• 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.
  • “Beam me up, Scotty.” That phrase isn’t just for Star Trek anymore, and that reaction may be just the slightest bit extreme when taking a look at the latest plans for the Atlanta Falcons’ new stadium. Or is it? Although the term ‘futuristic’ has become more or less the promoted buzzword ...
  • Casey Barth was disappointed when he wasn’t selected in the NFL Draft, but the letdown faded when the Atlanta Falcons came calling. Being an undrafted free agent does have its advantages, and the Falcons weren’t the only ones interested in acquiring Barth’s talents. The Indianapolis Colts and ...
  • The Atlanta Falcons had one of their best seasons in recent history, finishing the NFL regular season with a record of 13-3 and making it to the NFC Championship game. They even had a handy lead in that NFC Championship, but eventually fell victim to a fierce comeback by the San Francisco 49ers. One...
  • Playoff obstacles are nothing new to this Atlanta Falcons football team. In fact, enduring and overcoming past postseason hardships has made this team a more cohesive unit and taught them how to push forward. With the arrival of general manager Thomas Dimitroff and head coach Mike Smith in 2008 cam...
  • The Falcons have announced they have signed four of their eight draft picks. Clemson's Malliciah Goodman, Notre Dame's Zeke Motta, TCU's Stansly Maponga and UCF's Kemal Ishmael will now shed their college colors as they become Falcons. Terms for the deals were not disclosed. Stansly Maponga tweeted ...
  • The Atlanta Falcons have agreed to a four-year contract with seventh-round pick safety Kemal Ishmael. His future lies on special teams or the practice squad and even then that is no guarantee. He will have a tough time matching up physically to opposing competition at the next level. The post Atlant...
  • 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 earn the right to wear their uniform by showing excellent special teams...
  • 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.
  • The Atlanta Falcons signed a pair of 2013 NFL draft picks on Friday, agreeing to terms with defensive end Malliciah Goodman as well as defensive end Stansly Maponga on four-year deals. Of the two, fourth-round pick Goodman has the higher upside, but anything can happen. This is the NFL. The post Atl...
  • The Atlanta Falcons have signed four NFL draft picks, including defensive ends Malliciah Goodman and Stansly Maponga. The Falcons also announced Friday they have signed safeties Kemal Ishmael and Zeke Motta. The terms of the deals were not disclosed. Goodman, from Clemson, was the first of Atlanta's...
  • Everybody knows how close the Atlanta Falcons came to the Super Bowl last season. Some people are even saying that the team came up ’10 yards short.’ The Falcons made a furious comeback in the NFC title game, only to fall just short of making the big game. Head coach Mike Smith is tired of [...]
  • Can Mike Smith lead the Falcons to the Super Bowl in his sixth season with the team? (Associated Press) While much of the attention so far this offseason has been directed to the NFC West, the Atlanta Falcons have been retooling t...
  • Atlanta Falcons GM Tom Dimitroff was a guest on "Late Hits" with Alex Marvez and James Miller on Sirius XM radio Thursday, and touched on the need to sign quarterback Matt Ryan to an extension. Ryan is schedule to be an unrestricted free agent after this season. “Right now there’s nothing new on...
  • Pressure is felt is just about every walk of life. That’s not to say it’s always present, but at some point pressure will find you and it will weigh on you. Jobs, families, sweating out the final two minutes of Thursday night’s Kings-Sharks thriller—pressure is completely and utterly inesc...

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