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Police Say Falcon Got Physical With Wife

Gwinnett County police say Falcons linebacker Michael Boley’s wife told them Boley was cheating on her, and that’s why he became angry and grabbed her.  Boley was arrested on Saturday and charged with misdemeanor battery, then released on 12-hundred-dollars bond.  According to the police report, officers were called to the couple’s Dacula home Saturday where […]

Posted by Matt Loede on May 06 2008

Falcons Linebacker Arrested Over Weekend

Falcons linebacker Michael Boley is out on 12-hundred dollars bond this morning after being arrested and charged with battery on Saturday, according to booking records at the Gwinnett County Detention Center.  Boley, considered a rising star for the franchise, was the 2005 fifth-round draft pick and lives in Dacula.  Details of the arrest are not […]

Posted by Matt Loede on May 05 2008

Atlanta Signs Seven Undrafted Free Agents

The Falcons have announced the signing of 7 undrafted free agents:
Isaac Brown, LB, Central Michigan;Jimmie Kaylor, P, Colorado State; Glenn Sharpe, CB, Miami, Fla.; D.J. Wolfe, S, Oklahoma; Brandon Miller, DE, Georgia; Jamar Brittingham, RB, Bloomsburg; and Michael Butterworth, OT, Slippery Rock.

Posted by Matt Loede on Apr 28 2008

Falcons Use #2 Pick on BC QB Matt Ryan

Can the Falcons get back to being competitive?  They think so, and will start that phase with a quarterback, as Saturday they passed on DT Glenn Dorsey of LSU and instead went with QB Matt Ryan, the senior QB of Boston College.  Ryan will be the start of a new regime with the Falcons, as […]

Posted by Matt Loede on Apr 26 2008

Dimitroff Looking at Options with Third Pick

Falcons new GM Thomas Dimitroff says that the team has been looking at options with their number three pick in Saturday’s draft.  The GM says a few teams have contacted the Falcons about the pick, and that he is right now in listen mode.  “Right now there’s nothing concrete at all,” Dimitroff said of talks […]

Posted by Matt Loede on Apr 21 2008

Boley Signs Falcons’ Tender Offer

The Macon reported that Falcons standout LB Michael Boley signed a tender offer with the team on April 9. Boley’s tender offer would require the team that beats out the Falcon’s offer to forfeit a first round pick in compensation to the Falcons in next weekend’s draft. Boley had a career season […]

Posted by Jesse Rios on Apr 14 2008

Falcons Acquire Additional Third Round Pick

The Falcons get another third-round draft pick this week, giving them a total of 11 selections for the upcoming NFL draft.  The league awarded the Falcons an additional pick through its compensatory process where teams are allowed additional picks to offset the loss of high-calibur free agents.  Recent losses of Patrick Kerney, Justin Griffith and Ashley […]

Posted by Matt Loede on Apr 01 2008

Falcons, Raiders Complete Hall Trade Deal

The Falcons and the Oakland Raiders appear to seal a trade deal Thursday night that will send two-time Pro Bowl cornerback DeAngelo Hall to Oakland in exchange for two draft picks.  One of the two picks from the Raiders includes this year’s second-round pick which is the 34th overall.   The trade deal puts the number of […]

Posted by Matt Loede on Mar 21 2008

Falcons Close to Shipping CB Hall to Oakland

It was thought that the New York Giants were the front-runner to grab the services of cornerback DeAngelo Hall in a deal with the Falcons, but now, a top source says that it looks as if the silver and black of the Raiders may very well be able to grab Hall in a deal with […]

Posted by Matt Loede on Mar 15 2008

Falcons Sign TE Rader

Not that this is exactly earth-shattering news, but the Atlanta Falcons needed to at the very least compensate for the loss of tight end Alge Crumpler; the team on Friday signed TE Jason Rader; Rader played four games for the Miami Dolphins in 2006, making one start.  He was signed by the New England Patriots […]

Posted by Stephen Rhodes on Mar 15 2008