For this years 2008 NFC South NFL Betting Odds, the Atlanta Falcons are in a rebuilding year, and will probably finish at the bottom of the league again like the 2007 season.  The Loss of Warrick Dunn will hurt them, but there #1 draft pick Matt Ryan could be the answer for the future and sell tickets.  The NFC South Betting Odds at Bodoglife.com have the Atlanta Falcons and early NFL odds for every NFC South team.

Atlanta Falcons were 4-12 last season and 6-10 ATS.  They had a lot of problems last year and it affected their performance on the field, especially the loss of star quarterback Michael Vick who is in jail now.  Last year first head coach Bobby Petrino, after 13 games gave up on the team and quit to go back to college to be a coach.  Atlanta owner Arthur Blank has now quickly brought in a new head coach in Mike Smith, first time head coach.  Smith is liked by the players because he is communicative.  It's going to take time, another team rebuilding this year.  The oddsmakers at Bodoglife.com currently set Atlanta Falcons 50/1 to win the 2009 NFC Championship 

Their star quarterback is serving 23 months in Leavenworth on federal charges related to dog fighting.  Now the star of the franchise is new quarterback Matt Ryan.  Following a stellar career at Boston College, Ryan emerged as a Heisman Trophy candidate while earning ACC Player of the Year honors as a senior.  The Golden Eagles finished eighth in the nation in total offense last year as Ryan established school records for 400-yard passing performances in both a career and a season while tallying 4,507 passing yards.  The Falcons are already pitching market sales and season tickets, so they need to get Ryan on the field as the starter quickly.  The oddsmakers at Bodoglife.com currently set Matt Ryan 12/1 Odds to win the 2008-2009 NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year Award.

The Falcons lead the league in rushing in 2005 and 2006 and then fell to 26th in the league last year.  Now they have lost there star running back Warrick Dunn this year to Tampa Bay.  He had some words to say towards Coach Bobby Petrino who screwed the team last year: "He didn't want to treat us like men; he wanted to treat us like kids who came out of high school ... It wasn't a friendly environment... This guy was calling plays we hadn't even practiced, he wanted everyone to talk at a whisper whenever there was a team dinner, and he didn't like a lot of noise on the plane... The way he went as a coward and the people in Arkansas have to worry about that..."  Dunn is considering the most one of the nicest guys in the league, and does a lot for the community; this is a huge loss for Atlanta this year. 

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