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CBS Sports’ Tony Gonzalez Talks Falcons vs. Browns
It’s gut check time in Week 12 of the NFL. The playoff picture is becoming a little clearer but many questions still remain. One of the more interesting notes this season is the underwhelming NFC South...
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Toucher & Rich: Dave Richard’s Week 15 Fantasy Football Advice
BOSTON (CBS) - 98.5 The Sports Hub’s Toucher & Rich were joined by CBS Sports fantasy football guru Dave Richard Thursday morning to help break down the upcoming week and provide his expert advice....
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The Good, Bad And Ugly That Was The 2014 Falcons Season
By Matthew Asher “Oh what could have been!” Mike Smith was officially fired on Monday by Falcons owner Arthur Blank, who showed that he’s not content with resting on the laurels of the success of...
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TNF Fantasy Starters: Falcons Vs. Saints – Who To Play, Who To Pass
By Stephen Dolan The NFC South is the focus of Thursday Night Football this week as the New Orleans Saints take on the undefeated Atlanta Falcons. The Falcons survived a scare on Sunday as the...
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Top 5 Wildest Sports Callers Of The Week: December 7th-December 11th
The Top 5 Sports Callers of the week is a weekly installment from CBS Local Sports that will bring you the wildest callers from across the nation. Number 5: In this week’s episode we start with PJ from...
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Boston College To Retire Jerseys Of Matt Ryan, Luke Kuechly
BOSTON (CBS) — Coming off an offensively starved 3-9 season that saw them go 0-8 within the ACC, there’s no doubt that the Boston College Eagles have hit a bit of a rut. But in 2016, the program is...
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Back At Boston College, Matt Ryan Offers Encouragement
BOSTON (AP) — With Atlanta Falcons quarterback Matt Ryan back at Boston College on Wednesday, the message was clear: Things weren’t always this bad. After one of the worst seasons in the program’s...
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Keidel: Falcons Soaring Toward Playoffs
By Jason Keidel Whenever two teams with avian handles play on the gridiron, we’re stuck with this “battle of the birds” cliche. But between the Arizona Cardinals and Atlanta Falcons, one team is...
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Is Tom Brady Really The NFL MVP In 2016?
By Michael Hurley, CBS Boston BOSTON (CBS) — Let’s start this conversation by admitting this: The NFL MVP Award does not really matter much. More specifically, as it relates to a surefire Hall of Famer...
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Keidel: Tom Brady Should Not Win 2016 NFL MVP
By Jason Keidel If you needed proof that the Patriots are just different — and better — than everyone else, you merely had to watch them play on Sunday. Though New England didn’t need to win the game...
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Report: Matt Ryan Beats Out Tom Brady For NFL’s All-Pro First Team
BOSTON (CBS) — Patriots quarterback Tom Brady made the most of his 12 games played this season, putting together arguably the most impressive season in his Hall of Fame career. While the performance...
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CBS Sports’ Tony Gonzalez Breaks Down NFL’s Divisional Round Games
Ryan Mayer In the divisional round of the NFL playoffs, which kicks off this weekend, all four games are rematches from the regular season. The Saturday afternoon game features the Seahawks and Falcons...
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Keidel: NFL Championships All About Offense
By Jason Keidel Maybe college basketball coined the phrase Final Four, but it’s hard to find a more eclectic or electric slate of football teams playing on Sunday. The winners, of course, punch their...
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NFC Championship: Falcons Rout Packers 44-21 To Advance To Super Bowl LI
By The Sports Xchange | Box Score ATLANTA — When the Atlanta Falcons earned their only other Super Bowl berth, the NFC Championship Game victory was in Minnesota. This time, their home fans got to help...
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Keidel: Brady And Ryan, A Contrast In QBs
By Jason Keidel All Super Bowls have their own stories, plots and subplots. The more — or the more intense — the merrier. From the tete-a-tete between Ray Buchanan and Shannon Sharpe to the worldwide...
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QB Legacy Tracker: Tom Brady Only Gets Better With Age
By Danny Cox Super Bowl LI will have the New England Patriots taking on the Atlanta Falcons in a match-up of the two best teams from the 2016 NFL season. That is what happens every season, but teams...
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QB Legacy Tracker: Can Matt Ryan Lead Falcons To First Super Bowl Win...
By Shawn Lealos When the Atlanta Falcons drafted Matt Ryan with the fourth overall pick in the 2008 NFL Draft, they hoped he would be their savior after losing Michael Vick. While he started out on...
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Atlanta Falcons: Road To The Super Bowl
By Shawn Lealos When the 2016 NFL season started, the Atlanta Falcons were coming off an 8-8 season and only made some cosmetic improvements to their team. However, in a twist that surprised many...
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Super Bowl LI Question Of The Day: Who Is Falcons Biggest Threat Other Than...
BOSTON (CBS) — In case you haven’t heard, the top-rated offense will be going against the top-rated defense in Super Bowl LI. Bill Belichick and the New England Patriots defense will have their hands...
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Keidel: Falcons’ Super Bowl Win Next Season Unlikely
By Jason Keidel With the ADD nature of the world these days, the machine-gun clatter of clicks and double-clicks and the entire galaxy summoned to your mobile phone, it’s now natural that we’ve already...
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Matt Ryan Pulls A Bill Belichick: ‘We’re On To 2017’
By Matt Dolloff, CBS Boston BOSTON (CBS) — Bill Belichick’s famous “We’re on to Cincinnati” press conference has taken on a life of its own ever since the Patriots throttled the Cincinnati Bengals...
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Did Matt Ryan Throw Some Shade At Kyle Shanahan For Super Bowl Collapse?
BOSTON (CBS) — The Super Bowl is the biggest game in sports, and so whenever a team loses in historically tragic fashion, it’s not something that team is going to be able to get over for a very long...
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Keidel: Will Falcons Or Lions Stay Undefeated?
By Jason Keidel It’s hard to glean season-long nuggets from two weeks of play. But based on data gathered since the NFL expanded its playoffs to 12 teams, those who start 0-2 have a 12 percent chance...
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Patriots Opponent Profile: Faltering Falcons May Be Just What The Pats Need
By Danny Cox The New England Patriots (4-2) have won four of their last five game—and that’s great—but they haven’t done it in overly impressive fashion. Still, they’re winning, and that’s the most...
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How The Dolphins Beat The Falcons: Eight Keys Patriots Can Take Away For Sunday
By Michael Hurley, CBS Boston BOSTON (CBS) — There was a distinct point last Sunday afternoon when the present and future looked a little bleak for the New England Patriots. They were getting shredded...
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Week 7 Fantasy Football Advice From Dave Richard: Replacing Aaron Rodgers
BOSTON (CBS) — One owner in every fantasy league in the world took a hit last week when Aaron Rodgers suffered a broken collarbone. On Thursday, CBS Sports’ fantasy football expert Dave Richard joined...
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Dolloff: Matt Ryan In Prime Time Is … Actually, Pretty Good
By Matt Dolloff, CBS Boston BOSTON (CBS) — Matt Ryan may strike you as a quarterback who has a long history of shrinking under the prime time lights. Especially after the Falcons collapsed at the end...
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What To Watch For When Falcons Visit Patriots On Sunday Night
By Michael Hurley, CBS Boston BOSTON (CBS) — When the Patriots and Falcons met eight months ago in Super Bowl LI, they were both on top of their respective conferences. The Falcons rolled to that Super...
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Patriots-Falcons Week 7 Predictions
BOSTON (CBS) — Just over eight months ago, the Patriots walked off the field at NRG Stadium in Houston as Super Bowl champs following their dramatic and unprecedented comeback win over the Atlanta...
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Hurley: The Patriots Have Broken The Falcons
By Michael Hurley, CBS Boston FOXBORO (CBS) — You don’t ever know anything in sports, but we all knew that Matt Ryan and the Falcons were going to feast on the abysmal Patriots defense on Sunday night....
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Esiason: Never Seen Anything Like Patriots’ Sustained Greatness Since 2001
BOSTON (CBS) — The New England Patriots are rounding into their usual form as we approach the midway point of the 2017 season. The Patriots are now 5-2 on the season after their 23-7 win over the...
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Boomer Esiason On NFC Divisional Round Matchups
By Matt Citak With Wild Card Weekend in the rear view mirror, we now turn our attention to the NFC Divisional Round, where the Philadelphia Eagles will host the Atlanta Falcons on Saturday, while the...
View ArticleEagles Opponent Profile: Ryan Leads Defending NFC Champs To Philly For...
By Kevin McGuire After getting a week off to prepare for their first opponent, the Philadelphia Eagles are hoping they have Nick Foles ready to guide the offense on a postseason run. The journey begins...
View ArticleFive Things: Buccaneers Vs. Falcons Thursday Night Roundup
By Andrew Kahn 56-14. You just don’t see scores like that in the NFL very often. Tampa Bay didn’t look like an NFL team last night, not scoring until the fourth quarter. It will be a long 10 days until...
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Tom Brady Once Again Leads Unbelievable Comeback Vs. Falcons, Hitting Antonio...
By Michael Hurley, CBS Boston BOSTON (CBS) — Oh no. Tom Brady has done it again to the Atlanta Falcons. The quarterback who helped cement his legacy as the greatest of all time with a 28-3 comeback...
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Report: Julio Jones Want To Play With Cam Newton
BOSTON (CBS) — Another day, another Julio Jones report involving the Patriots. Actually, there are two. First, Mike Lombardi said on his podcast that he believes the rumors of the Patriots’ interest in...
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Patriots’ Defense Dominates Falcons In 25-0 Victory
BOSTON (CBS) — In a game that was dominated by the New England defense, the Patriots capped a decisive win over the Falcons in appropriate fashion: a pick-six by linebacker Kyle Van Noy. Van Noy...
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J.C. Jackson’s Bold Statement On Patriots’ Defense And Other Leftover Thoughts
By Michael Hurley, CBS Boston BOSTON (CBS) — J.C. Jackson doesn’t want to brag or boast. Buuuuttttttttt, the fourth-year cornerback/full-time interception machine had something to say after Thursday...
View ArticleCeltics Officially Sign G League Sharpshooter Matt Ryan To Two-Way Contract
BOSTON (CBS) — The Celtics have filled the team’s final two-way spot on the roster, signing forward Matt Ryan of the Grand Rapids Gold on Monday. Boston’s interest in Ryan (who is not the same Matt...
View ArticleMatt Ryan Is ‘Humbled And Inspired’ By Colts’ Banners For Some Reason
By Michael Hurley, CBS Boston BOSTON (CBS) — Matt Ryan is an Indianapolis Colt. He’s all excited about it. And he wants to let everybody know. But he’s got a funny way of showing it. The...
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