Steven Jackson News

Ice cream and Cake but not Football. Vanilla is bad when it's a description to Football.

Defending a running back from criticism has been as simple as blaming defenses for "stacking the box" against him.

The Falcons had an exceptional 2012 season, but which players need to step in 2013 to get them to their ultimate goal? The Falcons certainly had an exceptional season in 2012, although they did fall short of their ultimate goal.

Atlanta Falcons : The Falcons upgraded this position quite a bit in free agency by replacing Michael Turner with Steven Jackson .

The Falcons have moved carefully and specifically this offseason, not adding many players, but adding veterans at positions of need.

Steven Jackson is only the leading rusher in the history of the St. Louis Rams organization.

The Atlanta Falcons really opened up their offense, like many had been calling for them to do, in the 2012 NFL season.

Dec 16, 2012; Atlanta, GA, USA; Atlanta Falcons running back Jacquizz Rodgers stiff-arms New York Giants defensive back Will Hill during the second half at the Georgia Dome.

Steven Jackson will have one of the best years of his long career now that he's with the Atlanta Falcons .

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

Even though it's a passing league, fantasy teams need their running back stables to be, ummm, stable.

Time for our morning run through the top headlines from around the division: ATLANTA FALCONS National Football Post lists running back Steven Jackson as one of its top comeback fantasy players for the upcoming season.

Even though we are still 4 months away from the 2013 season getting underwait's never too early to predict how well the Atlanta Falcons will do next year starting with the first half of the season.

The Atlanta Falcons weren't the only squad to add rookie talent in April . While every team has added important pieces to the respective rosters, there will always be a special place for keeping tabs on rival squads and what sort of talent they've brought in for the upcoming season .

The thought of trying to predict what the Atlanta Falcons final 53 man roster and practice squad would be in May is preposterous when the final decisions won't be made until September.

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.

Dec 30, 2012, Seattle, WA, USA; St. Louis Rams running back Steven Jackson is tackled by Seattle Seahawks defensive end Red Bryant during the third quarter at CenturyLink Field.

Do a quick Internet search for " Atlanta Falcons " and "win-now mode." You'll find results that go back to 2011 asserting that the Falcons are, in fact, in "win-now mode," and have been in said mode since the blockbuster trade to acquire Julio Jones via the draft.

Now that the NFL draft is behind us we can start exploring the 2013 fantasy football kicker landscape.