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Getty Images The Falcons will be looking for a new General Manager after the season and names of a few potential candidates are starting to emerge. D. Orlando Ledbetter of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that the team would like to interview Saints vice president and assistant General...

USA Today Sports When Todd Gurley signed four-year extension with the Rams worth $34.5 fully guaranteed in 2018, both sides figured he would be scoring touchdowns at SoFi Stadium on a weekly basis. But in the NFL, things change in a hurry. The Rams released Gurley before he ever got a chance...

Getty Images Plenty of coaches come from one side of the ball, and they delegate significant authority to the coordinator on the other side of the ball. That happened in New York, with offensive-minded Jets coach Adam Gase letting coordinator Gregg Williams handle the defense. Saints coach Sean...

Getty Images The Falcons found their way into the end zone in the second half this time, but the result of their game against the Saints was still a loss. Matt Ryan threw an incompletion deep down the middle on the final play of regulation and the Saints held on for a 21-16 win in Atlanta...

Getty Images After three games as the starting quarterback in New Orleans, Taysom Hill has proven something to himself, and possibly to the Saints. And anyone else who’s paying attention. He believes he’s a full-time NFL starting quarterback. “Coach [Payton] and I have had, we’ve had a few...

USA TODAY Sports Before becoming the head coach at Michigan, Jim Harbaugh’s career consisted of four years, and only four years, at each stop on the coaching trail. Four years with the Raiders as an assistant. Four years at the University of San Diego as head coach. Four years at Stanford...

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. Playing without running back Todd Gurley and wide receiver Julio Jones didn’t hurt the Falcons against the Raiders last week and they’ll get a chance to...

Getty Images Saints quarterback Taysom Hill has thrown his first NFL touchdown pass. Hill did not throw one as a starter over the last two weeks or in any of his appearances as a reserve player over the last few seasons, but he finally checked that box in the first quarter of Sunday’s game in...

Getty Images The Saints took a 10-9 lead into halftime during their Week 11 win over the Falcons and their defense has held the Falcons to the same amount of points in the first half this weekend. Younghoe Koo hit his third field goal of the half on the final play of the second quarter, but...

Getty Images The Saints Defense will be without defensive end Marcus Davenport and cornerback Janoris Jenkins on Sunday, but they will have defensive tackle Sheldon Rankins available. Rankins was activated from injured reserve on Saturday. He’s missed the last four games with a sprained MCL...

Getty Images Falcons wide receiver Julio Jones took a step backward when he went from a limited practice on Wednesday to not practicing at all on Thursday, but things headed in a better direction on Friday. Jones returned to practice and told reporters that “every route I ran today, I didn’t...

Getty Images Neither wide receiver Julio Jones nor running back Todd Gurley played in Atlanta’s victory over Las Vegas last week, but they could be on the field against New Orleans in Week 13. The Falcons listed Jones (hamstring) and Gurley (knee) as questionable for Sunday. Jones said he...

Getty Images Though they were limited participants in practice on Wednesday and Thursday, the Saints did not give running back Alvin Kamara (foot) or wide receiver Michael Thomas (ankle) an injury status for Sunday’s game against the Falcons. However, the Saints won’t have starting cornerback...

Getty Images There was no Thursday night game this week, so Week 13 of the 2020 NFL season will kick off at 1 p.m. ET on Sunday. There will be 12 games played that day and the 24 teams taking part in those games submitted their final injury reports of the week on Friday. The teams playing on...

Getty Images Last year, when the 49ers were one of the best teams in the NFL, defensive coordinator Robert Saleh’s name routinely emerged in the national conversation regarding potential head-coaching candidates. Earlier this year, when the 49ers were struggling, Saleh didn’t get mentioned. Now...

Getty Images Falcons kicker Younghoe Koo was a busy man last Sunday. Koo made five field goals and four extra points in the team’s 43-6 win over the Raiders, but that wasn’t good enough to make him the NFC special teams player of the week on Thursday. Friday brought better news for Koo. He...

Getty Images Wide receiver Julio Jones was a limited participant in Wednesday’s practice due to a hamstring injury, but things took a step in the wrong direction on Thursday. Jones did not take part in practice. He did not play in last Sunday’s win over the Raiders because of the injury and he...

Getty Images The Saints added defensive end Marcus Davenport to the injury report with a concussion Thursday. He did not practice. That would seem to put his availability for Sunday’s game against the Falcons in doubt. Running back Alvin Kamara (foot) and receiver Michael Thomas (ankle)...

Getty Images The simple truth about the lack of a home-market bubble for NFL teams is this: Collective bargaining. The league doesn’t want to have to make a concession to the union to secure the ability to take all players away from their families and put them in hotels. The union doesn’t want...

Getty Images The Saints are bringing an eight-game winning streak into Sunday’s game against the Falcons and the team’s defense has played a leading role in making that happen. They have allowed the fewest yards of any team in the league and the last five games have seen them allow opponents...