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Getty Images Running back Todd Gurley‘s offseason has been different than in recent years. He was released by the Rams and signed by the Falcons, but hasn’t been able to work with his new team at this point because in-person offseason programs were cancelled by the NFL. That’s left players to...

Getty Images If free agent running back Devonta Freeman is going to sign with a team, he’ll either need to find a new agent or negotiate the deal himself. Freeman’s agent, Kristin Campbell, is terminating their relationship, NFL.com reports. Amid reports in May that Freeman was considering...

Getty Images While Washington owner Dan Snyder goes through the process of considering a name change, one of his baseball brethren is digging in on its name, while considering other steps. According to Ken Rosenthal of TheAthletic.com, the Atlanta Braves will not change their name, but are...

Getty Images Forty-two days have passed since a former Minneapolis police officer killed George Floyd. Cowboys owner Jerry Jones has not talked publicly since the draft in April. Richard Sherman has noticed. Gerald McCoy has noticed. So, too, has new Cowboys defensive tackle Dontari Poe...

Getty Images Not many players have received contracts of 10 years or more. Patrick Mahomes has, Adam Schefter of ESPN reports. Contract details have not leaked on the new deal for the Chiefs quarterback yet. But both the amount of money and the number of years will rank among the highest and...

Getty Images The Falcons hired two women for roles in their scouting department, the latest moves toward diversity in that business this offseason. According to Lindsay Jones of TheAthletic.com, the Falcons hired Kjahna O and Shelly Harvey as full-time employee in the personnel department...

Getty Images The headline from Wednesday’s item from Daniel Kaplan of TheAthletic.com focused on the possibility that team’s will ask fans who attend games (if any attend games) to sign a waiver. But there was more to Kaplan’s story regarding pro football in a pandemic. For example, the...

Getty Images Jails present a heightened risk of infection during the ongoing pandemic. Plenty of Americans who have yet to be convicted but who can’t afford bail remain stuck in jail pending the resolution of their charges. Colin Kaepernick and his Know Your Rights camp have teamed up with...

Getty Images The quarterback who called himself the best in the NFC South has done as much good in his community as any quarterback in the division. Matt Ryan, who gave a personal donation of $500,000 to a GoFundMe fundraiser, Advancing the Lives (ATL) of the Black Community, is holding a...

Getty Images The NFL strongly believes that it’s much harder to transmit the coronavirus in an outdoor setting than in a confined indoor space. So what about domed stadiums, which technically are indoors? As a source with knowledge of the league’s thinking explains it to PFT, open-air stadiums...

Getty Images The NFC South has plenty of great quarterbacks, including a pair of future first-ballot Hall of Famers who will have a combined age if 84 when then meet in Week One. But another quarterback in the division recently proclaimed that he’s the best. Falcons quarterback Matt Ryan...

Getty Images Of the top 20 quarterbacks in the Chris Simms top 40 countdown, only six have won Super Bowl rings — Patrick Mahomes, Russell Wilson, Aaron Rodgers, Ben Roethlisberger, Drew Brees, and Tom Brady. So which quarterback will be the next to win his first ring? Simms and I looked at...

Getty Images Falcons owner Arthur Blank has made another sizable charitable contribution. The Falcons announced that Blank would donate the personal proceeds from an upcoming book to the The National Center for Civil and Human Rights. Blank’s also making an initial donation of $300,000 to the...

Getty Images Falcons defensive coordinator Raheem Morris participated in this week’s Quarterback Coaching Summit, which is designed to help minority coaches get ahead in their careers. And he said he was proud to be there representing the Falcons. Morris said that in Atlanta, a commitment to...

Getty Images The 49ers will have a 29th inductee to their Hall of Fame this year. Defensive tackle Bryant Young will get the honor. “You could not ask for someone to be a better 49er and a better human being than Bryant Young,” 49ers CEO Jed York said in a statement. “There was no question he...

Getty Images He’s already No. 10 in the all-time passing yardage list, No. 11 on the all-time touchdown pass list. And he’s No. 7 on the Chris Simms top 40 quarterback list. Falcons quarterback Matt Ryan, the 2016 NFL MVP, gets that spot in the top 10 for 2020. Some will shake their heads...

Getty Images A recent edition of PFT Live looked at a perfect question for the slow time of the calendar: Who are the best receiving tandem in the NFL? Simms and I went through four total rounds of dynamic pass-catching duos, realizing along the way that there are plenty of worthy candidates...

Getty Images Every team in the league was forced to come up with an offseason plan on the fly. So it almost makes sense — as much as anything makes sense — that one team was inspired by a star of a live television show. Falcons coach Dan Quinn told Albert Breer of SI.com that he got some good...

Getty Images After the Falcons chose to retain head coach Dan Quinn and General Manager Thomas Dimitroff for the 2020 season, team owner Arthur Blank made it clear that he expects better on-field results after a pair of 7-9 finishes the last two years. Dimitroff said in an interview for the...

Getty Images Atlanta Falcons safety Keanu Neal has appeared in just four games combined over the last two seasons as serious leg injuries forced him to injured reserve. Neal missed all of last year because of a torn Achilles sustained last September against the Indianapolis Colts. Now nearly...