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'Familiarity' Could Give Atlanta Falcons Another Option at Nickel/Slot

The 2025-2026 season will be cornerback Mike Hughes's third season with the Atlanta Falcons. In 2023, he started just four games. However, last season Hughes started in 15 games.

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3 Players to Watch as Atlanta Falcons Begin Mini-Camp

The Atlanta Falcons begin mandatory mini-camp on Tuesday afternoon in Flowery Branch. Camp battles will begin in earnest, and we take a look at three players who have a chance to make a move on the depth chart this week.

Falcons obtain No. 96 from Eagles, draft S Xavier Watts

The Eagles used this sector of last year’s draft to hop around the board, acquiring a host of 2025 picks. They are moving one of theirs to the Falcons, who will add No.

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Falcons to 'Give it a Rip' with Clark Phillips III at Nickel CB

PALM BEACH, Fla. -- The Atlanta Falcons will have an open competition at nickel cornerback this offseason, head coach Raheem Morris said Tuesday at the annual league meetings, highlighted by a familiar face in a new place.

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An emerging defensive star: Clark Phillips III

As the Falcons defense continues to work through their recent inconsistencies and become a more cohesive unit, one thing remains clear: Clark Phillips is earning his keep.

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Is Clark Phillips III Ready to Become Falcons CB2?

It is hard to believe that the Atlanta Falcons will kick off their 2024 training camp this Wednesday at IBM Performance Field in Flowery Branch, Ga. The team has many new faces, starting with new head coach Raheem Morris.

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'Alien' Clark Phillips III is Falcons' Best Answer for Solving CB Question

FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. -- Atlanta Falcons head coach Raheem Morris says cornerbacks are like left tackles. Not in size, or role, or anything to do with personality - but if you don't notice when there's a change at the position, there's probably something positive happening.

Atlanta Falcons News / The Falcoholic / May 28, 2024

Clark Phillips’ ability to start at cornerback hinges on improved tackling

The deciding factor for the Falcons starting cornerback competition could be more about run defense than pass coverage. The Atlanta Falcons have no clear-cut candidate to start at the cornerback position opposite A.J.

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Falcons Urged to Make Another Defensive Addition

The Atlanta Falcons are excited about the potential of young cornerback Clark Phillips III. But Bleacher Report’s Matt Holder apparently isn’t as confident.

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Falcons 'Really Excited' About Clark Phillips III as CB Competition Looms

When the Atlanta Falcons' 2023 season ended, cornerback Clark Phillips III wasted little time entrenching himself into the activities veteran defensive assistant coach Jerry Gray recommended.

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Falcons make PFF’s list of most and least improved units after the 2024 NFL Draft

The Falcons came into the NFL Draft with two glaring holes that most pundits believed they’d address with their four picks in the top 100. Atlanta needed another cornerback as well as multiple defensive linemen.

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2023 Falcons rookie review: Clark Phillips offers an intriguing glimpse of the future

The talented rookie cornerback took on a starting role late in the year and suggested he could keep it in 2024. The Atlanta Falcons made significant investments at cornerback in 2023, adding Jeff Okudah via trade, signing veteran Mike Hughes, and drafting Clark Phillips in the fourth round.

Atlanta Falcons News / Atlanta Falcons on SI / December 29, 2023

Falcons Coaches Gush Over Clark Phillips III

There’s no denying the Atlanta Falcons offense has wasted an otherwise stellar performance from the rest of the roster. Only the Dallas Cowboys defense has generated a better expected points added per play mark in the NFC, and Atlanta’s unit ranks fifth in all of football.

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Falcons 'Excited' About Phillips' Future, to Rotate with Okudah at CB

The Atlanta Falcons made headlines this week for a change at quarterback - but have a similarly noteworthy competition unfolding at cornerback. Since growing acclimated after missing the first three weeks of the season with an ankle injury, Jeff Okudah had been Atlanta's starter at corner opposite A.J.

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Falcons injuries bred opportunity for Clark Phillips III

The Falcons entered their Week 13 contest shorthanded against the Buccaneers, and they left with even more injuries. Atlanta was without Kaleb McGary, Drew Dalman, David Onyemata, Nate Landman, and Jeff Okudah but also saw Chris Lindstrom, Jake Matthews, and Kentavius Street exit Sunday’s tilt.