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Getty Images One of the most productive tight ends in the league this season is set to miss several weeks after hurting his knee last weekend. Falcons tight end Austin Hooper went for an MRI after injuring his knee in last Sunday’s win over the Saints. Ian Rapoport of NFL Media reports that...

Getty Images Questions about plans to attend Colin Kaepernick’s Saturday workout are being asked at press conferences around the league on Wednesday and one team had a pretty easy answer to the question. Kaepernick’s workout was arranged by the NFL and it is set to take place at the Falcons’...

Getty Images New Falcons kicker Younghoe Koo was replacing a legend already, as the guy who walked in after longtime kicker Matt Bryant. Then they gave him jersey number 7, which was synonymous with Michael Vick. Koo held up to both standards, and was named NFC special teams player of the...

Getty Images The 49ers lost their first game of the year on Monday night, which didn’t knock them from the top perch in the NFC playoff picture but did make things tighter in the race for the No. 1 seed in the conference. A win would have left them two games up on the Packers and Saints in the...

Getty Images The Falcons will only be playing seven games in Atlanta during the 2020 regular season. It’s unclear where their eighth home game will be played, but we know it won’t be in the United States. The Falcons announced on Tuesday that they will be the home team for one of the NFL’s...

Getty Images The Dolphins entered the season looking like they’d pull away from the field — in reverse. Instead, they keep winning, and a new favorite has emerged for the top pick in the 2020 NFL Draft. If the season ended today, the winless Bengals (0-9) would hold spot in next year’s...

Getty Images The Falcons defense played like there were 13 men on the field at times Sunday. Which makes a bit of sense, since they had more than the normal amount of people calling plays. According to Steve Wyche of NFL Network, assistant head coach Raheem Morris said he was calling third...

Getty Images Falcons running back Devonta Freeman left Sunday’s victory over the Saints with a foot injury. He had an MRI on Monday to assess the damage. The results were fairly positive for the Falcons. Freeman has a foot sprain, Ian Rapoport of the NFL reports, and the running back could...

Getty Images The Falcons will play without running back Devonta Freeman for a couple of weeks with a foot sprain. Tight end Austin Hooper also will miss some time. An MRI on Hooper’s injured knee revealed a sprain to Hooper’s medial collateral ligament, Ian Rapoport of the NFL reports...

Getty Images The Falcons didn’t fire head coach Dan Quinn during their bye week, but they did make some changes to the responsibilities of coaches on his staff. One of those moves involved Raheem Morris going from working with the wide receivers to working with the defensive backs and that...

The Falcons posted the most surprising result on Sunday by routing the Saints 26-9 to snap their six-game losing streak. The win came at a cost, however. Running back Devonta Freeman left the game with a foot injury and tight end Austin Hooper was knocked out with a knee injury. Ian Rapoport...

Getty Images The word literally gets misused, and often. But on Sunday, the Falcons literally played unlike they had all year. The Falcons shocked the Saints with a 26-9 win, playing the kind of inspired football they had not while slinking to a 1-7 start that made questions about firing...

Getty Images Sean Payton wasn’t going to complain about the officiating Sunday. His own team gave him enough to complain about. After his previously 7-1 Saints were rolled by the Falcons, Payton was in no mood for extraneous reasons why. “We didn’t play well enough to win today — really...

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. Giants at Jets Giants: TE Evan Engram, WR Sterling Shepard, C Jon...

Getty Images The Falcons went into the bye week with questions about who was getting fired, and the answer turned out to be nobody. Now, they’re playing the kind of football that would prevent such questions from being asked. The Falcons are up 10-3 on the Saints in the second quarter, with...

Getty Images The Saints have a guy on defense who can make an opposing receiver disappear. But without the eraser on the field, the Falcons are writing an unexpected story. The Falcons are up 13-6 at halftime over the Saints, controlling the clock with their ground game and making a few big...

Getty Images The Falcons may be closing out one of the upsets of the season, and they may be doing it without their leading rusher. The team announced that running back Devonta Freeman was out for the rest of the game with an ankle injury. While that doesn’t help, the Falcons are up 20-9 on...

Getty Images Falcons running back Ito Smith will miss the rest of the season with a concussion. The Falcons announced today that Smith has been placed on injured reserve with the concussion he suffered two weeks ago. Smith is second on the team in rushing with 22 carries for 106 yards this...