The Atlanta Journal-Constitution is reporting that the Falcons have come to terms on a 4-year deal with defensive end Kroy Biermann, the team’s fifth-round draft selection. Biermann, 6-foot-3, 241 pounds, played in 52 career games at the University of Montana and totaled 220 tackles and 32 sacks. Here is his bio from the [...]
The Falcons have waived C Doug Datish. A sixth-round pick in 2007, Datish spent his rookie year on injured reserve with a broken wrist. He’s versatile, healthy now, and figures to be claimed.
The Falcons today signed receiver Harry Douglas, the team’s third-round selection in this past April’s draft. He was the 84th pick over from Louisville.
Here is a rundown on Douglas from NFL.com
Harry Douglas might lack the ideal bulk you look for in a receiver. That hasn’t made it any easier for defenders to tackle the 5-foot-11 [...]
The Falcons today came to terms with seventh-round CB Wilrey Fontenot on a multi-year deal. He started all 46 games he played in during his college career at the University of Arizona. Fontenot totaled 174 tackles (130 solos), five interceptions and 25 passes defensed for the Wildcats. He was the first of the two seventh [...]
Philadelphia Inquirer columnist Ashley Fox wrote a column today on the possibility of first-round pick Matt Ryan walking into the starting job this season with the Falcons. “If there’s one thing I learned growing up in that area it’s that you can’t worry about” expectations, Ryan said last week to Fox. “You can’t even think [...]
The Falcons have cut former second-round pick Jimmy Williams, just two seasons after drafting him. The Daily Press reports that Williams came to offseason workouts at 230 pounds, which is 18 pounds over the weight he is listed at on the teams roster. He also missed two of three days of a voluntary mini-camp for [...]
Today’s Atlanta Journal-Constitution is reporting that second-year safety Daren Stone was arrested early Sunday and charged with driving under the infulence. Stone was arrested before sunrise and posted a bond of $1,591 and released about 5:30pm.
From: Pro Football Weekly
Word out of Falcons OTAs is that Harvey Dahl, who has spent most of his career on practice squads, is lining up at right guard with the first-team offense, with longtime starter Kynan Forney taking a demotion to the second unit.
The Falcons have come to terms with two of their third-round picks, as today the team signed third-round cornerback Chevis Jackson and third-round safety Thomas DeCoud. Both players get four-year deals.
Here is the Bio on Jackson from Scout.com:
Talented young cornerback who came out of the spring as a starter on defense for the Tigers … [...]
From: Pro Football Weekly
One of the biggest surprises of the Falcons’ offseason has been the emergence of CB Brent Grimes as a leader in the race to replace departed CB DeAngelo Hall, who took his NFL tickets and headed to Oakland. Grimes, who appeared in two games in his first NFL season last year, is [...]
