1 month, 3 weeks ago
Washington cornerback Desmond Trufant is becoming a popular selection among the mock drafts As we are officially into the month of the NFL Draft, the mocks around the Internet are a-changing. We’ve seen Stanford tight end Zach Ertz have a stranglehold on the majority pick for nearly the entire month of March, and in April’s [...]
2 months ago
If you thought you could escape power rankings until the season, well, ESPN.com has terrible news for you. The Worldwide Leader released its pre-draft power rankings Tuesday and the Falcons are right near the top after an offseason that has produced the return of Tony Gonzalez and the signing of running back Steven Jackson. ESPN.com [...]
2 months ago
Florida State defensive end Cornellius Carradine goes by the nickname “Tank.” Seems fitting. So much has happened in the past week that should have influenced this week’s Mock Monitor, but much like the actual NFL Draft, you can never tell what’s going to happen until it does. The mocks were stubborn for the most part [...]
2 months, 1 week ago
Roddy White was enjoying his first day of a life-changing experience in Africa when he received a text message. His phone showed that Tony Gonzalez had sent him the message, which read, “Let’s go get us one.” Right then, White knew that Gonzalez had decided to return for another season. “I’m happy. He’s an integral [...]
2 months, 1 week ago
As the Baltimore Ravens were set to begin what would become their march to the franchise’s second Super Bowl title, linebacker and emotional leader of the team Ray Lewis announced that this run would be the last of his career, regardless of the outcome. Falcons tight end Tony Gonzalez didn’t quite say the same, as [...]
2 months, 1 week ago
With the percentage of return dwindling eventually down to just 3, there wasn’t a whole lot of hope that tight end Tony Gonzalez would return to the Falcons for one more ride after coming up just short of the Super Bowl in 2012. Smith — a positive person by nature — wouldn’t allow the 97 [...]
2 months, 1 week ago
News that Tony Gonzalez would return to the Falcons for another season spread like crazy around the Web. Below is a sampling of players and fans reacting to news that Gonzalez is coming back. .s-element-share-label { overflow: hidden; float: left; } .s-element { position: relative; padding: 15px 10px; text-align: center; } .s-element .fb_edge_comment_widget { display: [...]
3 months 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 [...]
3 months 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 [...]
3 months, 2 weeks ago
The mocks this week have four different defensive ends slated as options for the Falcons at No. 30 overall. The Mock Monitor is back again as we keep a close eye on what the experts are saying in their mock drafts about the Falcons. This year should be significantly easier to keep up with since [...]

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