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Pre-camp optimism has turned into skepticism

By Len Pasquarelli
ESPN.com

Wednesday, September 8, 2004

ATLANTA -- Less publicly volatile than his famous father, more passionate than he will ever permit a row of minicams to document, Atlanta Falcons first-year head coach Jim Mora possesses a natural energy that can transform the befuddling into the believable, and a countenance reminiscent of Alfred E. Newman. What, him worry about Michael Vick, whose lack of playing time in the preseason, and scratch-the-surface grasp of the new offense installed this spring by coordinator Greg Knapp has suddenl ...

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