- Home →
- Troy Andersen
Falcons 2024 free agency tracker: Offseason moves, signings
NFL free agency is off and running, and we’re keeping track of every major signing, trade and release of the 2024 offseason, with analysis from our NFL Nation reporters and grades from our experts. The new league year begins March 13 at 4 p.m. ET, which means free agent signings can be made official after […]
Continue readingInside the Falcons’ experiment three years in the making
Robinson turned back the way he came and was lined up where an offset tight end might be when the ball was snapped. He caught a swing pass behind the line of scrimmage, back-juked one defender, broke an attempted tackle by two others and took it 11 yards to the end zone. The play was […]
Continue readingFalcons cut LB Mykal Walker, who started last season
More Teams. More Games. Atlanta’s Breon Borders piles on the Falcons’ lead with a 26-yard pick-six. (0:18) FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. — The Atlanta Falcons have waived Mykal Walker, one of their starting linebackers from last season. Walker, 25, started 12 games for Atlanta last season as a linebacker next to Rashaan Evans, making a career-high […]
Continue readingNFL Week 13 takeaways: Lessons, big questions for every game
Welcome to Week 13 of the 2022 NFL season. The Buffalo Bills kicked off the week on Thursday night with their first division win this season, beating the Patriots in New England. On Sunday, the Philadelphia Eagles kept on rolling with a win over the Tennessee Titans, the New York Giants and the Washington Commanders […]
Continue readingFalcons’ Cordarrelle Patterson sets NFL mark for kickoff TDs
ATLANTA — Cordarrelle Patterson thought about crying once he reached the end zone Sunday afternoon. Then he saw his Atlanta Falcons teammates running toward him to celebrate, and those emotions — they fell away really fast. Patterson had made an NFL living as a special teams star, and Sunday was the culmination of it as […]
Continue readingCarolina Panthers stay alive in NFC South with win over Atlanta Falcons
The Panthers came through with a 25-15 victory, 11 days after the Falcons beat the Panthers in a wild 37-34 overtime game at Atlanta. Don’t laugh, but the Carolina Panthers remain relevant in the NFC South. As bad as they’ve been, the division has been nearly as bad and is winnable for a team that […]
Continue readingSource: Browns swap picks with Falcons for LB Deion Jones
The teams agreed to swap late-round picks in the 2024 draft to facilitate the trade. Jones, who made the Pro Bowl in 2017, should help bolster Cleveland’s linebacking corps, which has struggled since losing Anthony Walker to a season-ending quad tear in Week 2. The Browns have surrendered more than 200 yards rushing the past […]
Continue readingNFL Week 3 takeaways: Lessons, big questions for every game
It’s Week 3 of the 2022 NFL season, and many games in the opening window came down to the fourth quarter — again. After the Colts’ defense kept the Kansas City Chiefs close all game, Matt Ryan threw a go-ahead touchdown in the final 30 seconds to give Indianapolis its first win of the season. […]
Continue reading2022 NFL rookie updates: Offseason notes, impressions on all 32 first-round draft picks
With veteran participation often kept to a minimum during offseason practices in the NFL, it’s only natural for attention to turn to the new faces and the rookies in particular. Eight teams didn’t have a first-round pick in the 2022 NFL draft. For the 24 that did (obviously some with multiple picks), it was a […]
Continue readingAtlanta Falcons’ Deion Jones to miss offseason workout program
The 27-year-old Jones has been a constant in the middle of the Falcons defense since he was taken in the second round of the 2016 draft out of LSU. He has started all but two of the 85 games he has played in Atlanta, intercepting 11 passes, getting 8.5 sacks and scoring five defensive touchdowns. […]
Continue reading