Atlanta Falcons

The Philadelphia Eagles suffered a disappointing 26-24 loss to the Atlanta Falcons in the season opener.

The Eagles will be pretty healthy when they head to Atlanta to face the Falcons in their season opener on Monday Night Football.  The Eagles and Falcons will square off for the first time since 2012 and have met 31 times in the series, including playoffs, with Philadelphia holding a 17-13-1 advantage.

PHILADELPHIA - It's time to finally switch gears and jump into regular-season mode. Each week at 973espn.com, we will be taking a look at the Eagles upcoming opponent and the five areas you should be keeping an eye on. Without further ado, here's the Week 1 edition of "Five on the Falcons...

The NFL has fined the Atlanta Falcons, stripped the organization of a draft pick and suspended team president Rich McKay from the league's Competition Committee beginning April 1 following the team's use of fake noise at home games. In statement released Monday, the league announced that the Falcons have been fined $350,000 and will forfeit their fifth-round selection in the 2016 draft... Read Mor

The 14-year head coaching tenure of Andy Reid has ended, the Philadelphia Eagles announced on Monday morning. The organization’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Jeffrey Lurie will hold a 12 p.m. press conference today at the NovaCare Complex (Listen on 97...

13 times Andy Reid has taken a mid-season week off and come back to thump the first opponent he sees. However, that streak may end Sunday as this time around the Eagles will face the undefeated Atlanta Falcons.

The Eagles traded four-time Pro Bowl cornerback Asante Samuel to the Falcons today for a seventh round pick, 229th overall.  Samuel had two years and more than $21 million remaining on his contract, but restructured the deal with the Falcons to three years and $18...

Each week on your FAVORITE Midday Radio Program, Just a Bit Outside, Joe Giglio and myself reveal our Top 5 teams in each conference. We call this ground-breaking, highly anticipated feature: THE FORMIDABLE FIVE! I don’t quite know how to title this each week. Is this Formidable Five for Week 12? Week 13? Week 12.5? I don’t quite know. But here’s what I do know…these are the five best teams in th