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Safety Ishmael Looking Like a Tackling Machine

4 weeks ago

There’s nothing that’s easy about selecting players in the NFL Draft. Sure, the first round offers a great crop of talent, but even that’s a challenging task for an NFL general manager and his scouting staff. The real art of drafting, however, occurs in the later rounds, when finding that elusive diamond in the rough [...]

Trufant Pick Shows Falcons Value Leadership

1 month, 3 weeks ago

For weeks and weeks and weeks, draft experts fall all over each other to project first-round picks in their mock drafts leading up to the end of April. For each general manager in the league, however, there are little tipoffs that will tell you the different things they value in a potential pick. After five [...]

Rockstar Shows Off Custom Falcons Guitar

5 months ago

Josh Rand grew up in Iowa, but has been a Falcons fan his whole life. Hailing from the same hometown — Des Moines — as Falcons legend Steve Bartkowski, Rand just found the Falcons to be a natural fit, despite being in a territory dominated by Bears, Packers and Vikings fans. Now one of the [...]

Tony Gonzalez Named to All-Pro Team

5 months ago

Falcons tight end Tony Gonzalez earned his sixth All-Pro team nod Saturday, being named as a first-teamer over Dallas’ Jason Witten at the position. Gonzalez was the only Falcon named to the All-Pro first or second team. He received 24 votes. Also receiving votes, but not making the team: WR Julio Jones (1), tackle Tyson [...]

Smith Provides Injury Update on Monday

5 months, 1 week ago

Head coach Mike Smith updated the condition of several Falcons during his Monday news conference, most notably saying that he expects defensive end John Abraham — who suffered an ankle injury in the regular-season finale — to practice Wednesday. “John will be participating in practice on Wednesday,” Smith said. “We will have almost a full [...]

Robinson Cleared, Returns to Practice

5 months, 1 week ago

Cornerback Dunta Robinson returned to practice Friday after sitting out the previous two practice sessions in the league’s concussion protocol. Robinson suffered the head injury during the first half of last Sunday’s game against Tampa Bay and was cleared to return to practice Friday. “It was very good to get Dunta back,” head coach Mike [...]

Abraham, Robinson Expected to Be Ready

5 months, 2 weeks ago

What looked like it would surely be bad news Sunday turned to good news Monday afternoon as head coach Mike Smith announced during his weekly news conference that he expects defensive end John Abraham and cornerback Dunta Robinson — both hurt in Sunday’s 22-17 loss to Tampa Bay — back and ready to go in [...]

Smith: Moore to Miss Sunday’s Game

5 months, 3 weeks ago

Falcons head coach Mike Smith said Wednesday after practice that safety William Moore — who has missed the past three games with a hamstring injury — would likely miss Sunday’s game against Tampa Bay at the Georgia Dome. “I would like William to be ready to go, but the doctors, they’ve got to make that [...]

Secondary Keeps Playing Take-Away

5 months, 3 weeks ago

On paper coming into the season, the Falcons secondary was thought to be one of the best in the league. The addition of Asante Samuel via trade to Dunta Robinson and Brent Grimes was going to set the Falcons up as incredibly difficult to throw on. Then the first game happened and Grimes came away [...]

Franks Serving as Secondary’s Utility Man

6 months ago

Dominique Franks, left, is like the Tony Phillips of the Falcons We’ve heard it over and over again from head coach Mike Smith, but it’s true: When one man goes down, it’s the next man up. The Falcons have truly embraced that philosophy this season as the injury bug hasn’t exactly kept itself away from [...]