Falcons coach Arthur Smith, told that Drake London had one fewer reception than Desmond Ridder in today's win: "Let the fantasy guys worry about that. We've got to clean some things up ... We don't care. Drake London doesn't care. All we care about is 1-0."
Free-agent WR DeAndre Hopkins is slated to fly to Nashville on Sunday for a visit with the
#Titans
, per sources.
D-Hop and Mike Vrabel were together in Houston. Now Vrabel’s team gets the first visit with Hopkins, the five-time Pro Bowl pick released by Arizona last month.
Multiple sources around the league tell me the Falcons will open up the NFL season at home against the Pittsburgh Steelers and former HC and current Steelers OC Arthur Smith
#VirginiaTech
WR Tre Turner has been a favorite sleeper of mine. Here’s one of his better reps I saw on the film today.
Love me a good release! Caught Kendrick reaching, and that’s all she wrote.
Whipped up a 2023
#Falcons
Mock Draft for y’all real quick:
1st - Traded for Lamar
2nd - Traded for Lamar
3rd - Traded for Lamar
4th - Traded for Lamar
4th - Traded for Lamar
5th - Traded for Lamar
5th - Traded for Lamar
7th - Traded for Lamar
7th - Traded for Lamar
The Falcons are 3-3.
Arthur Smith’s job security is strong.
Desmond Ridder is in no danger of being benched.
An organization that’s preached patience (to a fault) isn’t going to hit the panic button in October.
The funniest possible outcome today: Desmond Ridder puts up huge numbers, saves Arthur Smith’s job, and cements himself as QB1 heading into next season
Sources:
#Jaguars
CB Tyson Campbell is signing a 4-year, $76.5M extension that includes $53.4M effectively guaranteed.
He is now the highest-paid CB in NFL history that had yet to be named to a Pro Bowl in a deal negotiated by Todd France and Kyle McCarthy of
@AthletesFirst
.
In honor of today, I’d like to throw it back to when the
@AtlantaFalcons
used a Game of Thrones theme to create the greatest schedule release video/troll of all time.
The
#Falcons
say Raheem Morris and GM Terry Fontenot will report directly to owner Arthur Blank on all football matters.
Rich McKay remains CEO of AMB Sports and Entertainment. Greg Beadles remains team president and will continue overseeing all day-to-day business operations.
Saints sold their future
Panthers are a dumpster fire
Bucs old and busted
The Falcons aren’t a contender yet, but they hit on the QB position? All I’m saying is if things stay the course (they rarely do in football) there’s gonna be a big window open in this division.
The Minnesota Vikings offseason:
- Hired an offensive head coach to fix all their problems
- Gave more money to a quarterback they should’ve traded
- New GM called it a competitive rebuild
They’re the Falcons, but just a year behind
The three plays that contributed most towards yesterday’s Falcons L:
- London getting stripped by Mack NFL Street style
- Younghoe Koo missed 50 yard FG
- TQ shaving points and dropping both the ball and the game
Plenty of blame to go around. A true team loss.
Calvin Ridley in 12 games without Julio: 85 catches. 1,111 yards. 4 TDs.
Second team ALL-PRO.
The last month is not indicative of who he is as a player. Don’t be a prisoner of the moment.
#DirtyBirds
The Falcons lost less draft capital for using fake crowd noise in 2015 and for tampering with three different players in 2024 than the 49ers did for a $75,000 clerical payroll error that the league said had no competitive impact.
#ConsistentlyInconsistent
Good morning. Today we are beginning our push to get Auden Tate in a
#Falcons
jersey.
The young, big bodied playmaker would be a welcome addition to a team in desperate need of WRs. Coming off IR, I imagine he’ll be affordable.
Cordarrelle Patterson is an anomaly. There’s a short list of 31 year old RBs who’ve looked this explosive. Look at the move he puts on Diggs (6) just by changing directions.
From Hall of Fame returner to workhorse RB. What a crazy career arc.
#Falcons
gonna have to make a TON of difficult decisions this offseason, and I’m here for it. Take emotion out the process and treat roster construction like a business. Free up as much cap and acquire as many picks as possible. Embrace rebuilding the team from the ground up.
#Falcons
WR Drake London and QB Desmond Ridder will be among participants in this year’s NFLPA Panini’s Rookie Premiere Event. Begins on Thursday in LA.
#DirtyBirds
I gotta give Casey Hayward a ton of credit here. Don’t think I can overstate the difficulty of this play. The be able to flip your hips at the very last second and get a hand on the ball for the PBU while running full speed? This is teach tape on downfield positioning for a CB.
@kingfred91
@AtlantaFalcons
Think you’re missing the point. He wasn’t a finished product bc of one year with Matt. Between injuries and a poor support system he’s regressed since then. This is the most important season of his career, Kirk pushing him to refine the small details of his game can go a long way
Richie Grant is growing. Here he recognizes that Lockett is open, makes a break out of his zone, arrives on time to deliver the hit and most importantly play through the receiver’s hands. These are the traits he showed at UCF that made him a high draft pick.
Browns are signing Pro-Bowl CB Denzel Ward to a 5-year, $100.5 million contract extension that includes $71.25 million guaranteed, per source. At age 24, Ward is the highest-paid CB in NFL history.
Tory Dandy of CAA Sports, who negotiated the contract, confirmed the deal to ESPN