Atlanta Falcons
Falcons Ready for Season of High Expectations
Updated: Monday, 06 Sep 2010, 6:39 PM EDT
Published : Monday, 06 Sep 2010, 6:39 PM EDT
FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. - The Atlanta Falcons don't have to answer that same ol' question: Hey, when are you guys going to actually have two winning seasons in a row?
Yet it might be the way they look at getting a 44-year-long monkey off their backs that provides the best insight into why this long-suffering franchise may have finally turned the corner.
Coach Mike Smith isn't happy about going 9-7. Neither are his players. They came up short of their goal for 2009, which was getting back to the playoffs and going even deeper than they did the year before.
The Falcons will resume that quest Sunday, when they open a season of high expectations against the Pittsburgh Steelers.
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