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Getty Images Falcons receiver Julio Jones did return to practice Thursday. He got in limited work for Monday night’s game against the Packers. Jones caught nine passes for 157 yards in the opener, but his hamstring limited him in the three days of practice leading up to the Week Two game...

Getty Images Allen Lazard earned a game ball after making six catches for a career-high 146 yards and a touchdown in the victory over the Saints. Lazard and the Packers are hoping that’s not the highlight of 2020 for the receiver. Lazard missed practice Thursday with a core muscle injury. Rob...

Getty Images A previous ESPN report indicated Packers receiver Allen Lazard would consult with core muscle specialist Dr. William Meyers. Apparently that already happened and a decision already was made. Lazard underwent core muscle surgery this week and is out indefinitely, Adam Schefter of...

Getty Images The Falcons will host fans for the first time Oct. 11. After the game against Carolina, two drones will sanitize the stadium. Mercedes-Benz Stadium partnered with Charlotte-based Lucid Drone Technologies for D1 disinfecting drones to sanitize areas, Vaughn McClure of ESPN reports...

Getty Images The Packers need Davante Adams more than ever, and he’s getting closer to a return from his own hamstring injury. But he said yesterday he wants to make sure he’s back to 100 percent before he puts himself back in a game. “Correct,” Adams said, via Jim Owczarski of the Milwaukee...

Getty Images The Falcons played without wide receiver Julio Jones in their third straight loss last Sunday, but it looks like their chances of getting him back in the lineup are trending in the right direction. Jones was on the practice field Thursday as the Falcons worked to prepare for...

Getty Images Younghoe Koo remained out of practice Thursday with a groin strain. He is not expected to kick this week. The Falcons worked out kickers and have signed Elliott Fry to their practice squad. Fry originally signed with the Bears following the 2019 NFL draft. He has spent time with...

Getty Images Barring a further outbreak among the Titans, they’ll host the Steelers on Monday or Tuesday. Monday apparently is the target. Paul Kuharsky reports that the CBS crew that will be working the game has been told that it will happen on Monday night. This will give the Titans limited...

Getty Images The postponement of Sunday’s Steelers-Titans has created a challenge for the NFL. It also will create another national TV window. Andrew Marchand of the New York Post reports that the game between Pittsburgh and Tennessee, which originally was lumped within the 1:00 p.m. ET...

Getty Images Among their other problems, the Falcons are going to need another kicker this week. Via Tom Pelissero of NFL Network, the Falcons are bringing in Elliott Fry and Kai Forbath for workouts. Fry lost out during the competition in Buccaneers camp, and Forbath was most recently on the...

USA TODAY Sports Cornerback Darqueze Dennard picked off his first pass of the season last Sunday, but he’ll have to wait a while for his second one. The Falcons announced on Tuesday that Dennard has been placed on injured reserve. He’ll be eligible to return after three weeks on the list...

Getty Images On Monday, we go positive. (For the most part.) On Tuesdays, one specific segment of PFT Live focuses on the negative. It’s the Goats (in a Bad Way) draft. The Week Three edition appears in the attached video. Some of them are obvious. Cowboys defensive lineman Trysten Hill...

Getty Images Falcons offensive coordinator Dirk Koetter was afraid a 16-point lead wasn’t enough. He was, of course, correct. The veteran play-caller said their decision to keep throwing the ball (which they did not do well) in the fourth quarter of Sunday’s blown lead to the Bears stemmed...

Getty Images The Falcons have activated cornerback Jordan Miller off of the reserve/suspended list to the 53-player roster, the team announced Monday. The NFL suspended Miller for four games for violating the league’s performance-enhancing substance policy, and he served the first game of the...

Getty Images When the Falcons had a late 26-10 lead on Sunday, it appeared that the Bears simply wouldn’t have enough time to catch up. Then the Falcons did the Bears a favor, and kept stopping the clock. Those clock stoppages came from eight consecutive incomplete passes thrown by Matt Ryan...

Getty Images The Falcons had punter Sterling Hofrichter handle the kickoffs during Sunday’s loss to the Bears and it appears they’ll be making alternate plans for the coming weeks as well. Younghoe Koo didn’t play on kickoffs because he suffered a groin injury before the game. He was able to...

Getty Images Two weeks ago, Bears quarterback Mitch Trubisky led the team back from a 17-point deficit in Detroit. He won’t get the chance to lead the team back from a 16-point lead in Atlanta. Nick Foles has entered the game with the Bears behind 26-10 in the third quarter of Sunday’s game...

Getty Images It looked like Nick Foles was going to make a dramatic appearance off the bench. But the result was the same as Mitch Trubisky. A play which was originally ruled a touchdown for Bears wide receiver Allen Robinson was overturned, after officials deemed Falcons cornerback Darqueze...

Getty Images The Falcons found a new way to lose a game. And the Bears found a new quarterback. Quarterback Nick Foles came on in relief of Mitchell Trubisky, and led the Bears to a 30-26 comeback win over Atlanta. The Falcons (0-3), led 26-10 in the fourth quarter, a week after blowing a...

Getty Images The 2020 Falcons have done something no team has ever done before. According to ESPN Stats and Info, they are the first team to lose two games that they led by at least 15 points in the fourth quarter. They accomplished that feat by allowing 20 points in the fourth quarter of...