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Sports Illustrated's Peter King tweeted Wednesday morning that he's hearing the Atlanta Falcons are trying to trade up in the first round of next week's NFL draft. That's going to open the door for all sorts of speculation. Maybe the Falcons are s...

Asante Samuel was willing to restructure his contract to play for the Atlanta Falcons.

Atlanta Falcons Falcons fifth round pick, receiver Kerry Meier is "real close" to signing a deal with the team. Patience has paid off for running back Michael Turner. ESPN's Bomani Jones calls the Falcons trade of Brett Favre in 1992 one of ...

Posted by ESPN.com's Pat Yasinskas I'll be back in a bit with some analysis of what this means for the Falcons, but wanted to make sure you heard the news quickly. Here's a copy of the story I sent over to our news folks: ...

Posted by ESPN.com's Pat Yasinskas The Atlanta Falcons apparently believe the second day of the draft can be important. They made a trade Monday that moves them up 22 spots in the fifth round and 20 spots in the sixth round. Atlanta sent wide rec...

One day after being told by Broncos coach Mike Shanahan he was going to be dealt, Domonique Foxworth was shipped to the Atlanta Falcons for an undisclosed 2009 draft choice.

Demonstrating that they are serious about overhauling a safety corps that rated as one of the NFL's worst in '05, the Atlanta Falcons have acquired three-year veteran Chris Crocker from the Cleveland Browns for a fourth-round pick in this year's draft.

ATLANTA -- Moving quickly to fill the void created by the Monday departure of weakside linebacker Shawn Barber in free agency, ESPN.com has learned that the Philadelphia Eagles have acquired Mark Simoneau, a three-year veteran from the Atlanta Falco...

Unless there's a trade, the NFC South is done with the third round of the draft. This will be a short summary since the Carolina Panthers and Atlanta Falcons didn't have picks in the round. Let's take a look at what the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and th...

The rumor mill, at least as it pertains to the NFC South, has turned quiet as the NFL draft approaches. That's probably because teams are in the bunker and don't have time to chat with the media. Besides, if there are any trades involving NFC Sout...

With the No. 30 overall pick in the ESPN.com blog network mock draft, I just chose Boise State cornerback Jamar Taylor for the Atlanta Falcons. I know there are rumblings out there that the Falcons might try to trade up in the real NFL draft. But,...

What's the ideal first-round scenario for each team? Atlanta Falcons: There have been rumblings that the Falcons may try to trade up in the first round and I'm not ruling that out because general manager Thomas Dimitroff has done it before. But le...

The rumors are already flying about the Atlanta Falcons trying to move up in next week's NFL draft and general manager Thomas Dimitroff isn't discouraging them. As he met with the local media for his pre-draft briefing Thursday afternoon, Dimitrof...

Let's take a look at some odds and ends from around the division: ATLANTA FALCONS D. Orlando Ledbetter runs through the list of draft trades made by general manager Thomas Dimitroff. The Falcons have made at least one trade in every draft since...

Sports Illustrated is reporting that the Atlanta Falcons would like to trade up from the No. 30 overall pick in next week's draft. The Falcons need a cornerback. The top cornerback is Alabama's Dee Milliner. Could the Falcons be so interested in M...

Mel Kiper breaks down his Grade A draft pick-by-pick through Round 3, to show the sequence of selections and trades that make up a perfect draft haul for every NFL team.

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