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Getty Images The Falcons elevated defensive end Austin Edwards and linebacker Edmond Robinson from the practice squad as COVID-19 replacements for Sunday’s game against Detroit. Edwards originally signed with the Falcons following the 2020 draft out of Ferris State. He made 84 total tackles...

Getty Images The Packers signed linebacker James Burgess from the Falcons’ practice squad Saturday, the team announced. They placed him on the exempt/commissioner permission list. Burgess has played 27 games with 21 starts in stints with the Browns and Jets. The Packers announced several...

Getty Images In his first week as the Falcons’ interim head coach, Raheem Morris made a good case that he deserves to be a head coach on a permanent basis. Morris’s boss says he wants to see Morris continue to make that case. Falcons President and CEO Rich McKay said on NFL Network that Morris...

Getty Images Falcons receiver Julio Jones has spent much of the season on the team’s injury report after injuring his hamstring in the season opener. He missed two games and played only 15 snaps in another. Jones returned to practice Thursday on a limited basis, and though he remained limited...

Getty Images Week Seven of the 2020 NFL season kicked off on Thursday with a win by the Eagles and it continues with 12 more games on Sunday, which means that the 24 teams in those games submitted their final injury reports of the week on Friday. The teams playing on Monday night won’t release...

Getty Images Through six weeks of the season, 10 teams have one win or fewer. While some of those teams are destined to win more games when they play each other (two of the one-win franchises square off tonight), multiple teams could soon be slipping out of contention, even with seven teams per...

Getty Images Wide receiver Julio Jones thinks the Falcons can keep it going after winning their first game of the season last week and he took a step toward being in the lineup on Thursday. Jones took part in practice after sitting out on Wednesday. Jones has been dealing with a hamstring...

Getty Images Falcons receiver Julio Jones has had a handful of limited practices since injuring his hamstring in Week One, including last Friday. He has missed most practices. He was out of practice again Wednesday. Jones caught nine passes for 157 yards in the opener, but his hamstring...

Getty Images The Falcons won their first game of the season last Sunday and quarterback Matt Ryan‘s play had a lot to do with the victory. Ryan was 30-of-40 for 371 yards and four touchdowns as the Falcons routed the Vikings 40-23 in Minnesota. It’s the second time that Ryan has thrown four...

Getty Images Regardless of whether teams are or aren’t wondering about the availability of Falcons quarterback Matt Ryan and/or receiver Julio Jones in trade, there should be no wondering about this: The cap consequences for trading either guy would be very significant. For one of them...

Getty Images Panthers running back Christian McCaffrey isn’t ready to return just yet. McCaffrey, who has been out since suffering a high ankle sprain in Week Two, is not expected to play on Sunday against the Saints, according to NFL Network. It’s possible that McCaffrey could return the...

Getty Images At only 32, Raheem Morris became the head coach of the Buccaneers. He got only three seasons to try to improve a team that was in gradual and inevitable decline. Now, more than a decade later, Morris gets 11 chances to audition for a second chance. He’s 1-0, with 10 to go...

Getty Images The NFL, as it should, likes to point out positive aspects of a season in progress, especially when it comes to the scoring of points and other things that make the game exciting. Here’s something the NFL won’t be issuing a press release about. Nearly a third of the league stinks...

Getty Images The Falcons are seeing the bump from a coaching change, with newfound life after Raheem Morris replaced Dan Quinn. The Vikings are seeing the hangover from not completing a game they should have won last week. In a must-win game for the Vikings, Kirk Cousins has thrown three...

Getty Images It was the tale of two quarterbacks. Matt Ryan threw for 371 yards and four touchdowns, and Kirk Cousins threw three interceptions to go with his three touchdowns. The Falcons beat the Vikings 40-23. Atlanta, which fired coach Dan Quinn and replaced him with Raheem Morris, got...

Getty Images Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson is now tied for first place in NFL history in the statistical category known as the double-triple. A double-triple, as you’ve previously read at PFT, comes when a player has triple-digit yards in two different statistical categories. A player can...

Getty Images Vikings quarterback Kirk Cousins threw three interceptions in Sunday’s 40-23 loss to the Falcons and that leaves him with 10 through the first six games of the season. It also leaves him with a realistic assessment of what the fallout from those interceptions could be. Vikings...

Getty Images The Vikings thought they were reloading. Their record suggests they’re rebuilding, especially on defense. The good news, if there is any, is that the defense has gotten better as the season has progressed. The bad news, and there’s plenty, is that the defense has failed to hold...

Getty Images Every week we bring you all the inactives from the 1 p.m. ET games in one post, constantly updated with the latest information. Check back to see the full list as it becomes available 90 minutes ahead of kickoff. Broncos at Patriots Broncos: RB Melvin Gordon, TE Noah Fant, WR...

Getty Images The Vikings are having a hard time keeping up with the Jones. Falcons linebacker Deion Jones intercepted Kirk Cousins, leading to a Julio Jones touchdown for the Falcons. Atlanta, which has a new coach this week after firing Dan Quinn, has the early 7-0 lead. On the first play...