Archive for December, 2007

                 
It is hard to say if Atlanta Falcons quarterback Chris Redman’s outing today made his stock rise at all; but you can’t argue with the results.  Redman threw 4 touchdown passes, leading the Falcons to a season-ending win over the Seattle Seahawks 44-41 Sunday at Atlanta.
The first quarter was fairly uneventful, as the only [...]

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In a season of downers, Warrick Dunn can end it feeling good, as he reached a great milestone on Sunday against the Seattle Seahawks.  Dunn became the just the seventh player in NFL history with 10,000 rushing and 4,000 receiving yards.  He set the receiving mark with a five-yard catch in the second quarter, giving [...]

It’s no secret that the Falcons are going to go up and down the organization and make some heavy changes once the 2007 season comes to a close.  With it they team will be looking at hiring a new head coach after the Bobby Petrino fiasco, and will look at plenty of guys out there [...]

The Falcons wrap up their tumultuous regular season at home this Sunday against the Seahawks.  Atlanta suffered a 30-27 overtime loss to the Cardinals to fall to 3-and-12 last Sunday.  The Falcons have lost six in-a-row, and haven’t finished a season 3-and-13 since 1996.  Seattle drilled the Ravens, 27-6, last Sunday to improve to 10-and-5.  [...]

The Atlanta Falcons on Wednesday placed offensive tackle Ty Pennington on the injured reserve list, ending his season; they also waived defensive end Kevin Huntley and activated offensive tackle Kurt Quarterman from the practice squad.  Pennington has competed in 5 games with the Falcons and saw his first action against the Indianapolis Colts on November [...]

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The Atlanta Falcons, like any underachieving team in the NFL, would prefer to end their season on a winning note.  But in a twisted sort of way, losing to the Seattle Seahawks next weekend can actually benefit the Falcons next season.  As in a better draft pick.
Here’s how the Falcons can gain a better pick [...]

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After getting beat up bad last week by the Buccaneers in Tampa Bay, the Falcons it seemed did not have a lot to play for heading to Arizona. But give the Birds some credit, as Sunday they played their hearts out before finally falling to the Cardinals 30-27 in overtime. The back and [...]

Bloomington, Ill., Nov. 20, 2007 – On November 22, Thanksgiving Day, State Farm is officially debuting the “Your Game | Your Call” Ultimate Pro Bowl Giveaway where fans can win one of five trips to the 2008 Pro Bowl in Hawaii. Fans can enter the promotion daily through January 6 at www.statefarm.com/NFL2  for their chance to win [...]

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The Falcons are back to square one after Super Bowl-winning coach Bill Parcells backed out of a deal to become the team’s executive vice president.  Team owner Arthur Blank says the Falcons had agreed in principle with Parcells and were to meet with the ex-Cowboys coach, but that Parcells was now considering a revised offer from [...]

The NFL has fined five Falcons for showing support to disgraced quarterback and ex-teammate Michael Vick during a televised loss to the Saints on Monday night.  Tight end Alge Crumpler, cornerbacks DeAngelo Hall and Chris Houston and wide receiver Roddy White all received fines of $10-thousand.  The fines are for what the NFL says were [...]

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