thomas dimitroff
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Falcons management discussed 'excessive' reliance on painkillers in 2010
A string of emails that began in 2010 with the Falcons' head trainer and reached all the way to owner Arthur Blank showed a franchise worried about its "excessive" reliance on painkillers.