The last hire was made for Atlanta Falcons head coach Mike Smith’s staff as on Wednesday, Glenn Pires was hired as the team’s linebackers coach; Pires was an assistant with the Miami Dolphins for the past 5 years, serving as assistant linebackers coach in 2007.  In addition, Pires was the Detroit Lions’ linebackers coach  for 2 years (2001-02) and coached linebackers for the Arizona Cardinals for 5 years (1996-2000)