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Falcons pick Titans offensive coordinator Smith as new coach
ATLANTA (AP) — The Atlanta Falcons have chosen offense and youth as the calling cards of their new coach. Atlanta agreed to terms with Tennessee Titans offensive coordinator Arthur Smith on Friday to become the team's head coach. Smith, only 38, has no experience as a head coach. The Falcons' last...
Falcons interview Saints' Fontenot for Atlanta GM position
FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. (AP) — The Atlanta Falcons conducted a virtual interview for general manager Wednesday with New Orleans Saints executive Terry Fontenot. The Falcons are seeking a replacement for longtime GM Thomas Dimitroff, who was fired along with coach Dan Quinn after the team began the season with...
Falcons interview Rams' Holmes, Colts' Brown in GM search
ATLANTA (AP) — The Atlanta Falcons have interviewed two directors of college scouting, Brad Holmes of the Los Angeles Rams and Morocco Brown of the Indianapolis Colts, for their general manager position. The Falcons announced Tuesday they conducted virtual interviews with Holmes and Brown. Atlanta is...
Falcons interview Chiefs' Eric Bieniemy, 49ers' Robert Saleh
ATLANTA (AP) — The Atlanta Falcons accelerated their search for a new coach on the first day of their offseason by interviewing Kansas City offensive coordinator Eric Bieniemy and San Francisco defensive coordinator Robert Saleh. Falcons interim coach Raheem Morris interviewed on Friday. The team was 4-7...
Brady throws for 4 TDs, Bucs pull away from Falcons 44-27
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Tom Brady and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers are heating up at the right time. Hardly surprising where Brady is concerned. The six-time Super Bowl champion threw for 399 yards and four touchdowns Sunday, helping the playoff-bound Bucs clinch the fifth seed in the NFC with a 44-27 regular...
NFL chooses 11 players for international pathway program
The NFL has chosen 11 athletes from nine countries to compete for a spot in the 2021 International Player Pathway Program. Instituted in 2017, the program aims to provide elite international athletes an opportunity to compete at the NFL level, improve their skills, and possibly earn a spot on an a team roster....
Red-hot Buccaneers not looking past Falcons to playoffs
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Bruce Arians is not ready to reflect on the challenge of transforming the Tampa Bay Buccaneers into winners. With the 68-year-old coach and six-time Super Bowl champion Tom Brady leading the way, the Bucs (10-5) are headed to the playoffs for the first time since 2007. They enter...
Koo's miss adds to Falcons' long list of ways to lose games
ATLANTA (AP) — The Atlanta Falcons keep finding new ways to lose. Sunday’s 17-14 defeat at Kansas City ended with an unlikely source of frustration. Younghoe Koo, who had missed just once this season and had made 27 consecutive field goals, sliced a 39-yard attempt that would have sent the game to...
Falcons watch near-perfect Koo miss costly FG in loss to KC
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The one thing the Atlanta Falcons could count on all season was Younghoe Koo. There had been games their offense let them down. Or their defense blew a lead. Yet their kicker had been just about perfect, making every field-goal attempt but one while earning an unlikely but...
Chiefs clinch No. 1 seed when Falcons' Koo misses late FG
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — All season, the prolific Kansas City offense had been putting the Chiefs in position to capture the No. 1 seed in the playoffs. It took their defense — and some good fortune — to finally clinch it. Patrick Mahomes threw a 25-yard touchdown pass to Demarcus Robinson...
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