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Kyle Pitts missing OTAs with foot injury while trade rumors swirl

3 days ago | thefalcoholic.com | Dave Choate

Photo by Perry Knotts/Getty Images Kyle Pitts was supposed to be a generational tight end, but he has not climbed to those heights yet. After posting the third-highest receiving yardage total among tight ends in 2021 and falling just short of Mike Ditka’s all-time rookie record—a mark Brock Bowers shattered in 2024—Pitts suffered a major injury in 2022 and finished 11th and 13th in 2023 and 2024 at his position in terms of yards.
Falcons sign DB Josh Thompson, cut DB Benny Sapp

4 days ago | thefalcoholic.com | Dave Choate

Perry Knotts/Getty Images The Atlanta Falcons are already shuffling the bottom of the roster, to no one’s shock. They’ve signed Josh Thompson, a safety who spent time with Atlanta during 2024 training camp, and have cut ties with defensive back Benny Sapp. Thompson, 26, is a former undrafted free agent for the Tennessee Titans who played in his only six NFL games for that team, appearing solely on special teams.
Falcons will hold joint practices with Titans in August

5 days ago | thefalcoholic.com | Dave Choate

Photo by Justin Ford/Getty Images The Atlanta Falcons will take on the Tennessee Titans at home in Week 2 of preseason They’ll get a closer look at their AFC opponent before kickoff, too. Raheem Morris announced on Monday that the Falcons will host the Titans for joint practices in the run-up to the game, with those practices slated for Tuesday, August 12 and Wednesday, August 13. The preseason game is Friday, August 15 at 7 p.m. EST.
Falcons will hold joint practices with Titans in August

5 days ago | sports.yahoo.com | Dave Choate

The Atlanta Falcons will take on the Tennessee Titans at home in Week 2 of preseason They’ll get a closer look at their AFC opponent before kickoff, too. Raheem Morris announced on Monday that the Falcons will host the Titans for joint practices in the run-up to the game, with those practices slated for Tuesday, August 12 and Wednesday, August 13. The preseason game is Friday, August 15 at 7 p.m. EST.
Falcons post-draft roster review: Cornerback is a bet on familiar faces

5 days ago | thefalcoholic.com | Dave Choate

Photo by Todd Rosenberg/Getty Images The Atlanta Falcons head into 2025 with a cornerback group that looks pretty similar to the one they fielded a year ago, which is enough to create some anxiety in the fanbase. After all, almost everyone except Mike Hughes had a down year in 2024 under Jimmy Lake and Raheem Morris, with missed tackles and coverage busts impacting far too many games.
Falcons 2025 preseason schedule unveiled

1 week ago | thefalcoholic.com | Dave Choate

Photo by Kevin Sabitus/Getty Images The NFL has announced the full preseason schedule, and if you’re a fan of Friday night football, both you and the Atlanta Falcons sure lucked out. Atlanta’s taking on the Lions, Titans, and Cowboys in August this year, a set of opponents that is a bit atypical after they’ve seemingly challenged the Dolphins and Jaguars regularly for a while now.
Friday Falconry: Who will be this year’s unexpected breakout player?

1 week ago | thefalcoholic.com | Dave Choate

Photo by Brooke Sutton/Getty Images Ray-Ray McCloud. Jonnu Smith. Tyler Allgeier. Cordarrelle Patterson. What do they all have in common? Well, they all play on offense, a theme for an Atlanta Falcons team that has been light on surprising defensive players in recent years. But they’re all also players who have broken out in a major way in prior years.
Falcons post-draft roster review: Safety as a strength

1 week ago | thefalcoholic.com | Dave Choate

Photo by Perry Knotts/Getty Images The Atlanta Falcons had an uncertain safety group heading into this offseason, with Justin Simmons hitting free agency, DeMarcco Hellams still a question mark coming off a major injury, and not much else to speak of. With a pair of moves, the Falcons turned a position that was shaky outside of Jessie Bates into a position that looks among the roster’s strongest.
Bralen Trice return by training camp a ‘realistic goal,’ per Raheem Morris

1 week ago | thefalcoholic.com | Dave Choate

I wrote about Bralen Trice, forgotten man a few weeks back. My argument was that if he was healthy, Trice’s well-rounded game could be a boon for an outside linebacker group set to debut many new pieces. The justified response from some Atlanta Falcons fans was “well, do we know he’s healthy?” The answer to that still isn’t a clear cut yes or no, but we did get a welcome update on the second-year pass rusher from Raheem Morris on Tuesday.
Report: Steelers may have Kirk Cousins trade as a contingency plan at quarterback

1 week ago | thefalcoholic.com | Dave Choate

Photo by Perry Knotts/Getty Images You’ve been hearing Aaron Rodgers to the Pittsburgh Steelers for a long time now, which is the nature of the beast when you’re dealing with one of the NFL’s great franchises and its most attention-seeking quarterback. Whether Rodgers is simply biding his time so he can avoid pre-training camp work to save his body for a grueling season or he and the team are simply taking a long time to hash something out, he is not yet a Steeler.