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Falcons Trade Up to Select ILB Marquis Spruill
The Falcons have traded up in the fifth round to select Syracuse inside linebacker Marquis Spruill at No. 168 overall.
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CB Allen Holds Big Purdue Record
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Falcons Draft DB Ricardo Allen at No. 147 Overall
The Falcons selected defensive back Ricardo Allen, from Purdue, with the No. 147 pick in the 2014 NFL Draft.
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Falcons Take OLB Prince Shembo at 139th Overall
The Falcons have selected Notre Dame OLB Prince Shembo with the No. 139 overall pick in the 2014 NFL Draft.
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Freeman and Smith Share FSU Record
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Freeman Has Special Relationship with ‘Uncle Luke’
Fourth-round pick Devonta Freeman has a special backstory with plenty of elements that deserve their own attention. One of those side-stories is his relationship with former leader of the rap group 2 Live Crew, Uncle
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Falcons Select RB Freeman With 103rd Pick
The Falcons selected Florida State running back Devonta Freeman with the 103rd selection in the 2014 NFL Draft.
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Falcons Safety Southward A ‘Plug-and-Play’ Starter
While Dezmen Southward wasn’t one of the hottest names in draft talk leading up to the annual selection meeting, the Wisconsin safety and Falcons’ third-round pick receives a strong endorsement from NFL.com’s Chris Wesseling. Naming
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Southward Excited About Coming to Atlanta
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Transcript: Ra’Shede Hageman Conference Call
On being selected by the team who we he played for in the Senior Bowl: “The fact that they coached me in the Senior Bowl gave us good chemistry from the start. I’m amazed, blessed
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Transcript: Dezmen Southward Conference Call
On his first thoughts on becoming an Atlanta Falcon: “I’m excited, I really can’t put it into words right now. It still hasn’t quite hit me yet. I’m excited I can’t wait to get down
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Falcons Select Safety Southward With No. 68 Overall Pick
With the 68th overall pick in the 2014 NFL Draft, the Falcons selected Dezmen Southward — a Wisconsin defensive back who has the versatility to play cornerback and safety.
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Hageman Makes CBSSports.com’s List of Football Freaks
If you thought Jadeveon Clowney wasn’t the only freak up for grabs in the 2014 NFL Draft. Turns out, the Falcons got one Friday night. On CBSSports.com’s Freaks List of 2013’s craziest college football players,
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Hageman Raved About DL Coach Cox at Senior Bowl
The Falcons got an up-close look at Ra’Shede Hageman at the Senior Bowl in Mobile, Ala., as Hageman played under head coach Mike Smith’s coaching staff there. It was the first time we saw new
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Former Falcons Riggs Endorses Pick of Hageman
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Falcons Select DT Hageman With No. 37 Overall Pick
The Falcons have selected Minnesota defensive tackle Ra’Shede Hageman with the No. 37 overall selection in the 2014 NFL Draft.
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CW69 to Air Falcons Draft Special May 12
The Atlanta Falcons today announced that WUPA-TV (Atlanta’s CW69), the team’s new local television broadcast partner, will broadcast a Falcons draft special titled Atlanta Falcons: Inside the Draft on Monday, May 12 at 10 p.m.
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Matthews Jersey Now Available for Purchase
Jake Matthews jerseys are now available for purchase on OfficialFalconsGear.com. Click here to view and purchase. Matthews will wear No. 70 for the Falcons and the item will ship when the number is approved by
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Kiper: Falcons Winners After First Round of Draft
ESPN.com NFL Draft guru Mel Kiper Jr. likes what the Falcons did with the No. 6 pick overall in Thursday night’s first round by selecting Jake Matthews. From Kiper (subscription required): “Nothing sexy about this
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Matthews Selects Jersey Number With Falcons
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Casserly Mocks DT Hageman to Falcons in Second Round
NFL Network analyst and former GM Charley Casserly put together his mock draft for the first 10 picks of the second round and at No. 37 overall he has the Falcons selecting monster defensive tackle
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Transcript: Jake Matthews Press Conference
On expecting to be drafted by the Falcons: “Yeah, I had a private workout and an official visit with them. I’ve always had a really good feeling every time I left. I really like Coach
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Smith, Dimitroff React to Pick of Matthews
Falcons GM Thomas Dimitroff: “We talked throughout this process about improving our team with tough, rugged football players and Jake Matthews epitomizes exactly what we were looking for. He is a solid finisher and has
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Matthews’ NFL Family Tree is Impressive
ESPN tweeted a look at quite an impressive family tree for new Falcons draft pick Jake Matthews.
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Matthews Tweets After Being Selected by Falcons
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Falcons Select OT Jake Matthews at No. 6 in NFL Draft
Rumors swirled for weeks that the Falcons had targeted a move up in the 2014 NFL Draft and those rumors intensified throughout Thursday’s buildup to the start of the first round. When the dust finally
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Clowney Goes to the Texans at No. 1
The dreams of Falcons fans on the side of Jadeveon Clowney came crashing down 15 minutes into the NFL Draft as the Houston Texans did what they were somewhat expected to do. NFL Commissioner Roger
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Rumor: Falcons Have Narrowed it Down to Two?
Daniel Jeremiah on NFL Network just reported moments before the NFL Draft is set to get underway that the Falcons are actively trying to get up to No. 2 or 4, with the targets being
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Falcons Single-Game Tickets on Sale May 15
The Atlanta Falcons announced today that single-game tickets for the 2014 season will go on sale Thursday, May 15 at 10 a.m. ET. Single-game tickets can be purchased online by visiting www.atlantafalcons.com/tickets or www.ticketmaster.com. Tickets
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Report: ‘Highly Unlikely’ Falcons Move Up to No. 1
At about 5:50 p.m. ET, NFL Network’s Rich Hollenberg went on air to report that he had spoken to general manager Thomas Dimitroff and Dimitroff said that, while demands from Houston have not been altogether
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Matthews Tweets That He’s Ready for Draft
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Falcons Still Actively Discussing Trades
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Report: Texans No Longer Interested in Trading
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Rapoport: Mack-to-Falcons Makes Sense
While much of the pre-draft conversation around the Falcons concerns the team trying to move up to No. 1 for Jadeveon Clowney, NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport went on air around 2:30 p.m. ET and said
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INFOGRAPHIC: Who Do Fans, Experts Like?
From Jan. 28, 2014-May 6, 2014, we kept track of expert projections and fan votes to see how much fans and prognosticators agree — or don’t — on who the Falcons should select in the
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Casserly: Matthews Could Be ‘Triple’ for Falcons
NFL Network analyst and former NFL general manager Charley Casserly spoke earlier about the chances of the Falcons trading up to get South Carolina defensive end Jadeveon Clowney. In baseball terms, Casserly compared Clowney in
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Rumor: Falcons Narrowed Targets to Five Players
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