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Atlanta Falcons : Bradie Ewing was ticketed for the starting fullback job as a rookie last season.

Of the qualities that make Meyrick Buchanan, the footballer, an appealing prospect - clever in the mould of the classic small forwards, agile, good in close - one has particular resonance.

As training camp rosters are finalized, an unmatched optimism protrudes into the air for all 32 teams.

In the seemingly quiet period of the NFL, you know that period of time between the NFL Draft and the remaining free agent signings, one is left to shape their teams from pure, unadulterated fandom and speculation.

The New Orleans Saints missed the playoffs last year as the Atlanta Falcons opportunistically leapt to the top of the division.

It would be hard to find an acquisition that seemed more inevitable than Steven Jackson, who had been linked to the Falcons for weeks leading up to his signing.

The Packers' 2013 schedule finishes with a very tough stretch. Let's look at these four games and preview what should happen in them.

In one of my favorite time-killing activities every year during the month of May, I've begun compulsively scanning fantasy mock draft websites to see who like-minded people are drafting in the early rounds.

ONE of Victoria's most talented young cricketers has turned his back on the sport to pursue an AFL career.

Often we see talented players that spend all of their careers with a losing team join a legitimate contender near the end of the career for the chance to win a title.

Jen Floyd Engel, selected the top columnist in the 2012 Associated Press Sports Editors annual contest, had covered local sports for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram since 1997 and had become a columnist in 2003 before joining Fox Sports.

Now that the NFL Draft is over, the talk has begun over the biggest remaining signing the Falcons have to make: Matt Ryan's extension.

I don't know if Desmond Trufant and/or Robert Alford will be the next Deion Sanders or the next Charles Dimry or somewhere in between those two terminal points on the competence spectrum of Atlanta Falcons cornerbacks.

Cornerback Robert Alford was too good for the Falcons to pass up in the second round of the NFL draft on Friday night, even though Atlanta also selected a cornerback in the first round.

By most measures the Atlanta Falcons had a great season last year. They finished the year with a record of 13-3 and took 1st place in the NFC South.

Defensive tackle Jonathan Babineaux said Tuesday he'd like to see the Falcons make defense their top priority in this week's NFL draft.

Over the past few months, I spent a lot of time out at the Fired Football Coaches Association office in Tampa.

Dimitroff is positioned for another busy draft, holding the 30th overall pick and plenty of extra selections in the later rounds to restock the roster of a team that came up just one win shy of the Super Bowl last season.

Jan 26, 2013, Honolulu, HI, USA; General view of the NFL logo at midfield of Aloha Stadium at Ohana Day for the 2013 Pro Bowl.

We told you earlier this week about the developments in negotiations between Matthew Stafford and the Detroit Lions on a contract extension that could exceed $100 million.