Gonzalez Launching Fitness App in Spring
While we all — impatiently — wait for tight end Tony Gonzalez to decide if he’ll be back for one more year with the Falcons, we can turn our attention to just how the future hall-of-famer has been...
View ArticleMock Drafts Leaning Toward TE, DL for Falcons
We’ll unveil our weekly Mock Monitor next week that keeps track of all the mock drafts and who they say the Falcons are picking come April. But before we get to that point, it seems like the consensus...
View ArticleCollege Prospects Look to Shine at Pro Days
The 2013 NFL Scouting Combine is rapidly approaching, as more than 300 of the NFL’s top prospects will meet in Indianapolis for drills, tests and the biggest job interview of their lives. Along with...
View ArticleWider Fields Coming to NFL?
It’s the time of year when changes are proposed and sometimes made as the league’s Competition Committee reviews every aspect of the game and determines what, if anything, needs to be altered in the...
View ArticleSamuel: Falcons Will Grow in Offseason
Falcons cornerback Asante Samuel joined 790 The Zone’s Dave Archer and Mike Bell on Monday afternoon and discussed a wide array of topics in his few minutes on air, including his thoughts on what the...
View ArticleMock Monitor 2.0
Notre Dame TE Tyler Eifert takes over sole possession of the majority pick this week There were very few updates given to the mock drafts in the past week, therefore there aren’t many changes in this...
View ArticleFalcons 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...
View ArticleSam Baker Lands on USA Today’s All-Joe Team
From Pro Bowls to All-Pros, we’ve got plenty of lists that celebrate the very best — or at least the most popular — in the NFL. But credit USA Today for its annual All-Joe Team, that celebrates the...
View ArticleNFL 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...
View ArticleDimitroff 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...
View ArticleMock 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...
View ArticleFalcons 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....
View ArticleDeCoud Gives a Dirty Bird Lesson
Young Hollywood caught up with Falcons safety Thomas DeCoud out in California recently and got him to give a Dirty Bird lesson. Also, he talks about the correct way to wear a knit hat and answers a...
View ArticleKnee, Thigh Pads to be Mandatory in 2013
Somewhere, someone is missing their thigh pads. During the second day of competition committee meetings in Indianapolis, the new equipment rules were explained to NFL personnel and there are a few...
View ArticleRed Flag Rule Could Get Changed
There are so many rules in the NFL rule book that it’s hard to pay attention to all of them all the time. And usually, the most obscure ones get a spotlight shined on them due to strange...
View ArticleTight End Numbers Come in at Combine
While on-field testing and drills don’t get started until Saturday, the NFL Scouting Combine got underway today with some position groups reporting while others went through the necessary first steps,...
View ArticleTentative 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...
View ArticleSmith: 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...
View ArticleFalcons 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...
View ArticleGonzalez 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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