Atlanta Falcons News and Rumors
Falcons place Tommy Gallarda on injured reserveCurtis Crabtree, profootballtalk.com The Atlanta Falcons placed backup tight end Tommy Gallarda on injured reserve Tuesday with a shoulder injury suffered in last Sunday’s 31-27 loss to the New Orleans Saints. Gallarda appeared in all nine games for the Falcons and recorded just one catch … |
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Josh Alper, profootballtalk.com After Sunday’s 31-27 loss to the Saints, Falcons center Todd McClure took issue with the idea that poor blocking was the sole place to point blame for the team’s lackluster showing in short yardage near the New Orleans end zone. “It is in every aspe… |
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D. Orlando Ledbetter, ajc.com FLOWERY BRANCH — Falcons offense coordinator Dirk Koetter, in his first interview since the offense repeatedly failed in short yardage situations against the New Orleans Saints, acknowledged that the short yardage offense is a major problem for his unit… |
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Atlanta Falcons: Coffman, Toone signed to rosterNov 13, 2012
D. Orlando Ledbetter, ajc.com FLOWERY BRANCH — Wide receiver Tim Toone and tight end Chase Coffman were signed to the Falcons’ active roster on Tuesday. The team played tight end Tommy Gallarda, who suffered a shoulder injury against the Saints, on injured reserve, and signed tigh… |
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Falcons tinker with rosterNov 13, 2012
The Atlanta Falcons shook up their roster a bit Tuesday evening, but it wasn’t anything as major as when they released defensive end Ray Edwards on Monday night. They had Edwards’ roster spot to work with and another came available as the Falcons plac… |
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Darin Gantt, profootballtalk.com When the season’s two months old before you lose for the first time, it’s tempting to look for silver linings. But the suggestion that the pressure of talking about being undefeated is off the Falcons now is no solace after Sunday’s loss to the Sain… |
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Peter King, CNNSI.com In the wake of the Week 10 news: |
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Source: Falcons won't address Saints' claimNov 13, 2012
Ed Werder, ESPN.com Atlanta Falcons coach Mike Smith will not address accusations that his players Sean Weatherspoon and Jonathan Babineaux deliberately interfered with the New Orleans Saints' pregame warm-up routine Sunday, a source told ESPN. |
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Saints, Falcons still going at itNov 13, 2012
Almost 48 hours since the New Orleans Saints and Atlanta Falcons played Sunday, the two NFC South rivals still are going at it. Ed Werder reports that New Orleans linebackers Scott Shanle and Jonathan Vilma say Atlanta linebacker Sean Weatherspoon and d… |
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Revisionist history on Ray EdwardsNov 13, 2012
After the Falcons released defensive end Ray Edwards on Monday night, I started thinking back to the end of the lockout in the summer of 2011. There was one very critical span of 24 hours that had major implications at defensive end for two NFC South fr… |
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Michael Cunningham, ajc.com Surely, there are a few positives for the Falcons after their first defeat of the season. For starters, they finally are freed from having to talk about being undefeated, the possibility of finishing undefeated and the increasing public scrutiny that go… |
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Stock Watch: NFC SouthNov 13, 2012
FALLING Atlanta’s offensive line. This team is a yard away from being 9-0. But the Falcons are 8-1 because they couldn’t score when they were at the goal line late in the game. Running back Michael Turner has taken tons of criticism and it’s obvious… |
