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2008 Atlanta Falcons
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Record: 11-5-0, Finished 2nd in NFC South Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 391 points (24.4/g), 10th of 32 in the NFL.
Allowed 325 points (20.3/g), 11th.
Differential of 66 points (4.1/g), 11th.
Expected W-L: 9.7-6.3.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -3 (-0.2/g), 21st.
Simple Rating System: Total 3.8, Offense: 1.3, Defense: 2.5, SoS: -0.3, versus averages of 0.0.
Coached by
Mike Smith (11-5-0)
Offensive Coordinator: Mike Mularkey
Defensive Coordinator: Brian VanGorder
Training Camp: Falcons Training Facility (Flowery Branch, Georgia)
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Drafted Players
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| Rnd | Pick | Tm | Pos | Yrs | From | To | AP1 | PB | St | CarAV | G | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Att | Yds | TD | Rec | Yds | TD | College/Univ | |
| 1 | 3 | ATL | Matt Ryan | QB | 4 | 2008 | 2011 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 38 | 58 | 1151 | 1897 | 13215 | 85 | 46 | 163 | 362 | 4 | Boston Col. | |||
| 1 | 21 | ATL | Sam Baker | T | 4 | 2008 | 2011 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 46 | USC | |||||||||||
| 2 | 37 | ATL | Curtis Lofton | LB | 4 | 2008 | 2011 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 24 | 60 | Oklahoma | |||||||||||
| 3 | 68 | ATL | Chevis Jackson | DB | 3 | 2008 | 2010 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 33 | LSU | |||||||||||
| 3 | 84 | ATL | Harry Douglas | WR | 3 | 2008 | 2011 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 44 | 15 | 67 | 1 | 80 | 1085 | 3 | Louisville | |||||
| 3 | 98 | ATL | Thomas DeCoud | DB | 4 | 2008 | 2011 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 54 | California | |||||||||||
| 5 | 138 | ATL | Robert James | LB | 2 | 2009 | 2011 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Arizona St. | |||||||||||
| 5 | 154 | ATL | Kroy Biermann | LB | 4 | 2008 | 2011 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 60 | Montana | |||||||||||
| 6 | 172 | ATL | Thomas Brown | RB | 0 | 0 | 0 | Georgia | ||||||||||||||||
| 7 | 212 | ATL | Wilrey Fontenot | DB | 0 | 0 | 0 | Arizona | ||||||||||||||||
| 7 | 232 | ATL | Keith Zinger | TE | 1 | 2009 | 2009 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | LSU | |||||||||||