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Getty Images The Falcons were 4-12 last season, they fired their coach and General Manager during the season, and they were in a tough spot with the salary cap, which led many people to think that they were set to rebuild their roster in their first year with Arthur Smith and Terry Fontenot in...

Getty Images Kyle Pitts is in. As a result, Hayden Hurst eventually will be out. The Falcons won’t pick up the fifth-year option on the contract of Hurst, according to Jeremy Fowler of ESPN.com. A first-round pick of the Ravens in 2018, the Falcons traded for Hurst in 2020. Atlanta gave up a...

Getty Images The Falcons had a pair of decisions to make about 2022 contract options on Monday and they’ve gone in different directions. Word on Monday morning was that the team will not exercise its option on tight end Hayden Hurst‘s contract and the team has not made any announcement on that...

Getty Images The first overall pick is the first favorite to win the rookie of the year award. But the 24th pick could be the one to watch. Via PointsBet, Jaguars quarterback Trevor Lawrence has +250 odds to win the prize the night before Super Bowl LVI. That part was predictable. After that...

Getty Images Falcons General Manager Terry Fontenot said at the team’s pre-draft press conference that they need to add some quarterbacks to the roster with Matt Ryan the only player under contract at the position. The Falcons added one on Friday. The team announced the signing of A.J...

Getty Images The Broncos made the first splash of the second day of the draft, trading up five spots to No. 35 overall to select running back Javonte Williams. Williams is regarded as one of the top backs of this year’s class after rushing for 1,140 yards and 19 touchdowns in 2020. He also...

Getty Images Tight ends don’t usually come off the board at No. 4 overall, but that’s exactly where the Falcons landed Kyle Pitts. It was the earliest a tight end had been selected in the common draft era, which began in 1967. Pitts was widely regarded as one of the best non-quarterbacks...

Getty Images Falcons tight end Kyle Pitts is the first high-profile rookie to take advantage of the new NFL rule loosening restrictions on jersey numbers. The Falcons announced today that Pitts will wear the No. 8 jersey in Atlanta. Previously, tight ends could not wear numbers in the single...

Getty Images There had never been quarterbacks taken with the first four picks of an NFL Draft before Thursday night and the wait will continue for at least one more year. The Falcons had the fourth pick and there was some speculation early in the offseason that they might look to take a...

Getty Images The Falcons are making Julio Jones available in a trade, and the Ravens are interested enough to ask what it would take to get a deal done. Jay Glazer of FOX Sports reported in an Instagram live session that the Ravens asked about Jones. However, because of Jones’ contract, a...

Getty Images The headline from Jay Glazer is simple. The import is a bit more nuanced. The Ravens, as Glazer said, contacted the Falcons about a trade for receiver Julio Jones. But, alas for all involved, the Julio contract makes a trade unlikely. But the Ravens knew about the contract when...

Getty Images With one day to go before the 2021 NFL draft, talk is heating up about the potential for a blockbuster trade. The Falcons, who own the fourth overall pick, have been the focal point of some trade speculation, and the biggest report comes from Jeff Howe of TheAthletic.com, who...

Getty Images Falcons coach Arthur Smith doesn’t have a problem with players who choose to stay away during the voluntary offseason program. The Falcons voted April 16 to opt out of the organized team activities. “There’s a lot of noise made about the offseason program, but it hasn’t really...

Getty Images Quarterbacks are expected to go with the first three picks on Thursday night, which makes the Falcons’ direction with the fourth pick an intriguing one for the rest of the first round. In a Wednesday press conference, Falcons General Manager Terry Fontenot said that the team knows...

Getty Images The Falcons continue to signal that they’re open to trading wide receiver Julio Jones. General Manger Terry Fontenot had a chance to squash the thought that they could do so in an interview with Fox 5 Atlanta earlier this week, and he didn’t. Fontenot then reiterated his same...

Getty Images Some players hope to be drafted by a certain team. Others simply want to hear their names called as early as possible. Former Oregon tackle Penei Sewell is among the latter. Sewell, who visited Tuesday’s PFT PM, explained that he wants to be drafted sooner than later, if only to...

Getty Images When the Falcons restructured Matt Ryan‘s contract earlier this offseason, they increased the cap charges and dead money over the final two years of his deal. Those increases make it less likely that Ryan is going to be anywhere but Atlanta next season, which, in turn, may also...

Getty Images The NFL draft has never had four quarterbacks go off the board within the first eight picks, or five quarterbacks in the Top 10. Both of those could happen on Thursday night. It goes without saying that the first three picks will be quarterbacks, with the Jaguars set to take...

Getty Images The Falcons’ first-year general manager Terry Fontenot holds the No. 4 overall pick and could use it to find a quarterback to replace Matt Ryan upon the All-Pro signal caller’s eventual retirement. Assuming Trevor Lawrence goes first overall and Zach Wilson second, the 49ers will...

Getty Images NFL teams will be adding first-round picks to their roster this week and some of them will then turn their attention to first-round picks from 2018. Fifth-year contract options for players selected in the first round that year need to be exercised by May 3 and some teams have...