Sep

18

Is The Harrington Era Already Over?

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September 18, 2007 | 2 Comments

Not quite yet, but the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that the Falcons have signed Byron Leftwich to a 2 year, $7 million deal.  He won’t start immediately though:
For now, Leftwich will backup Harrington and No. 2 quarterback Chris Redman. He most likely won’t be activated for Sunday’s home opener vs. Carolina but that could be the last [...]

Sep

17

Falcons Go Shopping

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September 17, 2007 | 1 Comment

The Falcons have heeded my call (yeah, I’m sure they did it because of this blog) and hired a new kicker.  It’s one they’ve had before, the timeless Morten Andersen.  He is 47, or as ESPN put it, he was born in the Cretaceous Period (I think they actually said Crestacean, confusing the period with [...]

Sep

2

53

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September 2, 2007 | Leave a Comment

The Falcons made 22 roster moves to reach the mandated 53 players today, including trading Rossum to the Steelers.  Here is the news from the official Falcons page.
And here is the updated Falcons roster:
Abraham, John 55 DE 6-4 258 29 9 South Carolina
Anderson, Jamaal 98 DE 6-6 280 21 1 Arkansas
Babineaux, Jonathan 95 DT 6-2 [...]

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 [...]

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