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Draft Day Spectacular
Finally! Draft day is upon us! The
Falcons started their draft early this week, swapping their 2nd
round pick from 2010 for premier tight end Tony Gonzalez. Tony G.
rounds out this already impressive offense, providing Matt Ryan with
the only weapon he was missing last season...
Falcons '09 Schedule
I'll start with the good news. The
Falcons have two prime-time games this season: Sunday the 18th
of October hosting the Bears, and Monday, November 2nd at
New Orleans. Chicago will be gunning for revenge for Atlanta's
unlikely and amazing comeback late in last season...
Odds and Ends, April 6th
As the off season
progresses, with the exception of the signing of former Jacksonville
LB Mike Peterson, the Falcons remain silent, waiting for the draft.
Thomas Dimitroff has stated on several occasions that the team is
committed to building in the future from the draft, in...
A Veteran Move
The Falcons have signed
LB Mike Peterson, of Jacksonville, to a two year deal, addressing two
pressing team issues - pass coverage and defensive leadership.
With the departures of safety Lawyer Milloy and LB Keith Brooking,
the only player remaining from the Falcons' only...
Moving and Shaking
The Vick-Capades
Atlanta
has opened the bidding for fallen icon Michael Vick, who will be
serving the end of his dog-fighting sentence under house
arrest. Not surprisingly, teams are reluctant to discuss their plans
either for or against acquiring Vick. Mike Singletary's...
Odds and Ends
Todd Weiner Retires
Team leadership is
an important issue to Mike Smith and Thomas Dimitroff, and with
question marks surrounding the futures of Lawyer Milloy and Keith
Brooking, Weiner's retirement adds a new angle to the upcoming
off-season moves by the Falcons. Weiner...
Falcons Off-Season -- Topic Four: The Draft
First of all,
congratulations to the Pittsburgh Steelers on their Super Bowl win.
They played a strong game, and Roethlisberger's drive to retake the
lead late in the game will go down as one of the best in history.
Additionally, congratulations to the Arizona Cardinals...
Falcons Off-Season -- Topic Three: The Free Agent Market
In this free agent
market, there are several eye-popping names that the Falcons may have
the gumption to go after. Much of the debate is obvious, as in, will
Albert Haynesworth continue his good-boy image so sullied by his face
stomping incident so many years back, or will the...
Falcons Off-Season -- Topic Two: Strengths and Weaknesses
The Falcons exited the
2008 season with an inglorious loss to the now Super Bowl bound
Arizona Cardinals, but expectations are high for Atlanta's chances of
ending their existence-long failure to post back-to-back winning
seasons. The team will return a rookie quarter back...
Falcons Off-Season -- Topic One: Free Agency
As the Falcons move into
the off-season, it's time to see what moves they will be making, what
moves they should or should not make, and what moves we want them to
make. After last year's phenomenal off-season, the additions of GM
Thomas Dimitroff and head coach Mike Smith...
Some Not-so-breaking news....
It didn't take long for Mike Smith to
impress upon the NFL world just what kind of head coach he was going
to be. Ultimately 11-6 on the 2008 season, including a disappointing
loss to the Cards in the first round of the playoffs, Smith now holds
the additional prestige of...
Goodbye 2008, Long Live the Falcons!
As I watched the clock tick down from the final two minute warning, still reeling from the 17 yard pass Warner made on 3rd and 16, thus crushing any hope we would have in yet another Matt Ryan Miracle, my wife said to me, "Are you sad?"I had to think about it. Basically...
Preview: Falcons (11-5) at Cardinals (9-7)
Kickoff:
4:35 EST
Location:
University of Phoenix Stadium
The
upstart Atlanta Falcons, led by the legs of Michael Turner and the
arm of rookie of sensation Matt Ryan, are already in Arizona
preparing for their playoff battle against the Cardinals, powered by
Kurt Warner'...
The Rise of the Falcon
It
seems appropriate to me that the Falcons are heading off to Phoenix
to play the first game in their most improbable playoff run.
According to mythology, a phoenix is a bird that ignites when it
dies, and burns to ashes, then is born anew from those ashes and
rises up to newfound...
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