• Over the last few years the word “elite” seems to define an NFL quarterback. What makes a quarterback elite? It does not seem there are predetermined factors that allow us to give that title to a player. Matt Ryan of the Atlanta Falcons is one of the best young quarterbacks in the game, elite or...
  • Tony Gonzalez will play as a visitor at Arrowhead Stadium for the first time when the Atlanta Falcons look to begin their recovery from another postseason disappointment as they meet the banged-up Kansas City Chiefs.
  • The San Francisco 49ers will not compensate for the loss of wide receiver Michael Crabtree with one player. It’s going to require a concerted effort by the entire offense to make up for the absence of Crabtree, who really emerged during 2012 and in the team’s Super Bowl run. Anquan Boldin wa...
  • The Atlanta Falcons really opened up their offense, like many had been calling for them to do, in the 2012 NFL season. They threw 615 pass attempts while rushing the ball just 378 times. They relied on Matt Ryan and the receiving core of Roddy White, Julio Jones and company to carry them more so [.....
  • Jim Wyatt of the Tennessean suggests that the Titans are unlikely to sign free agent DE John Abraham, despite the fact that they’ve considering the idea of adding him for a few weeks now. “All those clamoring for a John Abraham signing should brace themselves for disappointment,” tweets Wyatt...
  • Each Wednesday, NFP will take a look at how one of the NFL’s eight divisions did in the offseason. Today, the NFC South. Most improved team: Bucs. They lost a couple of solid defensive linemen in Michael Bennett and Roy Miller. But the Bucs won’t need as much pass rush with the improvement...
  • The Atlanta Falcons and tight end Levine Toilolo have agreed to a four-year deal. Weighing in at a mammoth 6-8/260, the 2013 NFL draft pick will be under the tutelage of veteran Tony Gonzalez. Expect him to make more of an impact in the protection side of things with the increase in his offensive r...
  • There’s been lots of stadium talk around the NFL in the last year. Starting with the Minnesota Vikings, and now with teams like the San Francisco 49ers and Atlanta Falcons. San Francisco has locked up its bid for Super Bowl L, thanks to the construction of their new stadium, which will be ready ne...
  • Check out the exclusive teaser trailer for the 2013 NFL season matchup between the Atlanta Falcons and San Francisco 49ers -- a rematch of last season's NFC Championship game.
  • The Atlanta Falcons are ditching the Georgia Dome for some new digs. NFL owners approved a $200 million loan for the Falcons to build a new stadium on Tuesday in Boston. The Falcons expect design and construction of the new facility to take four years. They expect the stadium to open for the 2017 se...
  • Say goodbye to the Georgia Dome. Atlanta Falcons owner Arthur Blank is splitting the bill for a new stadium, as the NFL approved a loan for construction during Tuesday's spring meetings.
  • Atlanta Falcons owner Arthur Blank told Albert Breer of the NFL Network that he would like to sign Matt Ryan to an extension as soon as possible. Asked Blank if he’d like to get something done with Ryan before camp, he said he...
  • Falcons owner Arthur Blank told reporters that he would like to get an extension in place for QB Matt Ryan as soon as possible, per Albert Breer. Blank added that talks are currently in a “good place.” He wouldn’t offer up...
  • NFL owners approved a $200 million loan Tuesday for the Atlanta Falcons to build a new stadium. The multipurpose stadium could cost as much as $1 billion, with team owner Arthur Blank committed to funding most of it. Blank, speaki...
  • The Atlanta Falcons have signed their 2013 NFL draft pick, safety Zeke Motta, to a four-year contract. If he wants to have a shot at sticking around for any length of time this year on the talented Falcons squad, he will have to e...
  • Find out when Atlanta Falcons quarterback Matt Ryan will see big money and which free-agent signing will have the bigger impact, running back Steven Jackson or defensive end Osi Umenyiora.
  • While the Atlanta Falcons and Matt Ryan have paused on contract talks in order to focus on the 2013 NFL Draft, the team's starting QB told NFL Network he's confident a deal will get done.
  • Steven Jackson will have one of the best years of his long career now that he's with the Atlanta Falcons. While he was excellent in St. Louis, he was toiling away on a team that was mired in mediocrity.  Jackson is one of the few players in NFL history with over 10,000 rushing yards and 3,300 recei...
  • Matt Ryan has bided his time this offseason, taking a backseat while watching Joe Flacco and Aaron Rodgers land record-setting megadeals. His patience is about to pay off -- literally. Falcons owner Arthur Blank told NFL Network's Albert Breer that he'd like to get a contract extension done with the...
  • Their favorite team is the Atlanta Falcons. Like many eighth graders in Atlanta, they relish the opportunity to go to games and dream of what it would be like to play on the turf of the Georgia Dome. The difference between Dorian, DJ and the average eighth grader,is that they are doing something abo...
  • It’s interesting what one can accomplish on a stomach full of barbeque. On Monday afternoon I made the short trek down to Rollin Smoke BBQ to meet Marco D’Angelo of Pregame.com and Marc Meltzer of Vegas Chatter.com for one of our semi-regular gorgings that operates under the guise of a midda...
  • When we last left off we covered the Falcons defensive tackles. Now it's time to take a look at one of the positions that has received the most scrutiny this off-season, the defensive ends.  The Falcons only had two DEs on last years roster who recorded sacks, John Abraham and Kroy Biermann. Abraha...
  • 2.28 Atlanta Falcons Robert Alford, CB, Southeastern Louisiana (5-10, 188) With the 28th pick in the second round of the NFL Draft, the Falcons selected CB Robert Alford from Southeastern Louisiana. The Falcons defense lost both of their starting corners in free agency and had to address this positi...
  • First Round: Desmond Trufant, CB, Washington Atlanta had been rumored to be wanting to move up for someone, and Trufant was one of the names commonly tossed around in that discussion. Atlanta certainly needed a corner, and Truf...
  • New Atlanta Falcons CB Desmond Trufant set lofty goals for himself, choosing to wear jersey No. 21. The 22nd overall pick in the 2013 NFL Draft, Trufant said he'd like to follow in the footsteps of former Falcon Deion Sanders.
  • The Atlanta Falcons pulled off another significant deal in the opening round of the NFL draft, moving up to land Washington cornerback Desmond Trufant on Thursday.
  • The Atlanta Falcons select Washington cornerback Desmond Trufant with the 22nd overall pick in the 2013 NFL Draft.
  • The Atlanta Falcons don't begin OTAs until after Memorial Day, but since we're all probably going through a little football withdrawal, there's no better time to preview next week's practice sessions and discuss some of the storylines to keep an eye on. It should be noted that the NFL's collective ...
  • It didn’t take long for the big dogs in Sin City to follow the lead set by our neighbors to the north. Just over one week after the Atlantis sports book in Reno became the first shop to enter the 2013 NFL season win totals market, Cantor Gaming (Friday) and the LVH SuperBook (Sunday) joined the ...
  • If heart and soul alone were enough, Brian Banks would already own one of the coveted 53 spots on the Atlanta Falcons active roster for this season. Banks definitely has the heart for the game, and his soul is now consumed by the fires of the desire to play in the NFL. The specifics of [...]
  • Brian Banks' NFL dream moves forward. The 27-year-old linebacker attended rookie minicamp with the Atlanta Falcons, where he ran the defense at middle linebacker in his first session.
  • Even with the signing of four draft picks, there’s a waiting game with the Atlanta Falcons right now. Once the Tyson Clabo cut takes effect on June 1, expect that particular game to be over. If the salary cap could speak, the sigh of relief would be almost audible…but don’t expect that relief ...
  • The Atlanta Falcons are fresh off taking their biggest step in the Matt Ryan Era by reaching the 2013 NFC Championship. General manager Thomas Dimitroff’s huge gamble on Julio Jones definitively paid off in the postseason and in the NFL Executive of the Year winner. The results from this Q&A publi...
  • D. Orlando Ledbetter of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution caught up with Falcons general manager Thomas Dimitroff and asked him about quarterback Matt Ryan’s contract situation. “We all know that Matt is going to be here for a...
  • Atlanta Falcons general manager Thomas Dimitroff did it again, trading up in the first round of the 2013 NFL Draft to grab his man. Is cornerback Desmond Trufant the Falcons' missing piece?
  • Falcons general manager Thomas Dimitroff discusses the teams signing of exhonerated free-agent running back Brian Banks, as well as some of Atlanta's other offseason moves.
  • The Atlanta Falcons have signed exonerated former high school football star Brian Banks to a free-agent contract.

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