Pro Football Weekly reports the Falcons have agreed to terms w/ the 24th overall pick, Peira Jerry:
The Falcons announced they have signed their first-round pick, DT Peria Jerry, ensuring all of their draft picks will be under contract in time for the start of training camp.
Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Jerry, the 24th [...]
The Falcons are trying to get WR Roddy White inked to a deal before the start of training camp, but as the AJC points out today, it’s going slow:
Offseason negotiations on a contract extension for Pro Bowl wide receiver Roddy White have not gone well.
“We’ve had a series of discussions with Roddy’s representatives,” Falcons general [...]
Work continues to try and get first-round pick Peria Jerry inked before the Falcons start training camp Saturday:
With training camp set to open Saturday, contract negotiations between the Falcons and Peria Jerry, their first-round draft pick, are heating up. “We are very confident that things are going to get taken care of by [...]
The Falcons waived CB David Irons on Tuesday, clearing a roster spot a few days in advance of training camp.
Irons, a third-year veteran, contributed almost exclusively on special teams in his two seasons in Atlanta. A sixth-round pick in 2007, he made 17 special teams tackles in 20 games.
He tore his ACL in a Week [...]
Rick Bryan, an All-America defensive end at Oklahoma who played his entire NFL career with the Falcons, died Saturday. He was 47.
Bryan died at his home in Coweta, the Wright Funeral Home in Coweta said Monday. Former Oklahoma coach Barry Switzer said Bryan suffered congestive heart failure.
Bryan was a three-time All-Big Eight selection and a [...]
Will Michael Turner have less carries in 2009? It appears that way, as the Atlanta Journal Constitution points out today:
The Falcons don’t want to lean as heavily on running back Michael Turner, who ran for 1,741 yards on 394 carries and scored 17 touchdowns in 17 games last season. “We know that he can’t [...]
Mike Smith led the Falcons to the playoffs last season in his first season as coach, and the Atlanta Journal Constitution has a feature today on Smith, as the coach thinks they will be even better this year:
Falcons coach Mike Smith eased up out of the leather chair behind the desk in [...]
It looks like former Falcons QB Michael Vick will be, able to play at some point this season, but before ROger Goodell makes it official, there will be some conditions he will have to meet. ESPN reports that the QB will be conditionally reinstated into the NFL early next week, but he will be [...]
ESPN.com is reporting that the team has inked second-round pick William Moore:
The Falcons have agreed to terms with second-round pick William Moore, an NFL source said Thursday afternoon. (Update: The team officially announced the signing at about 5 p.m.)
Terms of the deal weren’t immediately available. Moore, a Missouri product, is expected to compete with [...]
If your thinking about taking in a Falcons game in 2009, the Georgia Aquarium has a pretty sweet deal on the table right now.
Now through December 27th the Aquarium is offering a Falcons combo ticket deal where purchasers can get a ticket to the Aquarium and an upper level Falcons ticket [...]
