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Falcons enter final month with win and division lead
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Falcons head coach Mike Smith gives running back Steven Jackson a fist pump during Sunday's game against the Arizona Cardinals in Atlanta. - photo by Associated Press
FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. — The Atlanta Falcons are two games below .500. The Green Bay Packers might be playing as well as anyone in the league. But, as Falcons coach Mike Smith pointed out Monday, both teams are in identical spots in the standings heading to the final month of the regular season.