyle previews Jacksonville’s visit to the Georgia Dome tonight. Atlanta was a popular sports betting dark horse pick for the Super Bowl at the start of the season. Then the Falcons started 2-3, with defeats against the Bears, Bucs...

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NFL Preview: Atlanta Falcons at Chicago Bears

• Frank Doyle

• Last Updated: September 6, 2011

Frank Doyle thinks Birds can beat Bears when Atlanta visits Soldier Field on Sunday. Chicago is one of four home underdogs in the NFL on opening weekend – St Louis, Washington and Miami are the other three. It’s not very exalted company for a team that was 11-5 last year, won its division and got...