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Getty Images Vic Fangio is set to make his Broncos debut in Thursday night’s Hall of Fame Game, but a kidney stone may block that from happening. Adam Schefter of ESPN reports that the Broncos head coach spent a good part of the day in a Cleveland hospital because of a stone. Fangio has not...

The Falcons have written some big checks recently. They are prepared to write one more. The team is in negotiations with Julio Jones‘ representation for an extension for the star receiver. Jones is in training camp, confident the sides will hammer out a deal. Michael Thomas reset the market at...

Getty Images Vic Fangio was not about to miss his head coaching debut — preseason game or not. The Broncos new head coach spent much of the day at a Cleveland hospital with a kidney stone. He finally left the hospital, without passing the kidney stone. He began the Hall of Fame Game on the...

Well, that didn’t take long. The Broncos threw the first challenge flag for pass interference in the first half of the Hall of Fame Game, and the NFL’s senior vice president of officiating didn’t need long to make a decision. Al Riveron promised at the NFL’s officiating clinic last month that...

Getty Images The first football game of the 2019 NFL calendar wasn’t a kind one for the quarterbacks involved in Thursday night’s Hall of Fame Game. Neither Joe Flacco or Matt Ryan played for their respective teams. Matt Schaub had a dreadful night for the Atlanta Falcons, and Kevin Hogan...

Getty Images Falcons rookie tackle Kaleb McGary has a bigger concern than training camp at the moment, as he will undergo a heart procedure this afternoon. The team announced that McGary will undergo a cardiac ablation procedure, noting the procedure was “minimally invasive” and similar to two...

Getty Images Falcons defensive end Vic Beasley appeared to have a breakout year in 2016 when he recorded 15.5 sacks on the way to an appearance in the Super Bowl, but 10 sacks over the last two seasons have made it look more like an outlier. That didn’t stop the Falcons from holding onto...

Getty Images As the NFL preseason becomes increasingly meaningless, teams are increasingly deciding not to risk injury to their star players. Falcons wide receiver Julio Jones is the latest example. Jones told reporters that he will not play at all in any of the Falcons’ preseason games this...

It’s reasonable to think the Falcons offense might not be clicking at the moment, with wide receivers Julio Jones and Calvin Ridley on the sidelines. But they’re also getting used to a new look up front, after their offseason rebuild of the offensive line. After spending in free agency on...

Getty Images Football is back on Thursday night, and the first game of the season will feature plenty of guys who won’t be employed by football teams come September. It’s the Hall of Fame game, which rarely entails performances from players destined to return to Canton for their own induction...

Getty Images Pro Football Hall of Famer Morten Andersen became a U.S. citizen last week. Andersen confirmed on Twitter that he has been sworn in as a citizen. “Honored to become a citizen of the greatest country on earth today, very proud to be an American,” Andersen wrote. A kicker who...

Getty Images After defensive lineman Michael Bennett broke his ankle earlier this week, Falcons head coach Dan Quinn said there was a chance that Bennett could return to action this year. That chance no longer exists. The Falcons announced on Friday that Bennett has been placed on injured...

Getty Images The Falcons are making a veteran addition to their linebacking corps. Ian Rapoport of NFL Media reports that the team is signing Stephone Anthony to their 90-man roster. Anthony recently visited with the Bills in his search for a new team. The Falcons saw Anthony several times...

Getty Images The Falcons haven’t cleared Julio Jones to start practicing yet and they saw their other starting wide receiver leave Thursday’s practice before it was over. Calvin Ridley grabbed his hamstring while running a route and began working with trainers on the field. He tried to take...

British soccer star Harry Kane has said he’d eventually like to kick in the NFL. A Hall of Fame kicker has essentially told Kane to kick rocks. Via the Evening Standard, Morten Andersen has dismissed Kane’s aspirations. “For Harry Kane to become an NFL kicker, it’s not going to happen,”...

Getty Images It didn’t take Julio Jones long to become one of the NFL’s best receivers, and in the past five seasons, the Falcons wideout has two All-Pro nods and five Pro Bowls. So when Jones insists he’s going to go “crazy” this season, it’s hard not to believe him. “I’m not ever going to...

Getty Images The Falcons placed safety J.J. Wilcox on injured reserve Tuesday, the team announced. Wilcox did not make it through his first practice with the Falcons, tearing his anterior cruciate ligament Monday. Wilcox spent time with the Jets and Colts last year. He signed with the Falcons...

Getty Images There are those around the league who think the Falcons and Julio Jones already have a deal, and just have to wait until the July 26 anniversary of his last pay raise to consummate it. If that’s the case, it would explain why Falcons General Manager Thomas Dimitroff doesn’t seem...

Getty Images Wide receiver Julio Jones‘s desire for a new contract has been a major storyline of the Falcons offseason and it has been a storyline through the first days of training camp as well. There’s been no announcement of a new deal for Jones, but he said he trusted Falcons owner Arthur...

Getty Images The Falcons feel like they’re deeper at running back than they’ve been for some time and the man on top of that depth chart feels like he’s a stronger player than in the past. Injuries limited Devonta Freeman to just two games last season, but Freeman said in the spring that he’s...