Atlanta Falcons

Atlanta Falcons fans won’t get their first look at rookie quarterback Desmond Ridder for more than a month leaving plenty of questions as to just how good Ridder will be in year one? Will the team be willing to start Ridder in week one or give the rookie time to learn and develop?

ATLANTA, Ga. (CBS46) - With NFL Training Camp set to open in just over a month, the Atlanta Falcons got to work to give back to the youth in Georgia. Veteran cornerback Casey Hayward Jr. held his 2nd annual Defensive Back camp at Lakewood Stadium on Saturday. Hayward and Terrell...

As a team, the Atlanta Falcons are facing very little pressure heading into the season. It would be surprising to see the team part ways with their head coach no matter how few wins they manage to find this season. This speaks to the position Atlanta has put themselves in this off-season no longer delaying a rebuild the team has obviously needed over the last three seasons.

The Atlanta Falcons happily drafted quarterback Desmond Ridder with the 74th overall pick in the 2022 NFL Draft, believing he could challenge

The COVID-19 pandemic is more than two years old. The first vaccines against coronavirus debuted in December 2020. Still, there are Americans who’ve not yet received vaccinations. “Just trying to encourage people to just come out and really to be open to learning new things and just have an...

Pro Football Focus has a few Falcons players graded near the top of the league. The Atlanta Falcons have a few emerging stars on their roster that they can build around and their Pro Football Focus grades reflect that, obviously, if you want to see who they are then continue reading.

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The Atlanta Falcons chose not to exercise Kaleb McGary’s fifth-year option this off-season making it all the more obvious McGary’s job isn’t guaranteed this season. The biggest problem with the Atlanta Falcons’ offense last season was their inability to set up the run with their blocking or to protect Matt Ryan.

There are those Falcons players who are under more pressure than the others. It is a sentence you hear about NFL players and coaches all the time, “[this player/coach] is entering a make-or-break year,” and while it might be cliché, it still does apply to some players, even a select few on the Atlanta Falcons.

At this point in the Atlanta Falcons season, the focus has shifted from off-season moves to camp and developing the players on their current roster. Any moves in free agency will likely be for fringe players to fill out the roster and give plenty of depth ahead of Atlanta’s three pre-season games.

Jon talks about the most important training camp battles for the Atlanta Falcons, and explains why two position battles on the offensive line will be fascinating to watch.

There are a lot of Falcons players you may have forgotten over the years. News flash: not all players who play for the Falcons turn out to be Tony Gonzalez, Roddy White, Matt Ryan, or Julio Jones. Most players end up making small contributions before they are released, forgotten, and never heard from again.

Former Atlanta Falcons receiver Julio Jones is still one of the most surprising current free agents left with rosters filling out and attention shifting to camps and pre-season. Despite coming off of the worst year of his career it is surprising Julio hasn’t found the right fit in free agency. There seems to be some expectation Jones will end up signing with a team capable of getting him a ring as he is in what are likely the final years of his career.

Over the weekend, the Atlanta Falcons announced that the 2022 AT&T Atlanta Falcons Training Camp will have 13 open practice dates with 12 being held at IBM Performance Field in Flowery Branch and one at Mercedes-Benz Stadium.

The Atlanta Falcons are in the beginning stages of their search for their next franchise quarterback, will it be Marcus Mariota or Desmond Ridder? No one can say for certainty that either of them will turn into a guy that leads Atlanta to their first championship, but surely they are talented enough.

Jadeveon Clowney has been the subject of Falcons rumors lately, saying that he would have signed with Atlanta had Terry Fontenot and the Falcons traded for Deshaun Watson. Atlanta has Grady Jarrett and Ta’Quon Graham along the defensive line with Lorenzo Carter at outside linebacker, but Clowney would have been a welcomed addition to the NFL’s worst pass rush during the 2021 season. #NFL

The Atlanta Falcons and former Oregon quarterback Marcus Mariota are hoping this upcoming football season can be a big year for both team and player. The Falcons are looking for a replacement for long-time starter Matt Ryan while Mariota is looking to jumpstart his NFL career after spending the last two seasons as a backup.

Headed into the 2022 season the Atlanta Falcons should have a lot of faith in second-year head coach Arthur Smith. Despite losing Matt Ryan and facing a tougher schedule this season Smith has a better roster and a year of experience to draw from. While his rookie season was far...

The Atlanta Falcons added Marcus Mariota immediately after trading longtime starter Matt Ryan to the Indianapolis Colts. Although the Falcons drafted Cincinnati’s Desmond Ridder in the third round of the 2022 NFL Draft and there’s a good chance he takes over for Mariota, the former Heisman winner and Oregon Ducks star is tabbed as QB1 heading into the season.