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Getty Images The Falcons had two major injuries during their first practice of training camp, but only one will be season-ending. According to D.Orlando Ledbetter of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, defensive lineman Michael Bennett will need surgery for the broken ankle he suffered...

Getty Images Keanu Neal‘s 2018 season ended after 40 snaps — 37 on defense — so he actually is excited for training camp. “So far I feel good,” Neal said, via video from Vaughn McClure of ESPN. “I’m excited to be back out there with the guys, running around, playing. So just going to keep...

Getty Images The Cowboys haven’t reached the NFC Championship Game since winning their last Super Bowl in 1995. Yet, they remain America’s Team and the World’s Team for that matter. Nine of the 50 highest-rated sports TV broadcasts in 2018 were regular-season games featuring the Cowboys...

Getty Images Allen Bailey visited the Falcons last month. He agreed to terms Monday after the Falcons lost Michael Bennett to a broken ankle in their first practice. Bailey will receive a two-year, $10.5 million deal, according to a PFT source. He is scheduled to get $6 million this year with...

Getty Images The fifth-year option is a powerful tool, and teams with 2015 first-round picks who panned out are using it, extensively. Of the 2015 first-rounders whose fifth-year options were exercised, only one of them — Rams running back Todd Gurley — has gotten a second contract. All of...

Getty Images The Falcons saw Tevin Coleman leave for the 49ers as a free agent this offseason and that departure put an end to the tandem they used at running back for the last four seasons. Devonta Freeman held the No. 1 job when Coleman was in town and remains set for that role this season...

Getty Images Former Maryland head coach DJ Durkin is working with the Falcons as a guest coach during training camp. Maryland placed Durkin on administrative leave following the death of Jordan McNair due to practice-related heatstroke last summer. The school fired Durkin on Oct. 31. Durkin...

Getty Images The chatter is intensifying that Falcons receiver Julio Jones already has a new deal, and that he’s only days away from having it officially signed and announced. As one league source explained in the aftermath of our item from earlier in the day regarding the rule that requires...

Getty Images Safety J.J. Wilcox did not make it through his first practice with the Falcons. He received the bad news later Monday when medical tests confirmed a torn anterior cruciate ligament, Ian Rapoport of NFL Media reports. Wilcox spent time with the Jets and Colts last year. He signed...

Getty Images The level of Falcons owner Arthur Blank’s restlessness was debated this offseason, but there was little doubt that there was unhappiness in Atlanta about missing the playoffs last season. Head coach Dan Quinn overhauled the offensive coaching staff, hired a new special teams...

Getty Images Falcons free safety Ricardo Allen still is rehabbing from a torn left Achilles. Thus, he is not ready to fully participate when practice begins Monday. “I don’t know,” Allen said when asked about his return, via D. Orlando Ledbetter of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. “I’m...

Getty Images Falcons receiver Julio Jones previously ruled out a training-camp holdout because, as he explained it, team owner Arthur Blank had promised to give Jones a new contract. But Jones has yet to get that contract. He’ll still show up for training camp on Sunday. Adam Schefter of...

Getty Images Grady Jarrett? Check. Deion Jones? Check. Other guy named Jones who is slightly more important to the team? No check yet. The Falcons have taken care of significant business this week, signing two key defensive players, but still no business has been done between the Falcons and...

Getty Images After the Falcons signed defensive tackle Grady Jarrett to a four-year extension on Monday, word was that linebacker Deion Jones was the next on the list of players in line for a new deal. Jones’s agent Drew Rosenhaus is in Atlanta on Wednesday for meetings with the team about a...

Getty Images The NFL and NFLPA gathered for their fourth set of talks about a new Collective Bargaining Agreement on Wednesday and the schedule called for the meetings to last for three days. There was a change in plans, however, and the two sides wrapped things up after several hours of...

Getty Images Falcons linebacker Deion Jones got his deal done just before training camp. Jones and the Falcons finalized a four-year, $57 million contract extension with an $11 million signing bonus and $25.8 million fully guaranteed at signing, agent Drew Rosenhaus told PFT. Jones has a $7...

Getty Images The Falcons and defensive tackle Grady Jarrett beat the clock by agreeing to a four-year extension worth $68 million just before Monday afternoon’s deadline for franchise-tagged players to sign multi-year deals. Jarrett had already signed his franchise tender and said on 92.9 The...

Getty Images The Falcons will be in Canton early next month to see former tight end Tony Gonzalez go into the Hall of Fame as well as play the Broncos in the first preseason game of the year. The team hopes that game will kick off a season that sees their current tight end take a leap forward...

Getty Images The full Madden ratings have been released, and a certain player with a reputation for being a tad sensitive may not be happy with the number he received. Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers, who last year was one of seven players to get a game-high 99, has fallen all the way to 90...

Getty Images They say that deadlines lead to deals and that was the case for Falcons defensive tackle Grady Jarrett. Adam Schefter of ESPN reports that Jarrett and the team have agreed on a four-year extension worth $68 million. Jarrett was given the franchise tag earlier this offseason and he...