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New Atlanta Falcons running back Todd Gurley has opened up about proving his worth this upcoming season. In a conference call on Friday, Gurley expressed that now is the time to build his legacy by performing at as high a level as possible: “Man, I just have fun, man … I’ve been doing this for […]

During a press conference on Friday, running back Todd Gurley expressed that his former team, the Los Angeles Rams, still owes him money. “I still need my money. That’s what I’m waiting on. . . . It’s all fun and games. But I do need my money,” Gurley said Friday, via D. Orlando Ledbetter of […]

Once upon a time, Todd Gurley was one of the most explosive feature backs in the NFL. Gurley was named First Team All-Pro in both 2017 and 2018, going for over 2,000 yards from scrimmage in 2017 and leading the league in total touchdowns in each of those two seasons. However, injuries began to hamper […]

The Atlanta Falcons made a big move in acquiring Todd Gurley. The former Los Angeles Rams running back is as talented a football player as he is controversial off the gridiron, so there are questions about his fit. However, head coach Dan Quinn believes that he’s more than a great fit with the team. On […]

Todd Gurley’s tenure with the Los Angeles Rams did not exactly end on the best terms. The Rams cut Gurley last month, right before the four-year, $60 million contract extension he signed in 2018 was set to kick in. Luckily for Gurley, $45 million of that deal was guaranteed, so he will be getting a […]

The Atlanta Falcons recently debuted their new uniforms for the 2020 NFL season. The Carolina Panthers have since wasted no time in poking fun at their NFC South rivals. The Panthers took to Twitter to troll the Falcons’ new threads over their similarity to the “Mean Machine” from The Longest Yard: https://t.co/p3KLugxW1o pic.twitter.com/KJAzCARsUT — Carolina […]

The Atlanta Falcons already made some significant changes to their roster this offseason. It appears that will not be the only changes this team makes ahead of 2020 NFL season. The Falcons took to Twitter to unveil their new uniforms after initially stating they would do so next week: Atlanta, this is for you. pic.twitter.com/VVwVrKznOp […]

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers unveiled their new uniforms on Tuesday and their NFC South rivals will be doing the same soon. According to the team’s official Twitter account, the Atlanta Falcons are planning on revealing new uniforms for the 2020 NFL season next Tuesday, April 14. For the first time in 17 years, it's time […]

The Atlanta Falcons signed running back Todd Gurley last month after he was cut by the Los Angeles Rams, knowing full well that he has a knee issue. However, Falcons general manager Thomas Dimitroff is not concerned. According to William McFadden of the Falcons’ website: “We looked closely at it. We have language in our […]

With the 2020 NFL Draft coming up, it’s time to dream about scenarios, and one of those that could play out is the Atlanta Falcons having a chance to draft Tua Tagovailoa. With this draft, there are a lot of unknowns, and with teams not being able to bring in Tagovailoa to take a better […]

Los Angeles Rams head coach Sean McVay no longer has running back Todd Gurley at his disposal. The NFC West franchise released the veteran earlier this offseason. With Gurley since joining the Atlanta Falcons, the Rams will now look ahead to the future, which will certainly be a bit different as McVay will begin to […]

Plenty of people saw their lives get disrupted by COVID-19  as fans saw their activities hampered. The Atlanta Falcons saw many of their offseason activities hampered by imposed isolation, but some of the players and staff aren’t going to allow themselves to get affected by the quarantine. In fact, head coach Dan Quinn is continuously […]

The Atlanta Falcons made quite a splash by signing former Los Angeles Rams outside linebacker Dante Fowler Jr. in free agency., It appears he has high expectations heading into the 2020 NFL season. Fowler is coming off the best year of his career after registering 11.5 sacks during the 2019 NFL season. He has now […]

The Atlanta Falcons are amid a pivotal offseason for the franchise, with the team trying to get back to the playoffs. After a semi-active free agency, the next source of improving the roster comes in the form of the 2020 NFL Draft. Throughout free agency, the Falcons have addressed a few positions. While the team […]

New Atlanta Falcons tight end Hayden Hurst penned a personal essay in The Players Tribune published Monday. The article, among other things, detailed his struggle with depression and the time he attempted to take his own life. Hurst, 26, is a former first-round pick of the Baltimore Ravens from the 2018 NFL Draft. Writing in […]

Atlanta Falcons quarterback Matt Ryan has already donated $100,000 to help citizens in need in the Atlanta area and he is still looking for other ways he can help. Ryan donated $50,000 to the Atlanta Community Food Bank and $50,000 to the Giving Kitchen which helps at-risk food service workers. Peter King of NBC Sports […]

Atlanta Falcons owner Arthur Blank is still confident the team can play a 16-game season but thinks there might be some other changes. Blank thinks to make the 16-game season happen the NFL might have to cut down on the time for training camp, have players tested for COVID-19 daily and potentially have no fans […]

Atlanta Falcons wide receiver Laquon Treadwell may be an Ole Miss product, but that doesn’t mean that he isn’t jazzed about learning from his new former Alabama Crimson Tide teammates, Julio Jones and Calvin Ridley. Treadwell said as much in an interview with Falcons reporter Kelsey Conway, in which he referred to the duo by […]

Tom Brady might not be playing for the New England Patriots in 2020, but he is reveling in some of his best moments with the franchise while remaining indoors due to the coronavirus pandemic. Brady spent his Sunday rewatching New England’s historic comeback against the Atlanta Falcons in Super Bowl LI, posting some of the […]

If you’re excited about Todd Gurley signing with the Atlanta Falcons, you have Falcons star wide receiver Julio Jones partially to thank. On an episode of Gurley’s former teammate Chris Long’s Green Light Podcast, the 25-year-old running back explained that soon after he was cut by the Los Angeles Rams on March 19, Jones showed […]

The New Orleans Saints have been through a lot over the years while Sean Payton and Drew Brees have been together. While the coronavirus outbreak continues to take place, ESPN is going to air the Hurricane Katrina Superdome game versus the Atlanta Falcons on April 6. Cool news: ESPN & the NFL are partnering to […]

The Los Angeles Rams made headlines with their decision to release running back Todd Gurley this offseason. It seems the new Atlanta Falcons star is still coning to grips with how his departure went down. Gurley himself was admittedly surprised when the Rams opted to simply part ways and make him a free agent. Via […]

NFL Hall of Famer Terrell Davis doesn’t believe Atlanta Falcons running back Todd Gurley will return to his dominant form. In 2018, Gurley suffered a knee injury and hasn’t looked the same since. Davis told TMZ Sports he a similar knee issue in 1999 and it caused him to lose a permanent step in his […]

From 1991 until he retired after the 2010 season, NFL quarterback Brett Favre slung the ball all around the field better than 99% of the rest of the gunslingers in the league’s history. While completing too many passes to the other team, Favre’s legacy is far reaching and his name, while etched in some of […]

The Atlanta Falcons lost tight end, Austin Hooper, in NFL free agency, but they acted quickly, swinging a deal to acquire fellow tight end Hayden Hurst from the Baltimore Ravens. Because he was sharing playing time with Mark Andrews and Nick Boyle in Baltimore, Hurst never got much of an opportunity with the Ravens. But […]

The Atlanta Falcons signed running back Todd Gurley to a one year deal, but they won’t know for a while if his knee is actually “right.” The Los Angeles Rams tried to find a trade partner for Gurley, but the Falcons waited until he was released to sign him to a $6 million deal. With […]

Former Atlanta Falcons tight end Austin Hooper took full advantage of becoming an unrestricted free agent for the first time as a NFL player this offseason. After spending the first four seasons of his professional tenure in Atlanta with the Falcons, Hooper notably landed a lucrative multi-year free agent contract with the Cleveland Browns. Encountering […]

Coming out of high school, Laquon Treadwell seemed like a surefire future NFL superstar. At 6-foot-3 and 198 pounds with the athleticism and skills to match, Treadwell was a highly-touted five-star prospect who was ranked as the fifth-best player in the nation and the top receiver in the class of 2013 by Rivals.com After receiving […]

The Atlanta Falcons are going to have a new-look offense next season with Hayden Hurst being acquired in a trade with the Baltimore Ravens. Upon his arrival to the Falcons, Hurst described why Atlanta is a ‘perfect fit’ for him. “It’s going to be a perfect fit,” Hurst said, via the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. “Koetter’s pass-heavy offense is […]

Los Angeles Rams defensive tackle Aaron Donald and Atlanta Falcons running back Todd Gurley are no longer teammates. With the Rams recently releasing the veteran running back, Gurley then wasted absolutely no time in signing a deal with his hometown team in the Falcons. However, Gurley did not leave Los Angeles peacefully as the former Georgia […]

Despite the fact that the rest of the world is currently in flux, the NFL has managed to trudge forward — at least for now. Although the start of the 2020 campaign might be quite far off as it stands today, the latest installment of NFL free agency remains in full swing with players changing […]

The Atlanta Falcons brought in running back Todd Gurley on a one-year deal last week following Gurley’s jarring (but yet not too surprising) release from the Los Angeles Rams. A couple of years ago, cutting Gurley would have been unthinkable. In 2018, many considered Gurley to be the best halfback in the NFL, and he […]

The Atlanta Falcons replaced tight end, Austin Hooper, by trading for former Baltimore Ravens tight end Hayden Hurst, who has family ties to the Atlanta area. Hurst explained how excited he was to be joining the Falcons on Saturday night, citing how his sister works in Atlanta, and it is only a five-hour drive from […]

The Atlanta Falcons have been making some moves already this offseason. And on Sunday, it appears they made another one. According to Adam Schefter of ESPN, the Falcons agreed to a deal with free-agent wide receiver Laquon Treadwell. Falcons are signing former Vikings’ first-round pick, WR Laquon Treadwell. — Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) March 22, 2020 […]

Todd Gurley has had to answer an endless amount of questions pertaining to his knee injury and it doesn’t appear that those questions will cease after joining the Atlanta Falcons. Ever since his final season in college at Georgia, there have been concerns surrounding Gurley’s knee after tearing his ACL. Nevertheless, he became a first-round […]

Former Los Angeles Rams running back Todd Gurley was an unfortunate victim of the business side of the NFL this offseason. Gurley, a two-time First-Team All-Pro selection, was released by LA on Thursday for mostly financial reasons. However, Gurley seemed to get the last word in, as he is still owed a large amount of […]

Atlanta Hawks point guard Trae Young is excited about former Los Angeles Rams running back Todd Gurley joining him in Atlanta on the Falcons. The Falcons signed Gurley on Friday, just a day after the All-Pro got waived by the Rams: Yessirr back like I never left. https://t.co/7ZmUB7IEJ6 — Todd Gurley II (@TG3II) March 20, […]

One day, you’re on top of the world. The next, you’re scrounging for whatever scraps someone throws to you. That is essentially what happened to Todd Gurley, the former superstar running back who was released by the Los Angeles Rams on Thursday and had to settle for a one-year deal with the Atlanta Falcons on […]

On Thursday, the Los Angeles Rams released running back Todd Gurley. Now, if you told anyone back in 2018 that the Rams would ultimately be releasing Gurley in March 2020, they would have looked at you like you had three heads. But here we are, and it happened. Gurley did not remain unemployed for long, […]