" There is one thing that is becoming clear as the Falcons hit the .500 mark. Giants quarterback Eli Manning had his best game of the season, passing for almost 400 yards against the Falcons.

Which Falcons player has had the most disappointing season so far? Matt Ryan 25.0% Roddy White 25.0% John Abraham 25.0% Other 25.0% DISCLAIMER: This poll is informal, not scientific.

The Cobb County School District received mostly A's on its report card Wednesday, but the school board will need training on how to work together and combat negative public perceptions, according to an accrediting agency.

There's a problem with setting the bar so high in Year 1. When you run face first into the bar in Year 2, everybody notices.

I would imagine that bus ride home was not a pretty sight. The Falcons went into Carolina with an opportunity to sweep the division series and laid an egg.

The Atlanta Falcons added wide receiver Michael Jenkins to their injury report Saturday, listing him as questionable for Sunday's game at Carolina with an undisclosed illness.

ATLANTA At CAROLINA OPENING LINE - Falcons by 2 RECORD VS. SPREAD - Atlanta 6-2; Carolina 3-5 SERIES RECORD - Atlanta leads 18-11 LAST MEETING - Falcons beat Panthers 28-20, Sept.

Chicago Bulls forward Tyrus Thomas will miss the next four-to-six weeks after fracturing his left forearm during a weight training session on Friday.

During the first half of the Falcons' win over Washington on Sunday, the defense was knocking quarterback Jason Campbell around like he was in a pinball machine.

'I saw the commotion, and I had a feeling that he might have had something to do with it,' said Roddy White.

Michael Turner is looking a lot more like he did a year ago. DeAngelo Hall might want to keep his mouth shut the next time he faces his former team.Turner ran for a season-high 166 yards, breaking away from Hall on a 58-yard touchdown that finished off Washington early in the fourth quarter, and the Atlanta Falcons snapped a two-game losing streak ...

John Abraham of the Atlanta Falcons poses for his 2009 NFL headshot at photo day in Atlanta, Georgia.

Posted by ESPN.com's Pat Yasinskas A quick trip through the most important injuries in the NFC South.

The skinny: Drew Brees is . . . human? He was intercepted three times last week against Miami and completed just 58 percent of his passes.

Sean Payton would welcome a little deja vu. About three years and one month ago, the Saints played one of the most memorable games in franchise history at home on a Monday night against the Atlanta Falcons .

In a major defensive clunker, the Falcons were pummeled 37-21 by the Dallas Cowboys on Sunday at sparkling new Cowboys Stadium before 81,521 very satisfied fans.

Falcons running back Jason Snelling , who has filled in admirably as a backup, did not practice Thursday.

The left side of the Dallas Cowboys offensive line gave a strong performance in Sunday's win against Atlanta.

Finally, John Abraham thought, as he and Jonathan Babineaux closed in on Tony Romo.

So far this season Flozell Adams has had to be ready for some premier pass rushers, like Denver's Elvis Dumervil and Justin Tuck of the New York Giants.