1 month ago
Falcons general manager Thomas Dimitroff will field questions from the media at 3 p.m. ET Thursday at the Falcons’ training facility in Flowery Branch. Among the topics Dimitroff will likely speak on is how the Falcons are viewing the potential options available at the No. 30 overall selection. AtlantaFalcons.com will stream Dimitroff’s news conference live [...]
1 month ago
The release date for the 2013 NFL schedule has been set and the announcement will come at 8 p.m. ET Thursday, April 18, per NFL spokesperson Greg Aiello’s Twitter account. The Falcons are set to play a slate of opponents with a combined 107-99-2 record in 2012, including the entire AFC East and the NFC [...]
1 month ago
Is Washington CB Desmond Trufant the favorite for the Falcons at No. 30? As we currently stand just more than a week away from the start of the 2013 NFL Draft, the picture on the Mock Monitor is becoming more and more clear. If it’s any indication of what the Falcons are looking to do [...]
1 month ago
The NFL was thought to be releasing the 2013 schedule for all 32 teams Tuesday night, but the league is saying that won’t be happening. NFL spokesman Greg Aiello took to the social networking app Vine on Monday to make that statement clear. No date has been set for the schedule release, but Aiello told [...]
1 month, 1 week ago
The NFL announced the preseason schedule for all teams last week, but kept a few dates ambiguous. Those dates and times have been set and are as follows below. Week 1: 8 p.m., Thursday, August 8, vs. Cincinnati Week 2: 7:30 p.m., Thursday, August 15, at Baltimore Week 3: 8 p.m., Saturday, August 24, at [...]
1 month, 1 week ago
Falcons running back Steven Jackson joined 790 The Zone‘s Mayhem in the AM on Tuesday morning to share with Steak Shapiro, Chris Dimino and Nick Cellini his goals and hopes for the 2013 season and beyond in Atlanta. His first time speaking to the Atlanta media since his introductory press conference last month, Jackson sounded [...]
1 month, 1 week ago
If anyone knows the team that knocked the Falcons out of the postseason well, it’s new running back Steven Jackson. Spending nine years in the same division with the San Francisco 49ers as a member of the St. Louis Rams, Jackson has some keen insight into how to view the Niners, particularly when it comes [...]
1 month, 1 week ago
Newly signed linebacker Brian Banks appeared on the KTLA 5 Morning News on Tuesday to speak about the five years he spent in prison for a crime he didn’t commit, his eventual exoneration and signing a contract with the Falcons last week. Click here to watch Banks’ entire appearance on KTLA.
1 month, 1 week ago
Oregon OL Kyle Long makes his first appearance on the Mock Monitor this week. For the first time in the 10 weeks we’ve kept track of who the mocks have the Falcons taking in 2013, the majority pick is someone who’s not a tight end. Click here to view this week’s Mock Monitor With Tyler [...]
1 month, 2 weeks ago
Tune in to ESPN at 7 p.m. ET Thursday night and you’ll find Falcons wide receivers Roddy White and Harry Douglas doing a bit of a crossover themselves. The two are slated to be judges for the annual college basketball slam dunk contest, which will also be accompanied by a 3-point contest. Twenty-four college basketball [...]

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