Atlanta Falcons: Coordinators talk about their head coaching interviewsD. Orlando Ledbetter, ajc.com Mike Nolan, Mike Smith and Dirk Koetter (Curtis ) FLOWERY BRANCH — All of the Falcons’ coordinators have had interviews for head coaching positions. Special-teams coordinator Keith Armstrong had interviews with Chicago, Kansas City and Philadelphia. K… |
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D. Orlando Ledbetter, ajc.com FLOWERY BRANCH — First, in order to give the Falcons’ defense a really good scouting look, quarterback Dominique Davis has to shrink four inches. The Falcons’ third-string quarterback is 6-foot-3, but he will impersonate the 5-11 Russell Wilson this… |
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Associated Press, ESPN.com Nikola Pekovic had 25 points and a career-high 18 rebounds, Andrei Kirilenko added 21 points and the Minnesota Timberwolves beat the Atlanta Hawks, 108-103, on Tuesday night. |
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Ashley Brooke Nevel, dimemag.com One of the NBA’s finest passers, Ricky Rubio, had an amazing behind the back dime to Derrick Williams who knocked down the three-point jumper in tonight’s matchup between the Minnesota Timberwolves and Atlanta Hawks. |
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Associated Press, ESPN.com The Jacksonville Jaguars have agreed to hire Atlanta director of player personnel Dave Caldwell as general manager, charging him with turning around one of the league's worst teams. |
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D. Orlando Ledbetter, ajc.com FLOWERY BRANCH — David Caldwell, the Falcons’ director of player personnel, accepted the position of general manager with the Jacksonville Jaguars on Tuesday. David Caldwell “Dave is a very bright, adept and organized talent evaluator,” Falcons ge… |
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) -- The Jacksonville Jaguars have agreed to hire Atlanta director of player personnel David Caldwell as general manager, charging him with turning around one of the league's worst teams. |
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Daniel Engber, deadspin.com Three months ago, the head coach of a professional football team made a terrible, terrible decision. On Sept. 30, up by a point with less than two minutes to go, Carolina's Ron Rivera decided to punt the ball away to the Atlanta Falcons, even though it … |
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Minnesota Timberwolves coach Rick Adelman was not at the arena for Tuesday night's game against Atlanta due to personal reasons. |
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Adam Schefter, ESPN.com Dave Caldwell has reached agreement on a deal to become the Jacksonville Jaguars' new general manager, according to a league source. |
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WASHINGTON (AP) - John Wall could be making his season debut Saturday for the Washington Wizards after months of rehabbing his injured left knee. |
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Mike Florio, profootballtalk.com After three interviews with the Jaguars for their vacant G.M. position, Falcons director of player personnel Dave Caldwell agreed to take a second interview with the Jets. It sparked rumblings that Caldwell was looking for more money from the Jaguars t… |
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One of the reasons the Atlanta Falcons traded for Asante Samuel back in the spring was because the veteran cornerback knows how to win. Samuel has been on two Super Bowl championship teams with New England and also spent time with Philadelphia. Samuel h… |
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D. Orlando Ledbetter, ajc.com eattle Seahawks' Richard Sherman (25) talks with New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady after an NFL football game, Sunday, Oct. 14, 2012, in Seattle. The Seahawks won 24-23. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson) FLOWERY BRANCH — Here is a look at how the Falc… |
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Greg Payne, ESPN.com Celtics point guard Rajon Rondo said Tuesday he was simply making a joke with referee Rodney Mott when he bumped him in Saturday's game against the Atlanta Hawks. |
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Michael Cunningham, ajc.com (Photo: Atlanta Falcons) Who: Falcons quarterback Steve Bartkowski What: NFC wild card playoff game, Eagles vs. Falcons When: Dec. 24, 1978 Where: Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium Score: Falcons 14, Eagles 13 What happened: In their 13th season as an expan… |
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We already showed you the playing-time breakdown for the Atlanta Falcons defense. Now, let’s switch over to the offensive side, where the Falcons had 1,073 plays. Here’s the complete breakdown of how many snaps each offensive player got, followed by m… |
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Northwest meets Southeast when the Seattle Seahawks visit the Atlanta Falcons in an NFC divisional playoff game Sunday. Seattle is fresh off its first road playoff victory since 1983, having won 24-14 at Washington in the wild-card round. The Seahawks a… |
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Barry Petchesky, deadspin.com Rajon Rondo served a one-game suspension last night, because that's what Rajon Rondo does. The incident happened in the third quarter Saturday's win over Atlanta, when referee Rodney Mott whistled Rondo for a charge. Rondo freaked out a bit and approach… |
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Around the NFC SouthJan 8
Let's take a quick tour of the top headlines from around the division: ATLANTA FALCONS The Falcons may have a little edge on the Seahawks when it comes to preparation. The Falcons were off all last week and the coaching staff used that time to prepare f… |
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Good omen for Falcons?Jan 8
Here are some numbers that should be very encouraging for fans of the Atlanta Falcons. Quarterback Matt Ryan completed a league-best 68.6 percent of his passes in the 2012 season. That’s the 13th best completion percentage in history for quarterbacks th… |
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Michael Cunningham, ajc.com Did Marshawn Lynch and the Seahawks bust some myths at Washington? (Mark Slocum/AP) The Seahawks won 24-14 at Washington on Sunday and, according to Danny O’Neil of the Seattle Times, busted three “tired, outdated or just flat-out wrong” myths in th… |
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