ajc.com - 12/8/2008
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New Orleans In this season of thrilling comebacks, surprising victories and unmatched togetherness, some things started to unravel for the Falcons here in the Big Easy. With a chance to put a stamp on the season and keep marching toward the playoffs, the Falcons couldn’t hold two fourth-quarter ...
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Both teams are still on the outside looking
in when it comes to the playoff picture. A
loss will almost assure the team will be home in the winter months rather than playing on the weekend.
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Saints and Bears Fighting For Their Playoff Lives
thesportscorner.ca - 12/9/2008
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The NFL’s all-time leading point scorer, kicker Morten
Andersen, has announced his retirement today from his home
in Copenhagen, Denmark. The 48-year-old kicker was without an NFL contract this season after 25 years in the league and 2,544 points. It was the end to a long illustrious ...
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NFL all-time points leader Andersen hangs them up
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Falcons 25 @ Saints 29: Who Dat Say!?
Canal Street Chronicles —
... "They ran a couple different run plays at us they hadn’t really shown a lot in our breakdown of the film; that’s no excuse," he said. "You let your technique take care of that. As long as you’re doing what you’re supposed to be doing, taking care of your responsibility, it doesn’t matter what they line up and run. We should be able to stop them."
-Keith Brooking
Falcons fall to Saints on road
"We definitely ...
FALCONS-SAINTS ONE-LINERS
ProFootballTalk.com —
... on the ground for the Saints. After failing to hold two fourth quarter leads , Falcons S Lawyer Milloy said, “We definitely took a step back as a team today.” Trailing 29-24, Falcons coach Mike Smith ...
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