"Atlanta Falcons running back Michael Turner has proposed a deal to tight end Tony Gonzalez.

Turner understands Gonzalez's heartache in the playoffs. For all Gonzalez has done on the field, catching more passes than any other tight end in NFL history, and ranking sixth on the NFL's all-time list with 1,069 receptions, he's 0-3 in the playoffs — all with the Chiefs.

Gonzalez, 34, has spoken about retiring after another season, and maybe even as soon as after this year's playoffs if there is an NFL work stoppage in 2011.

So here's Turner's pitch to Gonzalez:

"Some guys go their whole careers and never play in the playoffs or win a championship," Turner told Atlanta reporters. "We hope that Tony goes out with one. …"

And here comes the caveat.

"I told him that if we win it, he has to (come back and) defend it."

Before the top-seeded Falcons, 13-3, celebrate a Super Bowl title, they need to win two playoff games, starting with tonight's NFC second-round game against sixth-seeded Green Bay, 11-6."