• Against the Dolphins this week, the Falcons will have a dress rehearsal of sorts for the regular season. The starters, according to head coach Mike Smith, will play into the third quarter. Starting players know this is their final warmup for the regular season. The preseason’s fourth game will be ...
  • It’s still in precautionary stages, but Akeem Dent took a big step toward returning to the lineup at middle linebacker for the Falcons on Saturday. Head coach Mike Smith said Dent took part in the non-contact aspects of Saturday...
  • FLOWERY BRANCH- Falcons cornerback Asante Samuel wouldn't confirm if he has Oct. 28 highlighted on his digital calendar.
  • FLOWERY BRANCH - With offseason dress rehearsal over, Falcons coach Mike Smith is looking forward to the first day of training camp July 26, where the evaluation to improve along the offensive and defensive lines will start.
  • It’s been a long time since Jacquizz Rodgers returned a kick in a meaningful game, but he feels like he’s been preparing to do so all his life. Through two games this preseason, Rodgers has been the first to return kicks and he currently sits at the top of the depth chart for the Falcons [...]
  • Fantasy owners may worry very little about kickers, but for those that want to win, an edge is found anywhere. By way of a potential high-scoring offense by the Falcons, kicker Matt Bryant may benefit some lucky owner. Sure, he’s not going to score Julio Jones kind of fantasy points, but in the po...
  • Any player’s first goal when training camp begins is to make it through as healthy as possible. For Dunta Robinson, that hasn’t been the case in the two seasons that he’s been with the Falcons. In 2010, he missed almost the entire preseason and last year he was in and out through camp and the ...
  • The Falcons have spent the offseason upgrading the cornerback situation on the roster. Bringing in Asante Samuel from Philly and signing Mike Nolan to be the defensive coordinators were both improvements. However, after the top three cornerbacks in Samuel, Brent Grimes and Dunta Robinson, the Falcon...
  • Since he’s worked his way into being the primary compliment to Michael Turner, running back Jacquizz Rodgers has seen his snaps reduced during this year’s preseason, but he’s still making the most of his work. Through two games this preseason the second-year running back has 57 yards on 13 car...
  • The Atlanta Falcons today announced that they have reached an injury settlement with wide receiver Michael Calvin. Calvin, 6-3, 215 pounds, was signed by the Falcons as a college free agent on May 1, 2012. He played in 37 games with 10 starts and totaled 42 receptions for 528 yards with one touchdow...
  • While it appears that Jacquizz Rodgers will enter this season as the Falcons’ kick returner, the Falcons looked to the second preseason game against the Bengals to improve in their return production. Rule changes last season have made returns on kickoffs more challenging to produce positive yards,...
  • Just like he said, Mike Nolan’s putting together a defense in Atlanta that gets pressure from a variety of ways and slowly but surely a number of players are getting involved in the tackles for loss and sacks that the Falcons defense is generating through two preseason games. Last week the Falcons...
  • He’s only been in town for a week and he’s already got a touchdown. Last Saturday, Lousaka Polite joined the Falcons to help with depth and competition in camp after the season-ending injury to rookie fullback Bradie Ewing. Before he knew it, Polite was playing with Falcons starters and thrown i...
  • After going without a catch last week against the Ravens, tight end Tony Gonzalez paced the Falcons in the first quarter Thursday night with four catches for 44 yards, including a long of 21 yards. Like many players, the tight end is still knocking off the preseason rust, but it didn’t take much f...
  • The Falcons defense didn’t perform quite as well as they did last week, but their first half effort was still strong. The passing defense for Atlanta gave up 130 yards passing, but the run defense clamped down on Cincinnati’s ground attack. The Bengals rushed ten times in the first half Thursday...
  • The Falcons evened up the score against the Bengals in the second quarter when newly-signed fullback Lousaka Polite caught a two-yard pass from Matt Ryan to cap a nine-yard, 88-play drive. Polite’s score was the Falcons’ first touchdown of the night and the Matt Bryant extra point tied the game ...
  • Playing into the second quarter Thursday night against the Bengals, Falcons quarterback Matt Ryan completed his first 11 passes. Ryan started the game six-for-six on the first drive, making him nine-for-nine on first possessions during this year’s preseason and nine-for-nine in the first quarter. ...
  • AtlantaFalcons.com is monitoring all social media tonight and putting together an entire story of the Falcons’ first preseason game of 2012 against the Cincinnati Bengals in the Georgia Dome, from start to finish. Refresh this page often throughout the night to see what Falcons staff and fans in a...
  • Fans travelling via MARTA to the Georgia Dome for tonight preseason matchup with the Cincinnati Bengals should be aware that a Breeze system upgrade has resulted in the debit/credit card function being unavailable at station vending machines, RideStores and online. During this time, customers are st...
  • AtlantaFalcons.com and the NFL are enhancing the online experience of Falcons fans, giving you the opportunity to get in on all the action from the 2012 season right from your computer or mobile device. And if you’re going to miss Thursday’s game against the Bengals on Fox, Preseason Live will g...
  • In Mike Nolan’s scheme, starting safeties Thomas DeCoud and William Moore are viewed as hybrid safeties, players that can interchange between both free and strong safety and not miss a beat. It’s a great luxury to have on defense because it helps disguise what the defense is trying to do. But if...
  • The Atlanta Falcons today announced a new partnership with PrimeSport, the leader in providing direct access to the biggest sporting events on the planet, to offer Official Atlanta Falcons Fan Travel Packages for all home and away games in the 2012 season. The Atlanta Falcons finished the 2011 seaso...
  • With competition brewing all over Atlanta’s offensive line, the center position is one where things are heating up. Veteran center Todd McClure is currently penciled in as the starter on the depth chart, but Joe Hawley is getting more opportunities to impress the coaches. Hawley, a fourth-round dr...

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