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Getty Images It’s not fair for Chiefs offensive coordinator Eric Bieniemy to have to explain why Bieniemy was offered none of the seven head-coaching vacancies filled last month by NFL teams. Bieniemy doesn’t know why he didn’t get one of the jobs. Ultimately, the people who didn’t hire him...

Getty Images The Falcons have a new General Manager. They have a new head coach. They have a new coaching staff. They will not have a new quarterback. Tom Pelissero of NFL Network reports Matt Ryan is expected to remain in Atlanta in 2021. The team has had no trade conversations about either...

Getty Images The Falcons have hired Chandler Henley as assistant offensive line coach, the team announced Monday. Henley has spent the past three seasons as a quality control coach for the Titans. He worked primarily with the offensive line, helping the Titans finish with the second-ranked...

Getty Images The Falcons have made an addition to their front office under new General Manager Terry Fontenot, hiring Dwuane Jones as assistant director of college scouting. Jones was a Ravens college scout for the last four years. “Dwaune has an incredible drive and knowledge of our game...

Getty Images The ongoing changes in Atlanta have claimed a long-time employee of the team. Director of football operations Nick Polk, who has been with the franchise for 18 seasons, has been let go, per a source with knowledge of the situation. Polk handled contract negotiations, salary-cap...

Getty Images Former NFL quarterback T.J. Yates will continue his coaching career with the Falcons. Atlanta has announced the Yates, who worked as assistant quarterbacks coach with the Texans in 2020, will join Arthur Smith’s staff as a passing game specialist. Yates led the Texans to the...

Getty Images Kyle Smith became Atlanta’s vice president of player personnel yesterday after previously having that title in Washington, where he spent the last 11 years. Washington’s player personnel hasn’t been great over the last 11 years, but former head coach Jay Gruden said that wasn’t...

Getty Images T.J. Yates has spent seven of some or all of the past 10 seasons in Houston as either a player or a coach. He played for the Texans in 2011-13, 2015 and 2017. Yates joined the coaching staff in 2019 as an offensive assistant and spent 2020 as the assistant quarterbacks coach. But...

Getty Images The Falcons are keeping only two assistant coaches from Dan Quinn’s staff, D. Orlando Ledbetter of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports. Receivers coach David Brock and offensive quality control assistant Danny Breyer will return to the staff of new coach Arthur Smith. The...

USA TODAY Sports Longtime NFL assistant coach Dean Pees retired after the 2019 season. He’d spent the last two years as the Titans’ defensive coordinator. Before that, Pees held the same position with the Ravens from 2012-2017. But Pees apparently didn’t love his time away from the game all...

Getty Images Falcons General Manager Terry Fontenot has hired a lieutenant to assist him in the team’s personnel department. The team announced on Friday that Kyle Smith will be their vice president of player personnel. “We are thrilled he is joining our team,” Fontenot said in a statement...

Getty Images Fullback Patrick DiMarco announced his retirement from the NFL after 10 years on Thursday. “From a 10-year old kid dreaming of being Mike Alstott to playing fullback for 10 years in the National Football League, I am a testament for all the youth to pursue your dreams with...

Getty Images Falcons head coach Arthur Smith’s initial staff in Atlanta continues to take shape. D. Orlando Ledbetter of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that Des Kitchings will be the team’s running backs coach. Bernie Parmalee, who opened last season as the running backs coach before...

Getty Images With the 2021 hiring cycle ended, extra draft picks eventually will be awarded to teams who lost minority candidates to coaching or G.M. jobs elsewhere. Four teams will receive multiple third-round picks in the 2021 draft as a result of the hiring of Brad Holmes from the Rams to...

Getty Images When it comes to potential interest in Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford, the glass is currently two-thirds empty. That’s the obvious import of the news that a third of the league has reached out to the Lions. A third of the league. Ten teams. For a 32-year-old franchise...

Getty Images The Falcons made the hirings of Jon Hoke as secondary coach and Ted Monachino as outside linebackers coach official. Hoke has coached in the NFL for 16 seasons and has totaled 40 years of coaching experience. Hoke, 64, most recently served as defensive coordinator and safeties...

Getty Images The Falcons are continuing to fill out their defensive staff under coordinator Dean Pees with a pair of veteran assistants. Atlanta is expected to hire Jon Hoke as defensive backs coach and Ted Monachino as outside linebackers coach, per a report from NFL Media’s Tom Pelissero...

Getty Images After a dozen seasons in Detroit, quarterback Matthew Stafford will be moving on. So where will he go? Plenty of teams will be interested, especially with a contract that pays out only $20 million in 2021. (He may want a new deal on the way through the door, however.) Despite...

Getty Images The Falcons have announced four more coaching hires. They named Gary Emanuel as defensive line coach, Steve Hoffman as a senior assistant, Justin Peelle as tight ends coach and Matt Pees as a defensive assistant. Emanuel brings 38 seasons of coaching experience to Atlanta...

Getty Images The Atlanta Falcons announced plans to honor the memory of Hank Aaron after Aaron’s death on Friday. Aaron died at the age of 86 and his passing has led to tributes from all corners of the United States. Many have come from Atlanta, which is where Aaron played after the Braves...