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TAMPA, Fla. -- Mike Smith is headed back to Atlanta, this time as defensive coordinator of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.The ex-Falcons coach is excited about the trip, though not because hes facing his old team for the first time since being fired two seasons ago.The winningest coach in franchise history when he was let go in December 2014, Smith spent a year away from the NFL before joining one of his former Atlanta assistants, Dirk Koetter, in trying to transform the Bucs into playoff contenders.Koetter, in his first season as coach of the Bucs, and Smith, 66-46 in seven seasons with the Falcons, both reject the notion that returning to the Georgia Dome on Sunday will be special for any other reason than its the regular-season opener.The duo said so much has changed since they left that their familiarity with players remaining on the roster from the Smith regime is only a minimal advantage.Obviously for me and Mike, were both two years removed, so theres less and less guys that theyve kept, Koetter, who spent three seasons as Smiths offensive coordinator in Atlanta before moving into the same role with the Bucs in 2015, which means this weekend actually will be the third time hes gone against the Falcons since his departure.Theres some guys that are the same, but I think my emotional time with that is passed, Koetter added. We have to look at this as a football team. This is a divisional game on the road to open the season. ... Im just worried about what our team does.Smith led the Falcons to two NFC South titles and four playoff berths, including an appearance in the 2012 NFC championship game. He fell out of favor over his last two seasons in Atlanta, going 4-12 in 2013 and 6-10 in 2014.The 57-year-old jumped at the opportunity to join Koetter, who reached out to his old boss after Tampa Bay promoted him from offensive coordinator to first-time NFL head coach when Lovie Smith was fired after last season.The former coach sees a parallel in the challenge he faced in Atlanta, which drafted quarterback Matt Ryan in 2008, and the situation Koetter inherited with the Bucs, who have second-year quarterback Jameis Winston.This is a quarterback-driven league. Theres no doubt about it. And I think Jameis is an outstanding quarterback, Smith said Thursday. Hes got some great traits on the field, but hes also a great leader.And when you have that, I think it puts you a step ahead of the teams in the league. Were all trying to have the best possible football team, and I think it starts with the quarterback position. So I do see some similarities, definitely.Smith joked that hes had a lot of sleepless nights lately, preparing to face a Falcons offense led by Ryan, receiver Julio Jones and running back Devonta Freeman.Theyre three really outstanding football players, and if they get going, they can make it be a long day for you. Weve had an opportunity to put in our preparation and now we have an opportunity to go in and play and see how we execute, said Smith, adding that the transition from head coach to defensive coordinator hasnt been as difficult as some might expect.I sleep better at night, thats the first thing. Its been enjoyable, Smith said. Its been refreshing to be a little bit more hands-on in a smaller group that youre dealing with. These guys have been great.Not only the players, but the coaches and our support staff. Its been fun to get back to just worry about Xs and Os and not having to worry about things outside of that.Like Smith and Koetter, the Falcons are playing down the significance of opening the season against familiar faces.Once youre out there playing -- and Im sure they would say the same thing -- youre competing. Its just like any other week, Ryan said. I know theyll be well coached. Thats probably the biggest thing going into it. I know theyll be well prepared on both sides of the ball.Coach Dan Quinn and defensive lineman Jonathan Babineaux agreed that when the game begins, all that matters is how well the teams play.You always face former coaches and former teammates, week in and week out. Its the way the league is. Nobody ever really stays on the same team, Babineaux said.Im blessed to be here for 12 years now. But it really doesnt happen anymore these days, the tackle added. Ive got a lot of regard for Dirk and Smitty and what they did in the past here. I think theyre going to have a successful program over there.But Sunday is about the Atlanta Falcons. Theres a lot of new guys in this locker room who werent even here when they were here. So its really no rivalry. Its just a great divisional battle.---AP Sports Writer Paul Newberry in Atlanta contributed to this report.---AP NFL website: www.pro32.ap.org and http://twitter.com/AP-NFL cheap nfl jerseys authentic . Coach Tom Thibodeau says the former MVP will probably start travelling with the team in the next few weeks. Rose tore the meniscus in his right knee at Portland in November and was ruled out for the remainder of the season by the Bulls. cheap nfl jerseys wholesale . LOUIS -- Rookie Tavon Austin has missed another day of practice, lessening the odds hell be ready for the St. http://www.cheapnflauthenticjerseys.net/ . -- The St. Johns IceCaps weathered a wild first period with the help of goaltender Jussi Olkinuora, before finding offensive inroads in the second. wholesale adidas nhl jerseys . Irving scored 23 points, Tristan Thompson had 20 points and 10 rebounds and the Cavaliers beat the Denver Nuggets 117-109 on Friday night. wholesale nfl jerseys . And when it opened, every player was at his stall. Thats a sure sign that a team is in a slump and is searching for answers. "Its embarrassing to be at home and play the way we did," said defenceman Josh Gorges.As General Manager of Monday Night Raw, Mick Foley is now charged with making Hell in a Cell Matches - but he used to wow fans in them. The Hardcore Legend wrestled inside the demonic metal structure four times during his in-ring career and although he was never victorious, the fan favourite carved out some indelible memories.Top of the pile was surely Foleys 1998 bout with The Undertaker, in which he suffered two staggering tumbles, one from the top of the Cell and another through it (more on that later). Order Hell in a Cell Book this Sundays pay-per-view on Sky Sports Box Office The Indiana-born star was not involved in the inaugural Hell in a Cell encounter - that honour was bestowed upon The Undertaker and Shawn Michaels at the Badd Blood event in October 1997.But he did compete in the next three, with THAT match against Undertaker sandwiched by a star-studded tag-team skirmish and a singles scuffle with The Phenoms brother, Kane.Foley - then competing under his Mankind guise - had actually partnered Kane in the second Hell in a Cell match in history, with the duo taking on The Undertaker and Stone Cold Steve Austin. Foley battled Stone Cold Steve Austin inside the Cell The bout, which took place on Raw in June 1998, ended in a no contest with Taker assaulting Paul Bearer inside the locked Cell, while Austin and Kane tore clumps out of each other on the roof.Ah, the roof…The Cells ceiling played a pivotal role when Mankind and Taker went one-on-one inside the compound two weeks later at the King of the Ring pay-per-view in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.With both competitors atop of the structure, Undertaker chokeslammed his adversary onto the mesh surface, causing a panel to give way and Foley to slam into the canvas below. Foley was thrown through the Cell roof by The Undertaker The shocking fall left the WWE announce desk reeling - Good God, Good God! Will somebody stop the damn match? Enoughs enough! cried lead commentator Jim Ross, with co-broadcaster Jerry Lawler yelling: Thats it. Hes dead.Foley had already suffered a startling moment earlier in the contest when he was hurled off the 16ft-high Cell roof - the Cell was heightened to 20ft in 2006 - and through the Spanish announce desk below.The Spanish announce desk really does take a pounding, doesnt it?!Foley ended the bout with a tooth in his nose and a dislocated jaw, as well as a number of other war wounds - one of the many reasons the match is considered one of the most famous in WWE history.Foley has since admitted his memories of the match - won by The Undertaker when he planted his opponent into a pile of drawing pins, some of which remained lodged in Foleys arm for a good while afterwards - are sketchy, and he believes Undertakers clash with Michaels a year earlier is the finest Cell match to have taken place. Foley says Undertaker-Michaels is the best Hell in a Cell Match ever Mankind, perhaps tentatively, stepped back into the Cell later in the summer of 1998 against Kane - though he clashed with Undertaker during the bout when he was chucked into the announce desk by the Demon of Death Valley.Foley looked primed for defeat when he was Tombstoned onto a steel chair but the clash had no winner, rendered a no contest when Austin emerged from under the ring to batter Kane.The next time Foley competed in the Cell he did so under another persona - Cactus Jack, a gimmick he had previously adopted in World Championship Wrestling and Extreme Championship Wrestling.Foley had made the swiitch from Mankind while embroiled in a rivalry with Triple H for the WWE Championship, with a Cell encounter announced after he had lost a Street Fight to the Game at the 2000 edition of the Royal Rumble.ddddddddddddA month later at No Way Out, there was more than the title on the line - with the stipulation that should Jack aka Foley fail to dethrone Triple H he would retire.Thats what happened - but not before another sparkling match, which saw Foley tumble though the top of the Cell, just as he had done against Taker, and then through the canvas below. Cactus Jack clattered through the canvas while wrestling Triple H Triple H pinned Foley following a Pedigree to bring Foleys tenure as a full-time member of the WWE roster to a close, albeit that The Hardcore Legend has competed on an ad-hoc basis after that, most recently as an entrant in the 2012 Royal Rumble.Raws General Manager - a job he was handed in the summer of 2016 - hasnt left Hell in a Cell completely behind, however.He refereed Triple Hs World Heavyweight Championship defence against Kevin Nash at Bad Blood in 2003 - receiving a chair shot from The Game for good measure - and has regularly informed first-time Cell combatants of the perils of the bout.In fact, he did the latter just this week, telling the wrestlers in the first-ever Womens Hell in a Cell Match, Charlotte and Sasha Banks, just what they are letting themselves in for this weekend. Hell in a Cell veteran Mick Foley tells Sasha Banks and Charlotte what awaits them inside the structure on Sunday night. 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