FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. — The Atlanta Falcons have a long and storied history at wide receiver, but they haven't before deployed a player quite like Drake London.

London combines an athletic basketball background with a hard-edged approach to physicality. That has allowed him to become one of the best contested-catch specialists in the game, and yet, London's importance in Atlanta goes further than his ability to haul in tough grabs.

"He can be a dirty work guy," Falcons assistant general manager Kyle Smith said. "Which, obviously, as you're building a team, building an offense, it's not always easy. And guys like Drake can make the dirty pretty easy at times."

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London has started 48 games for the Falcons over three seasons and ha

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