Ovie Mughelli Q&A: Advice on Transitioning to the NFL and Post-Athletic Career

Busy getting settled in his new gig as UCLA’s head coach, scouring football’s top prospects, Jim Mora couldn’t help himself when discussing his time with the Falcons. In particular, the 2004 season, when he, in his first year as head coach, led them to the No. 1 seed in the playoffs. As the junior recalled to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution last week, it&rsquo...

Over his first four seasons in the league, the Falcons have gone to great lengths to put weapons around quarterback Matt Ryan. Now, they have to round out the circle by getting him some top flight protection and some road graders to guarantee that the run game continues to flourish. The Falcons found out early that they would have problems throwing the ball deep off of five- and...

Atlanta Falcons coach Jim Mora, right, and quarterback Michael Vick (7) watch from the sideline late in the second half as the Green Bay Packers seal their 33-25 victory at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta Sunday, Nov. 13, 2005. (AP Photo/Ric Feld) Lil’ Jimmy Mora is already running off his mouth in his new post at UCLA. In an interview with Mike Carvell of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution...

Details about Roger Goodell’s new contract that makes him NFL commissioner through March of 2019 continue to emerge. Today media outlets like Pro Football Talk reporters that Goodell would be making around 20 million dollars by the end of the decade. In Atlanta Falcons’ WR Roddy White’s mind that is way too much. When he saw the salary report he tweeted: “...

The San Diego Chargers are expected to release LT Marcus McNeill next month in order to clear millions of dollars in salary cap space, but are the Atlanta Falcons looking at bringing in the veteran left tackle? D. Orlando Ledbetter of AJC.com poses the question and hints that the Atlanta Falcons could be looking at McNeill. McNeill struggled with injury issues over the past two seasons...

Len Pasquarelli of the Sports Xchange reports that ranking high on the to-do list for new Atlanta defensive coordinator Mike Nolan is getting middle linebacker Curtis Lofton out of the team's "sub" third-down coverage schemes. Lofton is a superb, two-down 4-3 middle linebacker, and retaining the pending unrestricted free agent is a priority for the Falcons, but the...

The St. Louis Rams have hired Atlanta Falcons director of player personnel Les Snead to be their next general manager.