The NFL schedule release is here, and hosts Kevin Knight and Adnan Ikic are joined by Aaron Freeman (Locked On Falcons) to break down the Falcons’ 2024 gauntlet.

Fellow Falcoholics, welcome to episode 287 of The Falcoholic Live! The NFL schedule release is here, and hosts Kevin Knight and Adnan Ikic are joined by Aaron Freeman (Locked On Falcons) to break down the Atlanta Falcons 2024 gauntlet. Atlanta is rumored to have at least four primetime games after having zero in 2023, and are reportedly facing a particularly brutal start to the year.

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Atlanta adds depth to their secondary with their final roster spot.

The Atlanta Falcons now have a full 90 man roster, with their final signing for the moment arriving on Wednesday afternoon. Atlanta has grabbed cornerback Anthony Johnson, adding more depth to the secondary as they gear up for organized team activities and mandatory minicamp in the weeks ahead.

Johnson, 24, spent time with the Saints and Packers on their respective practice squads but did not appear in an NFL regular season game in 2023. An undrafted free agent out of Louisville, Johnson has quality size (6’2”, 205 pounds) and...

It’s about time.

The Atlanta Falcons have not exactly been primetime darlings in recent years, a function of being neither particularly good nor particularly exciting. The team was scheduled for just one primetime game in 2021 and 2022 and zero in 2023, marking just two contests under the bright lights for Atlanta in the Arthur Smith era. They lost both of them.

Things are different now. The eyes of the NFL are on the Falcons thanks to the Kirk Cousins signing, the high-profile flirtation with hiring Bill Belichick and subsequent hiring of Raheem Morris, and the team’s decision to draft...

Atlanta would like special teams to be a strength again in 2023, and they’ll rely on familiar faces and a couple of key new additions.

Younghoe Koo missed a couple of crucial field goals. Bradley Pinion was not quite as great at pinning teams deep. The coverage units suffered from a handful of frustrating, costly lapses. The return game was...well, let’s not even bother.

Special teams has been a core Falcons team strength for a long time now, with the first two years under coordinator Marquice Williams proving to be excellent before last year’s vague disappointment. The Falcons clearly took...

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Free agency is behind us, the draft is behind us, and all that’s left to do between now and training camp is endlessly speculate about what this Falcons team will look like when they hit the field.

The Falcons have made a lot of moves this offseason, including big swings...

Atlanta has been holding off on adding to the secondary in a meaningful way, but perhaps Jacobs changes that.

The Atlanta Falcons have one roster spot remaining, and I think I speak for most Falcons fans when I say that we’d like to see that spot filled by either a capable pass rusher or someone who can help out in the secondary. It appears the Falcons may be leaning toward the latter.

I say that because they’re reportedly spending time with cornerback Jerry Jacobs today, which could mean a signing is on the way if all goes well. Jacobs spent...

Gotta catch ‘em all, where “all” is former San Francisco tight ends.

The Atlanta Falcons’ coaching staff must have seen something they liked in the San Francisco 49ers tight end room last year, because they’ve just added their second player from that room. The team announced Monday that they have signed Ross Dwelley, as well as officially brought aboard three players who tried out for the team during rookie minicamp.

We’ll start with Dwelley, the headliner of sorts here, who has been a fixture as a reserve for the 49ers since 2018. He’s appeared in at least 11 games every...

It’s a big deal for Atlanta, which is eager to stave off a controversy.

Despite all the rigamarole of the offseason, especially after the Atlanta Falcons took Michael Penix eighth overall in the 2024 NFL Draft, Kirk Cousins is the team’s starting quarterback in 2024. The only thing standing between that reality and the Falcons’ wishes is Cousins’ health, and happily, that doesn’t appear to be much of an obstacle.

Over the weekend, head coach Raheem Morris delivered an encouraging update on Cousins, who he said is near to being “full-go.”

There is still plenty of time between now and...

The Falcons kicked off their rookie minicamp on Friday, and host Kevin Knight is joined by Daniel Flick to discuss the biggest standouts from the first rookie practices of the year.

Fellow Falcoholics, welcome to another episode of the Dirty Birds and Brews podcast! The Atlanta Falcons kicked off their rookie minicamp on Friday, and host Kevin Knight is joined by Daniel Flick (Sports Illustrated) to discuss the biggest standouts from the first rookie practices of the year, including: Michael Penix’s arm strength and leadership, the comradery between the rookie defensive linemen, and a strong first impression by receiver Casey...

After working four players out on Friday, the Falcons have signed two of them on Saturday.

The 2024 NFL Draft is behind us as we move forward towards the 2024 season. Rookie minicamp is underway, and the Atlanta Falcons are looking to improve yet. On Friday, the Falcons held tryouts for tight end Sean McKeon, defensive back Dane Cruikshank, defensive end Bradlee Anae, and linebacker David Anenih, among other veterans.

With that, it was announced on Saturday that the team has decided to move forward with Cruikshank and Anae after signing both.

Of the four tryouts mentioned above, Cruikshank had...

With free agency and the 2024 NFL Draft behind us, it’s finally time to take a deeper look at the Falcons roster. Here’s our first 53-man roster projection for Atlanta, attempting to figure out how the team will look in the first year under new head coach Raheem Morris.

Rookie minicamp is here for the Atlanta Falcons, which means the offseason has finally ended. We’ve witnessed a busy free agency period, an eventful 2024 NFL Draft, and now a flurry of UDFA signings to bring the roster close to its final form. While there will obviously be a bit of...

In addition to welcoming draft picks and UDFAs, the Falcons will try out some established players.

Our favorite team’s rookie minicamp kicks off today, giving the Atlanta Falcons a close-up look at rookies from their drafted and undrafted classes, a few players from their own roster, and intriguingly a few veteran players hoping to latch on. With multiple open roster spots, the Falcons can—and may very well—sign players after the three day camp concludes.

Tori McElhaney with the Falcons was kind enough to provide a list of everyone attending. While the rookie class contains the players most likely to make...