Archive for May, 2010

Three Breakthrough Candidates for 2010

The obvious choice is often-injured Jerious Norwood.  One week “Mysterious Jerious” shows us glimpses of stardom, only to go down the following week.  He is a more talented athlete than Burner Turner but cannot fight off the injury bug.  A pure home run hitter in every sense of the imagination, but what will his role be this [...]

Enter the Gillette Fusion ProGlide ‘The Ultimate Summer Job’ Contest

If lifeguarding at the community pool or working indoors at the local mall this summer doesn’t appeal to you – but earning $50,000 and becoming an overnight celebrity road tripping with your best friend does – then grab your camera and prepare a one-minute video application for the Gillette® Fusion® ProGlide™ “Ultimate Summer Job” contest. [...]

Falcons state they would like a new home

The Falcons are talking about wanting a new place to play, as Friday team president Rich McKay said the club wants a new stadium within seven years. In response to asking for a new home, Frank Poe, the executive director of the Georgia World Congress Center which manages the Georgia Dome, told The Associated Press [...]

Falcons to host Jags and Patriots for combined practices during Training Camp

The Falcons official site reports that the team is going to have some combined practices coming up during training camp: The Atlanta Falcons will host combined practices with the Jacksonville Jaguars and New England Patriots during the 2010 training camp. Jacksonville will visit Atlanta’s Flowery Branch headquarters for practices on Monday, August 9 and Tuesday, [...]

Falcons QB’s rank 15th in the league according to Yahoo

Jason Cole of Yahoo Sports! is out with histeam QB rankings. Cole has the team ranked at #15 overall in the league: 15. Atlanta Falcons: Matt Ryan regressed from a statistical standpoint last season (going from 7.9 to 6.5 yards per attempt is a huge drop), but he also showed some toughness by playing through [...]

King says the Falcons at #16 in the power rankings

For those of you that don’t regularly read Peter King’s ‘Monday Morning QB’ column on SI.com, your missing out. King remains to me about the strongest writer in the NFL, and every week this column never lets me down when it comes to the pulse of the league. Today he did his power rankings, which [...]

Introducing Laylah Figueroa – Our newest Falcons Gab Sportscaster

In an effort to diversify our readership, Falcons Gab has decided to add to our staff of hack bloggers here at Sports Gab by introducing a “female voice” to all the sites. Laylah Figueroa is officially our Sports Gab Sportscaster and will be featured in many videos and articles across the Gab Network, including the [...]

DE Anderson to remain in a hybrid role in 2010

Pro Football Weekly reports that it looks like DE Jamaal Anderson’s role with the club is going to remain as that of sort of a hybrid: Word is the Falcons will continue to use disappointing fourth-year veteran Jamaal Anderson in a hybrid role this season. He’s expected to play his more natural position, left defensive [...]

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