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Getty Images Dan Quinn has spent plenty of time in recent weeks talking to his players about the intersection of race and sports, and he expanded that conversation to younger athletes in Atlanta. Via Vaughn McClure of ESPN.com, the Falcons coach was part of a panel discussion for local high...

Getty Images Multiple NFL figures recently have been talking about Colin Kaepernick. The question now becomes whether the talk will lead to action. There’s still no reason to believe it will. Indeed, there’s no indication that anyone has actually reached out to Kaepernick or his...

Getty Images Falcons quarterback Matt Ryan pledged $500,000 to Atlanta’s black community before he knew exactly where that money would go. Ryan said on The Daily Show that he decided to make the donation first, then began conversations with leaders in Atlanta’s black community about the...

Getty Images Atlanta mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms asked the Falcons to help be part of the solution in their community, and Falcons owner Arthur Blank has taken another step. The Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation announced this morning it is donating $470,000 to seven organizations that are...

Getty Images Atlanta has been the backdrop for the most recent wave of protests over racial inequality and police brutality, and now the team there will take Friday off as a holiday. According to Vaughn McClure of ESPN.com, the Falcons are taking Friday off as an organization for Juneteenth...

Getty Images Teams can extend their virtual offseason programs until June 26, but the Falcons aren’t using all that time. Via D. Orlando Ledbetter of the Atlanta Journal Constitution, the team’s veterans were finished with the offseason program last week, and that the rookies would wrap up the...

Getty Images Another excessive use of force by police happened in Atlanta on Friday night. Another man who did not deserve to die was killed by an officer who performed the role of judge, jury, and executioner in a fit of embarrassment, ego, and adrenaline. And Falcons quarterback Matt Ryan is...

Getty Images Falcons coach Dan Quinn has already taken to the streets to make his feelings known this offseason. So if any of his players want to protest racial inequality or police brutality this season — including by kneeling during the national anthem — Quinn is all in. “If and when the...

Trinity Christian High School football player Shedeur Sanders is a four-start recruit heading into his senior year, and he’s the son of a Hall of Famer, Deion Sanders. But it’s not his dad whom Shedeur is modeling himself after. Instead, Shedeur Sanders is trying to be like Tom Brady — and...

Getty Images NFL teams didn’t follow the usual offseason schedule this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic and that meant it was up to players to organize their own workouts. Falcons quarterback Matt Ryan did that in Atlanta and California while drawing on his experience going through the 2011...

Getty Images Falcons quarterback Matt Ryan is expecting a tough battle in the NFC South this year, but he likes his team’s chances. Ryan said the Buccaneers were already a good team before adding Tom Brady, and he thinks the Saints and Panthers are going to be good opponents as well. “Their...

Getty Images NFL teams still don’t know whether they’ll be playing in front of fans when they begin their seasons. But Falcons quarterback Matt Ryan knows he’s not the guy to ask about playing in quiet environments. Via Atlanta writer Jason Butt (formerly of TheAthletic.com), Ryan was asked...

Getty Images Calvin Ridley has 127 catches for 1,687 yards and 17 touchdowns through his first two NFL seasons and his offensive coordinator thinks the 2018 first-round pick is just scratching the surface. Ridley was one of the topics of conversation when Dirk Koetter spoke to reporters on a...

Getty Images Falcons quarterback Matt Ryan made a $500,000 donation recently to provide “active support” for the fight against racial inequality and social injustice while acknowledging that he has not done enough to be part of that battle in the past. Ryan has had plenty of company on that...

Getty Images The Falcons made a couple of additions to the coaching staff on Tuesday. D. Orlando Ledbetter of the Atlanta Journal Constitution reports that Adam Potts has been named the assistant strength and conditioning coach in Atlanta. He’ll work with head strength and conditioning coach...

Getty Images Falcons tight end Hayden Hurst hasn’t yet been to a practice in Atlanta, but he has done some one-on-one work with quarterback Matt Ryan, and that’s enough for Ryan to declare that opposing defenses are going to have a tough time with Hurst this season. Ryan said today that he’s...

Getty Images Todd Gurley passed his physical this week. That means he’s healthy enough to practice and play. But questions remain about the running back after his knee issues of the past two seasons. Gurley’s knee problems played into his release from the Rams, who cut him less than two years...

Getty Images The Falcons announced their deal with running back Todd Gurley over two months ago. It was finally complete this week. According to Adam Schefter of ESPN, Gurley was finally able to get to Atlanta and take a physical Monday. He passed it. While that might seem like a boilerplate...

Getty Images Former Falcons defensive end John Zook died Saturday in Kansas, the Atlanta Constitution-Journal reports. Zook was 72. Zook, nicknamed “The Zooker,” played with Hall of Fame end Claude Humphrey. In 1973, when the Falcons won nine games, both Zook and Humphrey made the Pro Bowl. It...

Getty Images Falcons coach Dan Quinn and General Manager Thomas Dimitroff were among 3,000 people who marched to the Governor’s Mansion on Sunday. Assistant coaches Bernie Parmalee and Doug Mallory, defensive tackle Tyeler Davison and rookie linebacker Mykal Walker also participated in the...