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Getty Images There are a handful of quarterbacks who are expected to be among the top picks in the 2021 NFL Draft, which could lead to a big trade offer from a team in need of a quarterback to one that is looking for other things. It’s not clear where the Falcons fall on that spectrum. General...

Getty Images The Falcons overhauled their football operation this offseason with new General Manager Terry Fontenot and new head coach Arthur Smith. But Atlanta has a tall task ahead to get the roster ready for the 2021 season. The club is one of a few in bad shape with the salary cap. Though...

Getty Images The Falcons added seven people to head coach Arthur Smith’s 2021 coaching staff on Monday. The team announced that Roderick Moore Jr. and Bobby Thomas will be assistant strength and conditioning coach. Mario Jeberaeel has been named a diversity coaching intern and the team also...

USA TODAY Sports Pro Football Hall of Famer Deion Sanders is 1-0 as a college head coach. Sanders became the head coach of Jackson State University last September and waited until Sunday to make his debut on the sideline because the school postponed their season due to the COVID-19 pandemic...

Getty Images The Falcons hired a new General Manager last month and Terry Fontenot is at work on shaping his first roster in Atlanta. Adam Schefter of ESPN reports that the Falcons have released safety Ricardo Allen and defensive end Allen Bailey. Allen joined the team as a fifth-round pick...

Getty Images News that Atlanta would release safety Ricardo Allen and defensive end Allen Bailey came down earlier on Thursday. But when the Falcons announced the transactions, they included that quarterback Kurt Benkert has also been waived. Benkert was signed to a futures deal just after...

Getty Images Matt Ryan remains the Falcons’ starting quarterback, but new General Manager Terry Fontenot plans to bring more quarterbacks to Atlanta this offseason. Fontenot said he has studied the work of former Packers GM Ron Wolf, and agrees with Wolf’s assessment that it’s never a bad time...

Getty Images The Falcons named Chris Olsen as their senior director of football administration Friday. Olsen joins the Falcons after 13 seasons with the Texans, where he served as the senior vice president of football administration. Olsen negotiated contracts for the Texans, making him...

Getty Images The Jets have hired Steve Scarnecchia as Robert Saleh’s chief of staff, Brian Costello of the New York Post reports. It’s a new position on the team’s staff. Scarnecchia spent the past six seasons as the Falcons’ assistant head coach. There, according to the Falcons’ media guide...

Getty Images Clemson quarterback Trevor Lawrence is having surgery on his left shoulder soon, so he will be holding his only pre-draft throwing session for NFL scouts, coaches, and executives on Friday. After three years of play that have almost certainly made him the first overall pick of the...

Getty Images The 2020 season ended in Tampa. The 2021 season will start there. The Buccaneers, winners of Super Bowl LV, will host the Week One opener on the first Thursday of the next season. Here are the options, beyond the three NFC South rivals: Dolphins, Giants, Bears, Bills, and...

Getty Images Running back Frank Gore isn’t the only impending free agent veteran giving thoughts to playing for the 49ers during the 2021 season. Center Alex Mack has also given some thought to a future with the team. Mack played for 49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan when Shanahan was an...

Getty Images Tom Brady and Patrick Mahomes will face off in Sunday’s Super Bowl to decide the NFL champion for the 2020 season. The champion in merchandising sales already has been declared. The NFLPA released the latest numbers of merchandising sales for NFL players from the period covering...

Getty Images The Steelers are hiring Chris Morgan as their assistant offensive line coach, TheAthletic.com reports. Morgan, who recently was let go by new Falcons’ coach Arthur Smith, also interviewed with the Giants. He has 12 years experience, six as an offensive line coach and six as an...

Getty Images The NFLPA names a Community MVP each week of the regular season in order to highlight the off-field work being done by NFL players and each of them becomes eligible for the Alan Page Community Award at the end of the season. Falcons tight end Hayden Hurst was named this year’s...

Getty Images The Falcons are coming off a 4-12 season, they have a new coach and G.M., and quarterback Matt Ryan turns 36 this offseason and is slated to have a $40.9 million salary cap hit. Given those facts, it’s understandable that some have asked whether the Falcons will move on from Ryan...

Getty Images On this day two years ago, Jared Goff and Todd Gurley were playing in Super Bowl LIII with the Rams. Gurley had signed a four-year, $60 million contract extension just before the start of the 2018 regular season. Goff would sign a four-year, $134 million extension in August 2019...

Getty Images The expectation is that quarterback Matt Ryan will remain with the Falcons for the 2021 season, but the team’s regime change could see them start to think about a future that doesn’t include Ryan under center. One way they could address that future would be by drafting a...

Getty Images As the dust settles on the NFL’s hiring cycle, there are still efforts to kick up dust on the failure of Chiefs offensive coordinator Eric Bieniemy to get one of the seven available head-coaching jobs. Chiefs coach Andy Reid, who has seen both Doug Pederson and Matt Nagy vault...

Getty Images The Falcons have filled two roles on their staff, naming Thomas Stallworth strength and conditioning coach and Brian Griffin director of coaching operations. Stallworth heads to Atlanta after three years with the Giants as the club’s assistant strength and conditioning coach. He...