Falcons receiver Julio Jones is not present for the start of the team’s offseason program. He presumably wants a new contract. It appears that could happen sooner than later. Jeff Schultz of TheAthletic.com tweeted that the Falcons and Jones...
Falcons give second chance to defensive tackle Ra'Shede Hageman following 2017 release due to domestic violence charge
Ex-NFL player Brian Banks -- who was famously exonerated in a previous rape case -- is facing new allegations of sexual assault in a lawsuit ... TMZ Sports has learned. Banks is being sued by a woman who claims the former Atlanta...
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A group of Falcons players, coaches and front office executives visited the U.S. Military Academy at West Point earlier this month. The group, which included Ricardo Allen, Grady Jarrett, Alex Mack, Steven Means, Keanu Neal and seven other players,...
Plenty of teams spent plenty of time putting together excellent schedule-release videos. The Falcons’ excellent effort contains a not-so-subtle slap at the misfortune experienced in January by their biggest rival. In a segment that mimics the...
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The Falcons can plan for a comfortable start to the season. Atlanta’s schedule starts with nothing but indoor stadiums: Four home games, and five road games against teams that play indoors: at Minnesota, at Indianapolis, at Houston, at Arizona...
Although it hasn’t been officially announced by the NFL, the Thanksgiving slate of games appears to be set: Bears at Lions in the early game, Bills at Cowboys in the mid-afternoon, and Saints at Falcons at night. Despite a previous report that...
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The Atlanta Falcons entered the 2018 NFL season as a possible contender and ended up missing the playoffs, so the team is hoping for more in 2019...
For the second consecutive year, the Saints and Falcons will meet on Thanksgiving night. Last year they played in New Orleans, and this year they’re playing in Atlanta, according to multiple reports. The Thanksgiving night game is always on...
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Falcons owner Arthur Blank said recently that the team was still looking for help on the offensive line and they found some on Tuesday. The Falcons announced that they have signed former Cardinals offensive lineman John Wetzel to a one-year deal. He...
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Apparently, when Arthur Blank refers to guys being “Falcons for life,” that didn’t include Monday. According to D. Orlando Ledbetter of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, defensive tackle Grady Jarrett wasn’t at the start of...
Former Washington State tackle Andre Dillard will be attending the draft in Nashville later this month and he’ll meet with a couple of teams that could end his wait in the green room this week. Adam Schefter of ESPN reports that Dillard will...
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Free agent offensive tackle Ulrick John will visit the Falcons on Monday, Aaron Wilson of the Houston Chronicle reports. John recently visited the Seahawks but left town without a deal. John, 26, has bounced around the league after entering as a...
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The Falcons took a huge hit in 2018 when both starting safeties were lost to season-ending injuries early. Friday, they added some depth as those two recover. According to Vaughn McClure of ESPN.com, the Falcons are signing safeties Chris Cooper and...
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Even with the return of Adrian Clayborn to Atlanta in free agency, Falcons owner Arthur Blank believes his team still needs more help along the offensive and defensive lines. “I think the needs in the draft are exactly the same as going into free...
Defensive tackle Tyeler Davison will visit the 49ers on Friday, Herbie Teope of NFL Media reports. Davison visited the Falcons earlier this week. He spent the past four years with the Saints after they made him a fifth-round pick in 2015. The Saints...
Should the Falcons take an offensive tackle or a defensive tackle? After two straight seasons of making the playoffs, including an appearance in Super Bowl 51, the Atlanta Falcons took a step back in 2018.
The Falcons finished 7-9, and had a...
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The Falcons will be playing on a new surface when they play their first home game of the 2019 season. Tim Tucker of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that new turf has been installed at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta. The plan to replace...
Defensive end Adrian Clayborn left the Falcons for the Patriots as a free agent last year, but he’s reportedly headed back to Atlanta. Clayborn thanked the Patriots for releasing him in March after the first year of the two-year deal he signed...
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The Falcons cut defensive tackle Ra’Shede Hageman in September 2017. He has not played in the NFL since the 2016 season. Hageman, though, is working for a second chance after having his career derailed by legal problems. His former team at...