NFL.com’s Nick Shook ranked the teams in the NFC South and came up with this order: 1. Tampa Bay Buccaneers: A-2. Carolina Panthers: B+3. Atlanta Falcons: B4. New Orleans Saints: C+ The Falcons were bolstered by the strong showing of Mykal Walker who was named to the PFF All-Rookie Team. “Walker carries this class, earning […]
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GM Fontenot on Joining the Falcons from the Saints
“If you would have asked me midway through the season, or even a year ago, I would have laughed,”
Latest CBS HQ Mock Draft has Falcons taking QB
After the Senior Bowl, AllFalcons suggested that the Atlanta Falcons could still get a franchise quarterback by trading down and taking Alabama’s Mac Jones. Jones has become one of the hottest names in the Draft, and trading down and getting Jones may not be a possibility. According to CBS HQ’s latest Mock Draft, the Falcons […]
Receivers Falcons could Target in Free Agency
The Atlanta Falcons could head to the free agent market to upgrade their depth at wide receiver. Olamide Zaccheaus was fourth on the team among wide receivers with only 20 catches, and with Julio Jones injuries in 2020, the WR4 spot was the WR3 position a lot of the year, and there was a big […]
Interview with Falcons Coach Arthur Smith
Arthur Smith joined Scott Van Pelt on SportsCenter to talk about his early days with the Atlanta Falcons. Van Pelt asked Smith about the different skills it takes to succeed as a head coach, the Falcons inability to win close games in 2020, and his overall philosophy. Van Pelt began by acknowledging there have been […]
Falcons an Option for J.J. Watt?
J.J. Watt just became the most intriguing free agent in the NFL after being released from the Houston Texans. Could the Atlanta Falcons be a possibility? Short answer… probably not. The Falcons are going to have to do some creative work just to get UNDER the 2021 NFL Salary Cap. Currently only five players, Matt […]
NFL.com Ranks 2020 QB’s. Where did Matt Ryan fall?
Statistically Matt Ryan had an average year by his standards. His 93.3 rating was on par with his 94.5 career average, but it was well off the 108.1 he posted in 2018 and 117.1 of his 2016 MVP campaign. NFL.com analysts Ali Bhanpuri, Tom Blair, Gennaro Filice and Dan Parr compiled the quarterback rankings from […]
Report: Former Falcons RB coach takes new Job
Former Atlanta Falcons running backs coach Bernie Parmalee was one of several causalities of the Atlanta Falcons coaching and front office purge in 2020. But Parmalee has landed on his feet after taking the same position with the Jacksonville Jaguars according to NFL insider Adam Caplan. Parmalee was hired by the Falcons in 2018. The […]
NFL Network Mock Draft has Falcons taking QB at No. 4
NFL Network Draft Analyst Chad Reuter has has released his three round mock draft on NFL.com. He has the Atlanta Falcons taking Ohio State quarterback Justin Fields. Full 3 Round Mock Draft on NFL.com Fields went to High School at Harrison in Kennesaw, Ga. before signing with Georgia. He transferred from Georgia to Ohio State […]
Atlanta Falcons Legend Roddy White makes Mel Kiper Demand
Mel Kiper is the best known NFL Draft expert in the business, and Atlanta Falcons legend Roddy White took to Twitter to express his thoughts on Kiper’s pick for the Falcons. “Mel kiper do me a favor don’t put Zach to the falcons no more,” wrote White on Twitter. “I don’t want no qb that […]