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Getty Images Falcons defensive end Vic Beasley said recently that he will be at the team’s mandatory minicamp next week and head coach Dan Quinn gave updates on Wednesday about a couple of other players who have been missing voluntary work. Wide receiver Julio Jones did not attend last year’s...

Former Falcons running back Warrick Dunn is now a minority owner of the Falcons, and he wants to make sure his team makes the most of its investment in running back Devonta Freeman. Dunn told Freeman that he needs to protect himself by avoiding contact when he can, and thinking about being on...

Getty Images Free agent Allen Bailey is visiting the Falcons today, Adam Schefter of ESPN reports. The defensive lineman previously has visited the Patriots, Panthers and Seahawks. The Chiefs made Bailey a third-round pick in 2011, and he has spent his entire career with Kansas City. He’s...

Getty Images The Falcons kicked off the week by adding a safety to their 90-man roster. The team announced the signing of Jason Thompson on Monday morning. The move comes after the team cleared a roster spot by waiving safety Afolabi Laguda over the weekend. Thompson went undrafted out of...

Getty Images Falcons defensive end Vic Beasley is one of several key players from the team who has been absent from the team’s voluntary offseason workouts, but he confirmed that his absence won’t stretch into the mandatory portion of the schedule. The Falcons will wrap up the offseason...

Getty Images The Falcons announced Saturday that they have waived safety Afolabi Laguda. Laguda signed a two-year deal with the Falcons on April 12. Laguda, 23, originally signed with the Rams as an undrafted free agent in 2018. The Rams placed him on injured reserve with an undisclosed...

Getty Images Running back Tevin Coleman elected to reunite with his Kyle Shanahan this offseason by signing with the San Francisco 49ers in free agency. Coleman had Shanahan as an offensive coordinator for two years with the Atlanta Falcons as the team come within a second half collapse of...

Getty Images The Falcons haven’t had Julio Jones at their offseason workouts, but they feel pretty sure what they’ll get once he does report to work after watching him go for the last eight seasons. Calvin Ridley doesn’t have the same track record in Atlanta, so there’s less certainty about...

Getty Images Julio Jones is skipping the team’s organized team activities while awaiting a contract extension with the Falcons. The Pro Bowl receiver is expected to attend the mandatory minicamp June 11-13. The Falcons know Jones will show up and look like he’s always looked. “Julio hasn’t...

Getty Images The Falcons are trying to figure out ways to add a little juice to their pass-rush, and they’re doing some experimenting with new positions. According to D. Orlando Ledbetter of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, defensive end Takk McKinley has done some work at OTAs with the...

Getty Images The Falcons added a pair of linemen, one on either side of the ball. The team announced the release of undrafted rookie tackle Devon Johnson and the signing of offensive tackle Dieugot Joseph and defensive end Austin Larkin. Joseph has spent time with the Bears, Ravens, Vikings...

Getty Images Free agent offensive lineman Dieugot Joseph has visits scheduled with Washington and Atlanta this week, Aaron Wilson of the Houston Chronicle reports. Joseph, 25, has never played in a regular-season game. He went undrafted in 2017, signing with the Bears. Joseph spent two weeks...

Getty Images The Falcons talked about improving their offensive line heading into the offseason, they made some additions to the group in free agency and kept the ball rolling in the draft. They selected guard Chris Lindstrom with the 14th pick and then traded back into the first round in...

Getty Images Matt Ryan should be used to changing offensive coordinators by now. The good news this time, is he’s used to everyone he’s working with. When Dirk Koetter returned to the Falcons staff this offseason, it reunited the veteran quarterback with his second offensive coordinator, who...

Getty Images The Cowboys want to sign receiver Amari Cooper to a long-term deal, but the negotiations apparently are going nowhere. That’s possibly because Cooper is curious about where another receiver’s effort to get a long-term deal ends up. Clarence Hill of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram...

Getty Images The Falcons, for 2019 and moving forward, will return to a more traditional structure of their front office. Per a league source, the team has promoted Steve Sabo to director of player personnel. He will be, essentially, the second in command under G.M. Thomas Dimitroff. Sabo...

Getty Images Juwan Howard is returning to Michigan to coach men’s basketball. Which obviously has nothing to do with the NFL. But which has everything to do with our never-ending quest for ideas for PFT Live drafts. Howard’s Ann Arbor homecoming became the starting point for Thursday’s draft...

Getty Images Some of the Falcons’ best defensive players are choosing to stay away from Organized Team Activities. Among those not in attendance are defensive end Vic Beasley, linebacker Deion Jones and defensive tackle Grady Jarrett, according to D. Orlando Ledbetter of the Atlanta...

The 2018 season wasn’t an enjoyable one for Falcons running back Devonta Freeman. Freeman hurt his knee in the opener, missed three games and then suffered a season-ending groin injury in his return to the lineup. That was one of many injuries that helped sink the Falcons last year and it’s...

Getty Images The Bucs and veteran defensive tackle Gerald McCoy had a “mutual parting” (i.e., they cut him) on Monday. So which other veteran players need to worry about a similar “mutual parting”? Simms and I devoted Tuesday’s PFT Live draft to the veterans who could end up on the wrong side...