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Photo by CHANDAN KHANNA/AFP via Getty Images It’s hardly scientific to say so, but Falcons fans seem cheerier about the team than you’d think given the circumstances. Falcons fans deal with a lot by the standards of NFL franchises. This is a team that has never won a Super Bowl, has some truly mind-smashing losses in its recent history, and has spent the past three seasons … [Read more...] about Falcons fans are managing to find some optimism for the team in a weird, wild 2020

A more expanded training camp due to no preseason provides plenty of Falcons observation Unprecedented times have brought significant changes to the world of football. A complete deletion of the preseason means we will have an expanded training camp. Veteran players have reported by this point and the full-contact phase of practices will begin on August 17. As you are fully … [Read more...] about Falcons training camp: What to monitor

Photo by Norm Hall/Getty Images What’s next for the NCAA—and how it impacts the NFL—will be clear soon enough. There may not be a college football season, or the college football season may be delayed significantly. Reports are rampant that conference leaders are coming together and preparing to postpone fall sports at universities across the country, something that will … [Read more...] about College players push for protections with 2020 NCAA football season on the brink

Photo by Carmen Mandato/Getty Images Welcome to Coral! Hello, all. Today, we’ve launched our new commenting platform, Coral, on this site. You can try it out below, or on any article here. As the pre-launch article said, we know it’s missing a few key pieces that might be important to you, and we’re continually evolving and improving it. Just like when we launched the … [Read more...] about And we are live!

Photo by David John Griffin/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Coral will be live on The Falcoholic this afternoon! Today is a big day for The Falcoholic commenters: we’re going to be moving our comments to a brand new platform. This site is part of the first series of sites in the rollout. Yeah, we hate change too. Here’s why we’re doing it: we’ve been using the same … [Read more...] about We have a new commenting system coming today

Photo by Nick Tre. Smith/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images After a look at the projected starters, our player profile series now shifts to the depth on the Falcons roster. Next up is WR Chris Rowland, a UDFA with phenomenal production as a receiver, runner, and returner. We’re in the depths of the offseason here at The Falcoholic, and there has been little to nothing in the … [Read more...] about Falcons player profile: WR Chris Rowland

Photo by Ric Tapia/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Next year’s cap crunch and a confluence of other factors make 2020 a particularly critical season for Atlanta. The Falcons have been re-tooling, however slowly and steadily, over the last couple of seasons. They’ll get to move forward with players like A.J. Terrell, Chris Lindstrom, and Marlon Davidson, players who could … [Read more...] about Why the Falcons are built to contend in 2020 and more or less have to

Photo by Tim Warner/Getty Images Fact: Thomas Dimitroff is an amateur radish pickler Happy Tuesday, Falcoholics! The Falcons are supposed to play their first regular season game in 33 days. That doesn’t seem like a long time, but all kinds of things can (and likely will) go wrong in that time frame. Meanwhile, the NFL will just continue to put one foot in front of the other … [Read more...] about Falcoholinks: All the Falcons news you need for Tuesday, Aug. 11

Photo by Brett Carlsen/Getty Images Jamon Brown spoke with the Falcoholic about preparing for the 2020 season and his work with the Jamon Brown Foundation. On the field, Jamon Brown has been working alongside his teammates in Flowery Branch getting ready for the season during the strangest offseason of our lifetimes. Off the field, though, he’s been working tirelessly, … [Read more...] about Falcons G Jamon Brown speaks out about this unique NFL offseason and his fight for social justice