Atlanta Falcons
Do your Sunday plans involve watching two terrible football teams force one or the other to win? If so, the Falcons head to New Orleans for Hate Week Part I, a game where the Saints enter with a hair’s advantage of 1.5 points, per FanDuel Sportsbook.
Both of these NFC South rivals’ seasons have spiraled out of control, and at 3-7 and 2-8, respectively, it’s essentially a race to the bottom when they meet on Sunday afternoon in the Superdome.
Last week’s loss drove the final nail in Atlanta’s postseason hopes, and with injuries to wide receiver Drake London, Billy...
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This season has rapidly morphed into a nightmare, and the Atlanta Falcons suffered even more losses heading into Week 12’s matchup against the New Orleans Saints. There’s just no way to sugarcoat it: These are significant losses, and the Falcons could ill afford any more losses.
On Saturday, Atlanta announced that defensive lineman Zach Harrison and rookie cornerback Billy Bowman Jr. are hitting injured reserve. They promoted Cobee Bryant to the 53 man roster in a corresponding move and officially brought linebacker Divine Deablo from injured reserve.
Harrison has had a credible case as the team’s best overall defensive lineman,...
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It’s taken until Week 12, but the stage is finally set for the nastiest rivalry in the NFL to renew when the Falcons kick off against the Saints. The margins could not be thinner, as both teams have split this series down the middle over nearly 60 years of hatred, sharing the spoils with a 56-56 all time mark.
The Falcons owned this series from the early days and throughout most of history, winning nine games in a row immediately after losing the inaugural matchup, in 1967.
Even after the Saints fought back throughout the ‘80s, Atlanta put them back...
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The impending return of linebacker Divine Deablo could do wonders to revive a struggling Atlanta Falcons defense. Such a resurrection should help the Falcons snap their five-game losing streak this weekend against the New Orleans Saints, in the hopes of reversing the downward spiral that is the 2025 Falcons season.
Deablo suffered a broken forearm early in the Falcons’ Week 7 loss to the San Francisco 49ers, prompting him to miss the better part of five games. That absence has sparked a massive production downturn for the Falcons over the past month.
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The Atlanta Falcons are spiraling; the team has lost five in a row, and with Michael Penix Jr.’s season officially over, they’ll be relying on Kirk Cousins to dig them out of this hole. This just had to happen the week the Falcons play that team from New Orleans.
When asked earlier this week if the offense will look any different with Cousins under-center, Raheem Morris said things will look different. I found this comment interesting because we already saw the offense with Cousins against Miami, and it looked unchanged from the offense the team has been running since 2024....
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Atlanta’s now lost five games in a row and are threatening to go all the way to the bottom of the NFC South. Their obstacle this week is the team that is currently even worse than they are in the division, the Saints. Here’s how you can watch the matchup.
Date: Sunday, November 23, 2025
Time: 4:25 p.m. EST
Channel: FOX
Location: Caesars Superdome, New Orleans, Louisiana
Announcers: Adam Amin, Drew Brees, Kristina Pink
Radio: 92.9 The Game & affiliates locally with Dave Archer and Wes Durham on the call; Sirius XM nationally
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With postseason hopes all but officially dead for both the Atlanta Falcons and New Orleans Saints, this is a uniquely bad “Hate Week” for both franchises. Kevin Knight breaks down the matchup, including the latest injury updates, thoughts on the great Kirk Cousins vs Tyler Shough clash, and thoughts on how Atlanta can pull off the upset in New Orleans. Fellow Falcoholics, welcome to another episode of the Dirty Birds and Brews podcast!
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Well, Friday is upon us and I would say thank goodness, however the Falcons are in rough shape. Not only has the season gone off the rails but lately the injury bug has caught up with the Falcons, with the worst of it coming in the last seven days.
Let’s take a look.
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• LB Devine Deablo (forearm)
• CB Dee Alford (concussion)
• CB Mike Hughes (neck)
• S Xavier Watts (illness)
• LB Malik Verdon (shoulder) QUESTIONABLE
• DL Brandon Dorlus (oblique)
• LG Matthew Bergeron (ankle) QUESTIONABLE
Limited...
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This is the big week. The Falcons and Saints are squaring off, and that always brings out the burning bile from both fanbases. It’s just that both teams haven’t been quite this sorry in a long time.
But there’s still plenty of invective to go around, and if the Falcons are dead in the water, they can at least ensure the Saints are toast too. Two wins over New Orleans would be one of the few celebrations left to us from this season, so we’d love to make it happen.
Can this banged-up, dispirited Falcons team get that done? Let’s...
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It’s the beginning of a new week as the Atlanta Falcons and New Orleans Saints both held their first practices of the week. The Falcons begin the week with a very long injury report following Wednesday’s practice, meanwhile the Saints have a much smaller health crisis.
Let’s take a look.
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• CB Mike Hughes (neck)
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• LB Devine Deablo (forearm)
• S Jessie Bates III (rest)
• EDGE Jalon Walker (rest)
• CB Dee Alford (concussion)
• CB A.J. Terrell Jr. (rest)
• CB Billy Bowman Jr. (rest)
• LB...
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Do y’all remember when Julio Jones re-broke his foot against the Jets during the 2013 season? I was crushed. We had such high hopes for the Falcons in 2013. They were coming off of a spectacular 2012, one with a 13-3 finish, a Divisional Round win against the Seahawks, and then a heartbreaking 28-24 loss to the San Francisco 49ers in...
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There is no escaping the gloomy feeling surrounding the Atlanta Falcons. A once-promising season has disintegrated into a demoralizing year of catastrophic losses and franchise-altering consequences. They can’t win close games. They consistently struggle in the third quarter. They can’t find any semblance of consistency offensively. While strides have been made defensively, the unit allows far too many explosive plays. All these problems have culminated in another disastrous season for the franchise.
This roundtable was put together a few days before it was announced that Michael Penix Jr. would need surgery to repair his left ACL. The young quarterback’s play...
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