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Getty Images Falcons quarterback Matt Ryan has pledged $500,000 toward a fundraiser he’s establishing to help the black community in Atlanta. Via Vaughn McClure of ESPN, the Falcons quarterback hopes to raise $2 million in total. “Last week I made a commitment to listening and learning, and...

Getty Images Falcons quarterback Matt Ryan has held workouts at Golden West College in Huntington Beach, California, this offseason as he has in previous offseasons. One of the players he has worked with “a handful of times” is new Falcons running back Todd Gurley. Gurley has remained in...

Getty Images Saints quarterback Drew Brees has apologized (twice now), and has work to do to convince his teammates he’s sincere. Naturally, people who aren’t on his team aren’t as eager to offer him the benefit of the doubt, after his comments this week suggesting that kneeling during the...

Getty Images Free agent running back Devonta Freeman said recently that he isn’t thinking about retiring, but he hasn’t found a team willing to hit his desired price to play during the 2020 season. It doesn’t look like the Buccaneers are going to be the team that changes the situation for...

Getty Images Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms has received national attention for her impassioned remarks to the city after violence erupted Friday night. CNN since has called Bottoms the Democrats’ “most important voice.” Bottoms recently addressed the hometown Falcons at the behest of...

Getty Images Monday was June 1 and that means teams that cut players with post-June 1 designations earlier this offseason have some more cap space at their disposal. The Jets are at the top of that list. They released cornerback Trumaine Johnson early in the offseason and they now have $11...

Getty Images Falcons owner Arthur Blank called for unity Saturday, a day after racial tensions boiled over in Atlanta. The senseless death of George Floyd by a former Minneapolis police officer led to protests across the nation, including in Atlanta, where a peaceful protest turned violent...

Getty Images As the NBA works on its own plan to reopen after the COVID-19 shutdown, the plan is to put players into a sequestered environment, in hopes of reducing the spread of the virus. The NFL hasn’t gotten to that point — because they have the benefit of time — but the concerns about the...

Getty Images Matt Ryan has plenty of weapons at his disposal, but none more potent than his grasp of the obvious. The Falcons quarterback said during an appearance on ESPN (via the team’s official website) that the team needed to not start in a deep hole like they did last year, and score...

Getty Images The Falcons ranked 29th in the league in rushing attempts last season, but center Alex Mack isn’t expecting more of the same this season. Mack said that the team is integrating more outside zone runs into the plan for the coming season, which is something veterans “have a lot of...

Getty Images The prospect of playing in front of empty stadiums this season is a reality Atlanta Falcons center Alex Mack is hopeful can be avoided. Mack wants there to be fans in the stands when games are played this fall. He hopes circumstances allow for stadiums to be full and for society...

Getty Images Cardinals wide receiver DeAndre Hopkins says he’s the top pass catcher in football, and that his numbers would dwarf those of other star receivers if he had played his entire career with an elite quarterback. Hopkins said on ESPN that there is no doubt in his mind where he ranks...

Getty Images Longtime NFL linebacker and assistant coach Bryan Cox has been unemployed for four years. He’s still not quite sure why, but he said he’s trying to focus on making himself better in case he gets another chance to coach. The 52-year-old Cox told D. Orlando Ledbetter of the Atlanta...

Getty Images Lamar Jackson is working with some of his receivers in South Florida, and video recently surfaced of Tom Brady and teammates getting on-field work at a high school in Tampa. Other quarterbacks are getting together with their teammates, too. Matt Ryan is one of those. Ryan has...

Getty Images As former Falcons running back Devonta Freeman waits for the kind of contract that simply won’t be available to a 28-year-old running back who has missed 16 games over the past two seasons due to injury and who hasn’t had a 1,000-yard season since 2016, there have been reports and...

Getty Images Free agent running back Devonta Freeman is prepared to wait until he gets a contract offer to his liking. He may be waiting forever. Retirement may be an option for Freeman, according to Ian Rapoport of NFL Network. Although Rapoport said the more likely option is that Freeman...

Getty Images Devonta Freeman turned down the same deal that Carlos Hyde took from the Seahawks. Hyde agreed to a one-year deal worth up to $4 million, Ian Rapoport of NFL Media reports. Freeman’s options appear even more limited now, and it seems unlikely he will find a better deal from any...

Getty Images When the Falcons added tight end Hayden Hurst, running back Todd Gurley and wide receiver Laquon Treadwell to the roster earlier this offseason, people noted that they could fill out an entire 11-man offensive unit with players who entered the NFL as first-round picks. They’re...

Getty Images The Seahawks want to add a veteran running back, and it appears they will add one. The only question is: Which one? Seattle has shown interest in Carlos Hyde, Devonta Freeman and Marshawn Lynch. It appeared Freeman was the most likely (and perhaps best) option, and the Seahawks...

Getty Images The Falcons have a first-round pick for every job on their starting offense, and they added another former first-rounder to the other side of the ball. The team announced the addition of linebacker Deone Bucannon. The Cardinals picked the safety hybrid 27th overall in 2014. He...