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Getty Images The NFL season kicked off on Thursday with a win by the Packers and it continues with 13 more games on Sunday, which means that the 26 teams in those games submitted their final injury reports of the week on Friday. Questionable players are uncertain to play, doubtful players are...

Getty Images The Falcons aren’t ready to say whether first-round rookie Kaleb McGary will start Sunday’s opener. But he will be in uniform, just over a month after he underwent a heart procedure. According to D. Orlando Ledbetter of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Falcons coach Dan Quinn...

Getty Images The Vikings had a key member of their offense on the sideline at Wednesday’s practice, but things took a positive turn on Thursday. Per multiple reports from the team’s facility, wide receiver Stefon Diggs was on the field along with the rest of the players on the 53-man roster...

It sounds as if the Falcons and Julio Jones are close or “very, very close” as owner Arthur Blank put it earlier this week, but until a deal is signed, it’s not done. And reports of the team and Jones being close have sounded for more than six weeks without an extension being signed. The star...

Getty Images Falcons wideout Julio Jones still doesn’t have his contract, despite months worth of reports that it was close. And unlike years past, he’s there and working and the whole thing hasn’t become a big deal. “I think it’s because of the player,” Falcons coach Dan Quinn said, via D...

Getty Images The Falcons are yet again close to signing wide receiver Julio Jones to a new contract. This time, they must mean it, since they’re re-arranging the numbers on the balance sheet. According to Mike Garafolo of NFL Network, the Falcons have done simple contract restructurings with...

Getty Images The Vikings had an unexpected name on their first injury report of the 2019 season. Reports from the open portion of Wednesday’s practice noted that wide receiver Stefon Diggs was the only player not in uniform for practice. An explanation for that had to wait until the report was...

Getty Images Falcons owner Arthur Blank long has expressed optimism at getting a long-term deal completed with Julio Jones before the start of the season. Five days before the first game against the Vikings, the Falcons are “very, very close” to doing just that. Blank told Jeff Schultz of...

Getty Images Matt Bryant admits his feelings were hurt when the Falcons declined the option on the kicker’s contract in February and bid him farewell. It took almost seven months before the Falcons saw the error in their ways. Bryant returns to the Falcons after Giorgio Tavecchio blew his...

Getty Images The Falcons have been reportedly close to a deal for star wide receiver Julio Jones many times this offseason. And yet, he still doesn’t have a deal, as if moving from negotiation to gestation. But on Monday, Jones was on the practice field as if everything was normal, and coach...

Getty Images The Falcons have added a fullback. According to D. Orlando Ledbetter of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, the Falcons have added former Raider Keith Smith with a one-year deal. The Falcons apparently had some interest in Smith before he signed with the Raiders last offseason. He...

Getty Images Some believed that the Falcons and receiver Julio Jones quietly had a deal in place, and that the two sides were waiting for the one-year anniversary of his latest new contract (a mandatory requirement for some deals) before officially executing the new one. The Falcons apparently...

Getty Images Danny Etling couldn’t make the Patriots as a wide receiver and he couldn’t make the Falcons as a quarterback. Etling was drafted by the Patriots in 2018 as a quarterback, but made the position switch in a bid to make the team this year. It didn’t work and he signed with the...

Getty Images The Bears signed receiver Marvin Hall in March. They cut him Friday, Ian Rapoport of the NFL reports. Hall appeared in 24 games over the past two seasons with the Falcons. He played 185 offensive snaps while appearing in all 16 games for the Falcons last season and caught 10...

Getty Images When you make a mistake, the best course of action is to recognize it, and fix it as quickly as possible. The Falcons announced they were bringing back their long-time kicker, signing Matt Bryant Saturday. The Falcons released the steady veteran in the spring, calling it “a...

Getty Images The Falcons had to wait longer than they’d like to see first-round pick Kaleb McGary in a game this summer, but the rookie tackle was finally able to get on the field Thursday night. McGary missed the first four preseason games while working his way back from a cardiac ablation...

Getty Images [Editor’s note: We’re keeping track of the moves as NFC teams make them this weekend, as they have to get to their 53-man roster limit by Saturday at 4 p.m. Check back throughout the weekend, as we’ll update throughout.] Dallas Waived nine players, including running back Darius...

Getty Images The Falcons have parted ways with a guy who has started for them, recently. According to Ian Rapoport of NFL Network, the Falcons have released tight end Logan Paulsen. The 32-year-old Paulsen started 10 games for the Falcons last year, after joining them in free agency. He’s...

Getty Images If soccer star Carli Lloyd is serious about a bid to become an NFL kicker, she could have the help of one of the best to ever do it. Hall of Fame kicker Morten Andersen posted a video on Twitter, offering his assistance to the two-time World Cup champion and two-time FIFA women’s...

Getty Images The Falcons called cutting kicker Matt Bryant a difficult but necessary decision in February. Watching the kickers they’ve brought in to replace him has been difficult as well and it may lead to a reunion with the guy who handled their kicking duties for the last 10 years. Former...