Atlanta Falcons information, The Atlanta Falcons became an NFL franchise during the 1966 expansion season. Like most expansion teams, the Falcons struggled early on during their organizations first few years and certainly felt those struggles during their first season when they lost their first nine games. They finished the inaugural season at 3-11. Throughout their history in the NFL, the Falcons have had only mild success. In 1998, the Falcons captured the NFC Championship only to advance and lose Super Bowl XXXIII to the Denver Broncos by a score of 34-19.
In recent years, the Falcons were looking for more consistent play but were simply more surrounded by lots of controversy following former star QB Michael Vick. Vick who was drafted in with the overall number one pick in the 2001 draft by the Falcons emerged as one of the NFL’s top quarterbacks. Unfortunately in 2007, Vick was suspended indefinitely by the NFL after pleading guilty to charges involving dog fighting in the state of Virginia. Joey Harrington took over the starting QB job for the 2007 season but did not perform as well as many hoped he would. On December 11, 2007, 13 games into his first NFL season, head coach of the Falcons Bobby Petrino resigned so he could accept a coaching offer at the University of Arkansas. Defensive secondary Coach Emmitt Thomas was named interim coach for the final three games of 2007 the next day.
The Falcons named former Jacksonville Jaguars defensive coach, Mike Smith, head coach for the 2008 season. In hopes to begin to rebuild the program, the Falcons selected QB Matt Ryan out of Boston College with the overall third pick of the 2008 NFL Draft, thinking he could help turn the organization around. Ryan luckily for the franchise that year had one of the best most unexpected rookie seasons in NFL history. He led the Falcons to an 11-5 record (7 more wins than last season). They lost in the wild card round to the Arizona Cardinals 30-24 despite their phenomenal season. Fans should be nothing but ecstatic heading into this year, because the 2009 Falcons will be a team no one wants to match up against.
The now 7-0 New Orleans Saints had four turnovers but still managed to post 35 points to the Atlanta Falcons 27 Monday night at the Superdome. Quarterback Drew Brees was responsible for two out the four, but made up for it with two passing touchdowns and 308 yards from 25 completions.The Falcons couldn’t capitalize due [...]
Week 6 showed some expected blow outs but also featured a handful of stunning upsets. The Buffalo Bills were able to steal a win from the New York Jets with a field goal in OT. The Oakland Raiders defeated the Eagles for their second win of the season. After dominating the Giants 48-27 yesterday, the [...]
After holding out four games this season following all training camp and pre-season play, Michael Crabtree has finally reached contract agreements with the San Francisco 49ers. Crabtree agreed to a six year deal that he can void up to five years if he meets undefined performance clauses. Wednesday was the first time in a few [...]
