Category: Mike Smith
Friday, April 5th, 2013
Brian Banks' story has been well-documented. The former high school football standout from California who served prison time and had his life and career path interrupted in a massive way for a rape he didn't commit has finally landed an NFL job.
The Atlanta Falcons signed Banks earlier this week, and ...
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Friday, March 29th, 2013
After a decade in the Big Apple, defensive lineman Osi Umenyiora is headed for Atlanta. Umenyiora worked out a two-year deal with the Falcons, though he has nothing bad to say about the New York Giants in this interview. Umenyiora believes he still hasn't played his best football and believes ...
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Monday, March 4th, 2013
The NFL's leading active sack man is on the open market after being released last week by the Atlanta Falcons. And while John Abraham is turning 35 this offseason, he'll likely be a hot commodity because pass rushers are so damn valuable in this league. And it helps that Abraham ...
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Friday, January 18th, 2013
The Atlanta Falcons have finally gotten a monkey off their back, with Matt Ryan and Mike Smith winning a playoff game. But general manager Thomas Dimitroff doesn't want to stop at one, and he believes his team might have the right recipe to keep rolling this January.
Falcons general manager Thomas ...
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Wednesday, January 9th, 2013
Russell Wilson is arguably the league's hottest quarterback -- not bad for a rookie third-round pick. Now Wilson and his Seahawks go up against the conference's top seed on Sunday, but at least they enter that game knowing Wilson has already won more playoff games than Falcons quarterback Matt Ryan ...
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Friday, September 28th, 2012
The Atlanta Falcons have come out of the gate at 3-0 this season with impressive wins over the Kansas City Chiefs, Denver Broncos and San Diego Chargers. Matt Ryan has been sharp, complemented with his group of weapons that includes Michael Turner, Tony Gonzalez, Roddy White and Julio Jones.
Unfortunately the ...
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Monday, September 17th, 2012
The Atlanta Falcons took care of the Kansas City Chiefs in their opener, but now they're in for another tough test with Peyton Manning and the Denver Broncos coming to town for Monday Night Football. Falcons head coach Mike Smith knows his team will have its hands full with Manning, ...
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Friday, July 27th, 2012
After a pedestrian 2011 season, Mike Smith and the Atlanta Falcons are ready to get back to work. They'll do so in training camp in what some might consider a pivotal year for the Falcons. After giving up so much to draft Julio Jones, the Falcons have bet big that ...
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Tuesday, May 15th, 2012
Sooner or later, Mike Smith is gonna run out of leash space. During his four years running the show with franchise quarterback Matt Ryan in Atlanta, the Falcons have made the playoffs three times and finished with a winning record each season. That's good. But during that same stretch, Smith ...
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Friday, September 9th, 2011
Last year the Atlanta Falcons finished the regular season with the best record in the NFC and everything was in line for them to get to Dallas for the Super Bowl. Unfortunately for them they ran into a buzz saw in Aaron Rodgers and the Green Bay Packers and their ...
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