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Mar232021 by adminNo Comments

Falcons agree to two-year deal with RB Mike Davis

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March 23 (UPI) -- Free agent running back Mike Davis has agreed to a two-year deal with the Atlanta Falcons. Sources told NFL Network and ESPN on Tuesday that the parties agreed to the $ 5.5 million pact. The contract includes $ 3 million guaranteed in 2021. Advertisement Davis, 28, had a career-high 642 rushing yards and six touchdowns on 165 carries in 15 games last season while filling in for injured Carolina Panthers starter Christian McCaffrey. He also had 59 catches for 373 yards and two receiving scores. Davis entered the league as a fourth-round pick by the San Francisco 49ers in the 2015 NFL Draft. He joined the Seattle Seahawks in 2017. Davis also played for the Chicago Bears in 2019. The Panthers claimed Davis off waivers from the Bears the same season. The South Carolina produ...

Feb62021 by adminNo Comments

NFL, Falcons’ Grady Jarrett sending young fan to Super Bowl after tragedy

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Feb. 5 (UPI) -- Atlanta Falcons star defensive lineman Grady Jarrett is partnering with the NFL to send a young Falcons fan who lost three family members in a house fire last month to Super Bowl LV on Sunday. Jarrett surprised the young fan, 12-year-old Taeden Johnson, on a Zoom call with two tickets to this year's championship game in Tampa, Fla. It will be the first NFL game for Johnson, who also received encouraging words from Jarrett during the call. Advertisement Johnson escaped the fire in his family's mobile home in Athens, Ga., on Jan. 27 and ran to a neighbor's home to contact emergency responders. According to WSB-TV 2 in Atlanta, Johnson tried to re-enter the mobile home to save his family, but his mother, grandmother and little sister died in the blaze. Jarrett and the Falcons...

Nov62020 by adminNo Comments

Bengals, Falcons, Dolphins reveal COVID positives, close facilities

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Nov. 6 (UPI) -- A trio of NFL teams announced Friday that players or staff members tested positive for COVID-19, which resulted in altered practices and meetings for the Atlanta Falcons, Miami Dolphins and Cincinnati Bengals. The Falcons were the first team Friday to announce positive COVID-19 results. The NFC South franchise said a member of the football staff tested positives. The team decided to halt all in-person work at IBM Performance Field and meet virtually. Advertisement The team said the positive test result does not affect the status of its Week 9 game. The Falcons are to host the Denver Broncos at 1 p.m. EST Sunday in Atlanta. The Dolphins said they were informed Friday that an assistant coach tested positive for COVID-19. The coach is now in quarantine. The Dolphins conducted...

Oct122020 by adminNo Comments

Atlanta Falcons fire head coach Dan Quinn, GM Thomas Dimitroff

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Oct. 11 (UPI) -- The Atlanta Falcons have fired head coach Dan Quinn and general manager Thomas Dimitroff, the team announced Sunday. The decision to part ways with Quinn and Dimitroff came hours after the Falcons' loss to the Carolina Panthers at Mercedes-Benz Stadium. Atlanta dropped to 0-5 for the first time since 1997 following the defeat. Advertisement Falcons team president Rich McKay will assume day-to-day oversight of football operations in an interim role, according to the team. An interim head coach is expected to be announced Monday. Falcons defensive coordinator Raheem Morris and offensive coordinator Dirk Koetter -- both former head coaches of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers -- are candidates to move into the interim head-coaching job, along with assistant head coach/linebackers coa...

Dec192019 by adminNo Comments

Falcons QB Matt Ryan not surprised by Kyle Shanahan’s 49ers

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Dec. 19 (UPI) -- Atlanta Falcons quarterback Matt Ryan says he isn't surprised how quickly coach Kyle Shanahan's San Francisco 49ers have become one of the best teams in the NFL. Ryan once shared the same sideline as Shanahan, who served as the Falcons' offensive coordinator in 2015 and 2016 before bolting for the Bay Area. They faced off Sunday, with the Falcons pulling off an upset. Shanahan steered the 49ers to an 8-0 start in this year behind a top-five offense and defense. San Francisco (11-3) managed to clinch a playoff spot for the first time since 2013, despite losing to Atlanta. "They certainly have a lot of talent on the defensive line," Ryan said of the 49ers. "There are four or five first-round draft picks in that position group. They have some veteran guys on the back end wh...