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Buffalo Sabres are revitalizing their image and fan base, but face challenges against experienced teams like the Boston Bruins in the postseason.
Alabama has a +265 scoring differential, topping opponents by 8.5 points per game. It is putting up 92.1 points per game to rank first in college basketball and is giving up 83.6 per contest to rank 356th in college basketball. The 92.1 points the Crimson Tide average are 16.6 more than the Rebels concede.
New Falcons head coach Kevin Stefanski is starting to build his new staff, and his first major hire is a reunion with offensive line coach Bill Callahan, per team reporter Tori McElhaney. Callahan, 69, is one of the most respected OL coaches in the NFL. He has coached for nine different teams, including Stefanski's Browns from 2020 to 2023. In 2024, he followed his son and then-Browns offensive coordinator Brian Callahan, to Tennessee when he was hired as the Titans' head coach.
It's rare for a Super Bowl matchup to feature two teams who were not expected to make the playoffs ahead of the season. For that to happen should inspire hope for many teams that are either rebuilding or at a crossroads as an organization. The Falcons don't fall into either category, yet they can learn from how the Patriots went from rebuild mode to beating the AFC's top teams.
It's the heart of the offseason, with a couple more weeks left until free agency kicks off. That makes it a prime time to dive into the history of the Atlanta Falcons and, of course, argue about it. Today, we're going to kick off a series of articles and votes for the Falcons all-century team. We'll go position-by-position, one to two a day, and try to come up with a starting lineup and direct backups who should be considered the best of the best for the Falcons from 2000-2025.
As a rookie, he was the architect behind the Commanders' stunning run to the NFC Championship game. He was quite arguably the greatest first-year quarterback in NFL history. He was already being thrown into conversations as a top-five passer in the league and the best in the conference. He could do no wrong. Then, Year 2 happened. Jayden Daniels' second-year slump with Commanders has drawn wildly unfair criticism Daniels couldn't stay healthy, and Washington went 5-12.
all year, hitting him ferociously at every opportunity, sometimes right on the line of legality, if not past it. Indiana coach Curt Cignetti complained to ESPN's Holly Rowe about uncalled personal fouls against Miami, and he wasn't wrong, especially with regards to Jakobe Thomas's potential targeting hit on Mendoza in the first quarter; the Miami-raised QB was bleeding from the lip after Thomas's helmet smashed into his face, but, as was the case most of the night, the flags stayed in the referees' pockets.