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Falcons continue to underachieve

By Keith Kidd
Scouts Inc.

Monday, January 8, 2007

Scouts Inc. examines what went wrong for the 20 teams that did not make the playoffs this season. Here, Keith Kidd analyzes the NFC South teams that missed. Atlanta Falcons Falcons owner Arthur Blank gave the entire organization an ultimatum during the 2006 season. Blank stated it was not good enough to finish the season out of the playoffs or with a record worse than 8-8. They did, and as a result there were changes at the top, starting with the firing of head coach Jim Mora. The Falcons are a ...

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