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Draft Grades Roll In for Falcons

2 weeks, 6 days ago

Experts say you can’t truly judge a team’s draft until about three years after the picks are made. Of course, that doesn’t stop those same experts from releasing their draft grades the day after the selection process ends. Here’s a look at some of the draft grades for the Falcons around the Web: Mel Kiper, [...]

Dimitroff to Hold Pre-Draft News Conference Thursday

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 [...]

Dimitroff Excited to Have Umenyiora on Board

1 month, 3 weeks ago

Falcons general manager Thomas Dimitroff got an early start Thursday morning, less than 12 hours after news that defensive end Osi Umenyiora had agreed to terms on a two-year deal with the Falcons, as he joined 790 The Zone’s Mayhem in the AM to discuss the brand new move. Here’s a bit of what Dimitroff [...]

Dimitroff: A Lot of Thought Went Into Friday’s Moves

2 months, 2 weeks ago

The Falcons started the weekend by announcing some tough decisions, that the team would be parting ways with veterans Michael Turner, John Abraham and Dunta Robinson. Falcons general manager Thomas Dimitroff joined the media on the phone Friday afternoon to discuss the moves, which he called difficult decisions yet thoughtful ones. “I want to begin [...]

Dimitroff Happy With Talent Available in Draft

2 months, 2 weeks ago

Less than 24 hours after the 2013 NFL Scouting Combine came to a close, Falcons general manager Thomas Dimitroff is already back in Flowery Branch, hard at work breaking down the numbers and figures from more than 300 players that worked out in Indianapolis over the weekend and early part of this week. Sitting at [...]

Gonzalez Changed the Way Falcons View Tight Ends

2 months, 3 weeks ago

Four years ago when Falcons general manager Thomas Dimitroff made the trade for future Hall-of-Fame tight end Tony Gonzalez, he knew what he was getting — a hard-worker whose career resume spoke for itself. What Dimitroff may not have expected was how Gonzalez would change his own perceptions of the tight end position and how [...]

Falcons Confident Matt Ryan Extension Will Get Done

2 months, 3 weeks ago

Falcons general manager Thomas Dimitroff knows that a big to-do for him in the next year is to lock quarterback Matt Ryan up into a contract extension as it expires after next season. But Dimitroff said Friday at the 2013 NFL Scouting Combine that he’s sure a deal will get done at some point in [...]

Falcons Preparing for all Tight End Scenarios

2 months, 4 weeks ago

As we all wait anxiously to see what tight end Tony Gonzalez decides to do, whether it be return for another year or hang up the cleats, the Falcons have to push forward, and that starts this week. D. Orlando Ledbetter of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution spoke with Falcons general manager Thomas Dimitroff this week and [...]

Dimitroff Helps with New Combine Test

2 months, 4 weeks ago

Word came Sunday night that a brand new test would be introduced at this year’s NFL Scouting Combine, and Falcons general manager Thomas Dimitroff was one of a handful of NFL executives who provided input into the creation of the test. Details on what the actual test is are unknown at this point, but according [...]

Falcons Near Top in Draft Success Since 2008

3 months ago

It doesn’t take much to draw a correlation between general manager Thomas Dimitroff’s draft classes since coming on board with the Falcons in 2008 and the success the team has experienced during that five-season span. A big reason for the Falcons’ five-straight winning seasons — the first and only such span in team history — [...]