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  1. Freddie Falcon

    Trevor Lawrence throws for 391 yards, 5 TDs in first half

    Getty Images Clemson quarterback Trevor Lawrence is putting on a show today for anyone who doubts his status as the first overall pick in the 2021 NFL draft. At halftime against Georgia Tech, Lawrence has completed 22 of 27 passes for 391 yards and five touchdowns. Clemson leads its ACC rival...
  2. Freddie Falcon

    Falcons place John Cominsky on COVID-19 reserve list

    Getty Images Another Falcons players has landed on the COVID-19 reserve list. However, Sunday’s game between Atlanta and Minnesota remains on. The Falcons have placed defensive end John Cominsky on the COVID-19 reserve list. Although the team didn’t (and can’t) divulge whether Comsinky tested...
  3. Freddie Falcon

    Alexander Mattison will make first career start

    Getty Images Dalvin Cook‘s 489 rushing yards and seven rushing touchdowns lead the league. The Vikings star running back, though, won’t play Sunday after injuring his groin in the Week Five loss to the Seahawks Instead, Alexander Mattison will make his first career start. Mattison has played...
  4. Freddie Falcon

    Dalvin Cook will not play against the Falcons

    Getty Images The Vikings won’t have running back Dalvin Cook in the lineup when they try for their second win of the season at home this Sunday. Cook hurt his groin during last Sunday’s loss to the Seahawks and did not practice at all this week. That made the team’s decision to rule him out...
  5. Freddie Falcon

    No injury designation for Julio Jones

    Getty Images Raheem Morris is set to have wide receiver Julio Jones in the lineup for his first game as the Falcons’ interim head coach. Jones missed last Sunday’s game with a hamstring injury that has been bothering him for most of the last month and sat out the first two days of practice...
  6. Freddie Falcon

    Week Six injury report roundup

    Getty Images There was no Thursday night game this week, so Week Six of the 2020 NFL season kicks off on Sunday afternoon. There will be 12 games on Sunday, which means that the 24 teams in those games submitted their final injury reports of the week on Friday. The four teams playing on Monday...
  7. Freddie Falcon

    Falcons are back to work on Friday

    Getty Images A false positive caused the Falcons to miss work on Thursday. They’re back to work on Friday. The team has announced that the players and coaches will return to the facility a day after a precautionary shutdown that could have been ended on Thursday afternoon, but the Falcons...
  8. Freddie Falcon

    Matt Ryan on Falcons future: Understand question, but I’m focused on the present

    Getty Images Falcons owner Arthur Blank said this week that he hopes quarterback Matt Ryan will be part of the team’s plans going forward, but that any decision on that front would rest with whoever the team hires as their next coach and General Manager. It will be some time before those hires...
  9. Freddie Falcon

    Falcons: One new positive test caused closure of facility

    Getty Images The Falcons have issued a statement regarding the closure of their facility on Thursday. A report from Adam Schefter of ESPN indicated the closure came after the team had four members of the organization test positive for COVID-19, but that not all of those tests had been...
  10. Freddie Falcon

    Report: Falcons had option to open facility Thursday afternoon

    Getty Images The Falcons announced that they closed their team facility on Thursday after one member of the organization tested positive for COVID-19 and that they will be doing all of their work remotely for the rest of the day. According to a report from Tom Pelissero of NFL Media, they...
  11. Freddie Falcon

    Dalvin Cook not practicing today

    Getty Images Vikings running back Dalvin Cook is not practicing today. Cook, who suffered a groin injury in Sunday night’s loss to the Seahawks, is out of practice for the second consecutive day. That puts his availability for Sunday against the Falcons in doubt. The good news for the Vikings...
  12. Freddie Falcon

    NFL monitoring Falcons’ situation, hoping game is a go

    Getty Images The Falcons placed defensive tackle Marlon Davidson on the reserve/COVID-19 list Tuesday. They had a non-player test positive a day later. The team was placed into intensive protocol after Davidson’s Monday test yielded a positive result Tuesday. Ten clubs have gone into enhanced...
  13. Freddie Falcon

    Falcons enter into intensive COVID-19 protocol

    Getty Images The Falcons have entered in the NFL’s supplemental intensive protocols at IBM Performance Field after placing defensive tackle Marlon Davidson on the reserve/COVID list. It follows an announcement earlier in the day that the Panthers also have entered the intensive protocol after...
  14. Freddie Falcon

    Julio Jones remains out of practice

    Getty Images Falcons receiver Julio Jones has played less than a full game while at 100 percent. He still isn’t 100 percent. Jones remained out of practice Wednesday. Jones had nine catches for 157 yards in the opener, but his hamstring limited him in the three days of practice leading up to...
  15. Freddie Falcon

    Panthers in intensive COVID-19 protocol after playing Falcons

    Getty Images Falcons defensive tackle Marlon Davidson was placed on the reserve/COVID-19 list and the move has implications for the Panthers because the two teams played in Week Five. The Panthers announced on Wednesday that they have entered the intensive protocol as a result of the Davidson...
  16. Freddie Falcon

    Dan Quinn bids farewell to Atlanta with a two-page letter

    Getty Images Former Falcons coach Dan Quinn arrived in Atlanta on the heels of suffering one of the worst Super Bowl defeats in league history. Two years later, his Falcons suffered one of the worst Super Bowl defeats in league history. Three days after being fired by Falcons owner Arthur...
  17. Freddie Falcon

    Dalvin Cook feels better, taking things day by day

    Getty Images Vikings running back Dalvin Cook tried to go back into last Sunday’s game against the Seahawks after hurting his groin, but left the contest after one snap because he didn’t feel he could do the job. Cook’s not sure whether that will be the case for this Sunday’s game against the...
  18. Freddie Falcon

    Report: Dalvin Cook is expected to miss Sunday with adductor strain

    Getty Images Vikings coach Mike Zimmer said on Monday that Dalvin Cook‘s MRI went “pretty well.” Whatever that means. Chad Graff of TheAthletic.com reports Cook has an adductor strain that likely will keep him out Sunday against the Falcons. The Vikings have their off week the following week...
  19. Freddie Falcon

    Falcons put Marlon Davidson on COVID reserve

    Getty Images Another top Falcons rookie has landed on the league’s reserve/COVID-19 list. This time it’s defensive lineman Marlon Davidson, the Falcons’ second-round pick, who has gone on reserve/COVID-19. The Falcons’ first-round pick, A.J. Terrell, went on the list earlier this season...
  20. Freddie Falcon

    Raheem Morris: We have to find a way to end games

    Getty Images The Falcons fired Dan Quinn as their head coach this week and an inability to close out wins with big leads will go down as one of Quinn’s lasting legacies in Atlanta. Atlanta blew huge leads in two games this season to help speed Quinn’s exit from the job and the most memorable...
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