This Jan. 27, 2017 photo shows Atlanta Falcons general manager Thomas Dimitroff answering questions from the media at the NFL football team&amp;#x2019;s practice facility in Flowery Branch, Ga. A string of emails that began in 2010 with the Atlanta Falcons head trainer and reached all the way to owner Arthur Blank showed a franchise worried about its &amp;#x2018;excessive&amp;#x2019; reliance on painkillers to treat players and the potential embarrassment that could cause the team and the NFL. Photo: AP Photo/David Goldman
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