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Getty Images The Falcons don’t want Todd Gurley to overdo it before the season. Gurley, the veteran running back with a history of knee problems, will get limited reps in training camp to keep him healthy for the regular season. Falcons coach Dan Quinn said Gurley, safety Keanu Neal and center...

Getty Images The Falcons cut safety C.J. Reavis, the team announced Thursday. Reavis spent time with the Falcons in 2019, signing with their practice squad in November. He signed a futures contract after last season. He entered the league as an undrafted free agent, signing with the Jaguars...

Getty Images The Falcons announced a pair of signings on Friday morning. Tight end Luke Stocker and tackle Scottie Dill have been added to the active roster in Atlanta. It’s a return engagement for Stocker. He spent last season with the team, but was cut along with Devonta Freeman, Desmond...

Getty Images The Falcons can roll an entire offense out this season, consisting of nothing but first-round picks. But it doesn’t stop there, as they’ve collected pedigreed players on both sides of the ball. But Falcons General Manager Thomas Dimitroff said it wasn’t a prerequsite, after last...

Getty Images Deion Sanders is no longer at NFL Network. Sanders is leaving the league-owned cable channel, John Ourand of Sports Business Journal. Although Sanders has received plenty of criticism in recent days for his comments about players opting out of the season because of the COVID-19...

Getty Images The Falcons are getting closer to clearing their COVID-19 list. The team announced they had activated safety Chris Cooper from the reserve/COVID-19 list. To make room for him on the active roster, they waived undrafted rookie offensive lineman Hunter Atkinson. Cooper spent last...

Getty Images The Falcons added a player to their reserve/COVID-19 list on Sunday. The team announced safety Chris Cooper has been placed on the list, which is for players who have either tested positive for the coronavirus or are quarantined because of close contact with an infected party...

Getty Images Word this week was that the Falcons would sign safety J.J. Wilcox as long as all went well with his physical and COVID-19 testing. It appears everything checked out on both fronts. The Falcons announced the Wilcox signing on Sunday morning. Wilcox was set to play for the Falcons...

Getty Images “Next man up” applies to coaching staffs too, so Falcons coach Dan Quinn spent some time this offseason coming up with a contingency plan. Via the team’s official website, Quinn said that if he were to contract COVID-19 and wasn’t able to work, that assistant head coach and...

Getty Images The Falcons waived running back Craig Reynolds, the team announced Friday. Reynolds, 24, went undrafted out of Kutztown in 2019, signing with Washington. The team waived him out of the preseason. Reynolds later joined Washington’s practice squad. Washington activated him to...

Getty Images Running back Devonta Freeman hasn’t found a job since being released by the Falcons earlier this year and he shared some of what he’s looking for in a new team on Thursday. Freeman made an appearance on SiriusXM NFL Radio and said that he wants to “win so bad” with his next team...

Getty Images The Falcons may be adding a veteran to their secondary. Mike Garafolo of NFL Media reports that safety J.J. Wilcox visited with the team on Thursday. Wilcox signed with the Falcons last April, but never got on the field during the regular season because he tore his ACL in July...

Getty Images The deadline for players to opt out for 2020 passed at 4 p.m. ET Thursday. A total of 67 players took the option to sit out the season. (Offensive lineman Larry Warford is not on the list since he is a free agent.) The 67 players will see their contracts toll, whether the opt out...

Getty Images It wasn’t a normal offseason, obviously, so Austin Hooper has much to learn about his new quarterback, new offense and new team. But the tight end will take what he can get. Hooper made two trips to Texas to workout with Baker Mayfield. “I was in contact with Baker before I...

Getty Images The Falcons activated defensive tackle Tyeler Davison from the reserve/COVID-19 list to the active roster, the team announced Wednesday. It follows the activation of safety Jaylinn Hawkins, quarterback Danny Etling, and linebacker Foyesade Oluokun from the list earlier in the day...

Getty Images The Browns made Austin Hooper the highest-paid tight end in the NFL during free agency and drafted Harrison Bryant in the fourth round. It prompted former first-rounder David Njoku, uncertain of his role, to request a trade. Njoku since has declared he’s “all Cleveland,” and the...

Getty Images The Eagles cut receiver Marcus Green on July 26. They are planning to re-sign him this week, Tom Pelissero of NFL Media reports. Green, 23, has never appeared in a regular-season game. The Falcons selected him in the sixth round of the 2019 draft. They waived him out of the...

Getty Images The Falcons activated half their COVID-19 list Wednesday. The team announced that safety Jaylinn Hawkins, quarterback Danny Etling, and linebacker Foye Oluokun had been activated from reserve/COVID-19. They still have three players on the list (safety Jamal Carter, defensive...

Getty Images Calvin Ridley got a bump up the Falcons depth chart at receiver when the team traded Mohamed Sanu to the Patriots during the 2019 season, but a late season trip to injured reserve cost him a chance to notch his first 1000-yard season in the NFL. That’s one of the goals that Ridley...

Getty Images The Falcons pared their roster down to 77 players on Tuesday. The team announced that they have waived cornerback Rojesterman Farris, defensive end Austin Larkin and defensive end Bryson Young. Larkin is the only one of the three with regular season experience. He spent most of...