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Falcons Near Top in Draft Success Since 2008
It doesn’t take much to draw a correlation between general manager Thomas Dimitroff’s draft classes since coming on board with the Falcons in 2008 and the success the team has experienced during that...
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NFL Giving Fans a Chance to Watch Combine in Person
After a successful experiment last year, the NFL is once again giving fans the opportunity to earn a chance to watch elements of the NFL Scouting Combine in person at Lucas Oil Stadium. Interested...
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Dimitroff Helps with New Combine Test
Word came Sunday night that a brand new test would be introduced at this year’s NFL Scouting Combine, and Falcons general manager Thomas Dimitroff was one of a handful of NFL executives who provided...
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Mock Monitor 3.0
Could Kansas State linebacker Arthur Brown, right, become a popular pick among the mock drafts? The picks changed slightly in our weekly look at a sampling of mock drafts from around the Web, but...
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Falcons Preparing for all Tight End Scenarios
As we all wait anxiously to see what tight end Tony Gonzalez decides to do, whether it be return for another year or hang up the cleats, the Falcons have to push forward, and that starts this week. D....
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Tentative Draft Order for Falcons
NFL.com has announced the tentative order for the NFL Draft, with the exception of compensatory selections for rounds 3-7, which will be announced in March. This is why there is no overall selection...
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Smith: Brent Grimes ‘Progressing Well’
Falcons head coach Mike Smith spoke to the media assembled at the NFL Scouting Combine and fielded questions from free agency to April’s NFL Draft, but he was also asked to give an update on...
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Falcons Confident Matt Ryan Extension Will Get Done
Falcons general manager Thomas Dimitroff knows that a big to-do for him in the next year is to lock quarterback Matt Ryan up into a contract extension as it expires after next season. But Dimitroff...
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Gonzalez Changed the Way Falcons View Tight Ends
Four years ago when Falcons general manager Thomas Dimitroff made the trade for future Hall-of-Fame tight end Tony Gonzalez, he knew what he was getting — a hard-worker whose career resume spoke for...
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Mock Monitor 4.0
With the 2013 NFL Scouting Combine wrapping up today, the mock drafts were quiet this week as the experts take in all the talent available in this year’s draft class. Notre Dame tight end Tyler Eifert...
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Dimitroff Happy With Talent Available in Draft
Less than 24 hours after the 2013 NFL Scouting Combine came to a close, Falcons general manager Thomas Dimitroff is already back in Flowery Branch, hard at work breaking down the numbers and figures...
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Mock Monitor 5.0
UCLA DE Datone Jones makes his Mock Monitor debut — along with other new players, positions and even scenarios If you were looking for more clarity in the first post-Combine Mock Monitor, I apologize...
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Falcons Earn Four Compensatory Picks
A total of 32 compensatory choices in the 2013 NFL Draft have been awarded to 16 teams, the NFL announced Monday. Under the rules for compensatory draft selections, a team losing more or better...
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Mock Monitor 7.0
Florida State defensive end Cornellius Carradine goes by the nickname “Tank.” Seems fitting. So much has happened in the past week that should have influenced this week’s Mock Monitor, but much like...
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Falcons Near Top in Pre-Draft Power Rankings
If you thought you could escape power rankings until the season, well, ESPN.com has terrible news for you. The Worldwide Leader released its pre-draft power rankings Tuesday and the Falcons are right...
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Mock Monitor 8.0
Stanford tight end Zach Ertz may have a stranglehold on the majority pick in our weekly Mock Monitor, but he’s hearing the footsteps of several cornerbacks creeping up behind him, especially those of...
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Mock Monitor 9.0
Washington cornerback Desmond Trufant is becoming a popular selection among the mock drafts As we are officially into the month of the NFL Draft, the mocks around the Internet are a-changing. We’ve...
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Mock Monitor 10.0
Oregon OL Kyle Long makes his first appearance on the Mock Monitor this week. For the first time in the 10 weeks we’ve kept track of who the mocks have the Falcons taking in 2013, the majority pick is...
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Mock Monitor 11.0
Is Washington CB Desmond Trufant the favorite for the Falcons at No. 30? As we currently stand just more than a week away from the start of the 2013 NFL Draft, the picture on the Mock Monitor is...
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Dimitroff to Hold Pre-Draft News Conference Thursday
Falcons general manager Thomas Dimitroff will field questions from the media at 3 p.m. ET Thursday at the Falcons’ training facility in Flowery Branch. Among the topics Dimitroff will likely speak on...
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Deion Sanders to Announce Falcons’ Second Pick
Once again, the NFL will have 32 legendary alumni, one representing each team, announcing the second and third-round picks for teams on Friday, April 26 during the NFL Draft from Radio City Music...
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Mock Monitor: Final
With just two days to go before teams go on the clock in the 2013 NFL Draft, we take one final look at the mock drafts around the Internet in this week’s Mock Monitor. But we do so in a much different...
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Trufant Pick Shows Falcons Value Leadership
For weeks and weeks and weeks, draft experts fall all over each other to project first-round picks in their mock drafts leading up to the end of April. For each general manager in the league, however,...
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Trufant Chooses Jersey Number
The Falcons’ first-round pick of the 2013 NFL Draft, Washington cornerback Desmond Trufant, wasted no time in deciding what number he’ll wear with the Falcons. Trufant will wear the No. 21 jersey in...
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Trufant, Alford Have Met Before
New Falcons Desmond Trufant, left, and Robert Alford meet in the Senior Bowl The Falcons selected two cornerbacks with their first and second-round picks in the 2013 NFL Draft, and you might think...
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Draft Grades Roll In for Falcons
Experts say you can’t truly judge a team’s draft until about three years after the picks are made. Of course, that doesn’t stop those same experts from releasing their draft grades the day after the...
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Falcons Draft Picks Select Their Jersey Numbers
DE Malliciah Goodman will be hugging opposing quarterbacks wearing No. 93 Jersey numbers have been selected among the Falcons’ eight 2013 draft picks. First-round pick Desmond Trufant already selected...
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YouTube Series Details Trufant’s Path to NFL
This blog needs very little introduction. The videos speak for themselves. Part 2 is especially moving as cameras were on hand in Washington when Desmond Trufant received the call from the Falcons to...
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Draft weekend is one of the busiest for the front office on the NFL calendar, but that’s also true for other departments, as well. There’s no shortage of things to do during those three days for those...
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Safety Ishmael Looking Like a Tackling Machine
There’s nothing that’s easy about selecting players in the NFL Draft. Sure, the first round offers a great crop of talent, but even that’s a challenging task for an NFL general manager and his...
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