Aug

31

Atlanta Falcons v. Baltimore Ravens

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August 31, 2007 | Leave a Comment

The Falcons will wrap up the preseason tonight against the Baltimore Ravens at 7:30.  The game will telecast locally by WXIA.  The starters will be resting, while everybody else will be looking to make the final cut, with the Falcons having to cut the roster down to 53 by tomorrow.
Falcons head coach Bobby Petrino indicated [...]

Aug

27

Atlanta Falcons v. Cincinnati Bengals

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August 27, 2007 | 1 Comment

The Atlanta Falcons take on the Cincinnati Bengals tonight in the third preseason game of the year for each team.   
We are going to be watching and “liveblogging” it (we always wonder about that term when we’re not actually there; just so there’s no confusion, we’re going to be watching the game on television and [...]

Aug

27

Arthur Blank, Rich McKay Respond to Vick Plea; Vick Apologizes

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August 27, 2007 | Leave a Comment

Arthur Blank held a press conference this afternoon to respond to Michael Vick’s plea agreement, which was accepted earlier today by the federal judge in Richmond. 
Blank said that terminating Vick right now is “not in our team’s best interest.”  Unclear what that means.  I guess it means they haven’t figured out how to take care of [...]

Aug

27

Atlanta Falcons News Roundup

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August 27, 2007 | Leave a Comment

Recent Falcons news items:
“Judge Accepts Vick’s Guilty Plea” [Atlanta Journal-Constitution]
“NFL Preseason Preview - Cincinnati (0-2) at Atlanta (1-1)” [Kansas City Star]
“Falcons Focus On Games, Not Vick” [Atlanta Journal-Constitution]
“Falcons Place QB D.J. Shockley, WR Jamin Elliott On Injured Reserve” [USA Today]
“Roster Falling Into Place Before Cuts” [Atlanta Journal-Constitution]

Aug

24

Vick Files Plea, Gets Suspended By NFL

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August 24, 2007 | Leave a Comment

Like we said in our introductory post, we don’t really want this blog to be dominated by Michael Vick news.  However, events on the ground require us to allow it to be so dominated, at least for now.  Of course the two big Vick stories of the day are:
1. Vick files plea agreement in federal [...]

Aug

22

Atlanta Falcons React To Loss of Michael Vick

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August 22, 2007 | 2 Comments

From yesterday’s Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
“To me … he needs to worry about his life,” said Dunn, who keeps in regular contact with Vick. “As an ex-teammate, right now he definitely wants the guys on this football team to move on and move forward. You can’t stay in a certain place. He expects us to go out [...]

Aug

21

Atlanta Falcons on Content Quake!

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August 21, 2007 | 1 Comment

Welcome to the new Atlanta Falcons blog on Content Quake!  While the tendency when discussing the Falcons this year is going to be to focus on the Michael Vick situation (and we will certainly have plenty to say about that), we are going to try to keep in mind that the Falcons are still playing an [...]
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