13+ hour ago   (200+ words) Falcons quarterback Cooper Rush suffered back spasms earlier Saturday but will still start Sunday’s season-opener against the Pittsburgh Steelers, the team announced in a press release Saturday afternoon. Rush, the Falcons’ third-string quarterback, is starting because of injuries to Tua…...

1+ day, 22+ hour ago   (807+ words) Former Georgia star Stetson Bennett made his NFL regular season debut Thursday night, taking 10 snaps for the Los Angeles Rams in their 27-7 opening week loss to San Francisco. Bennett was 2-of-3 passing for 13 yards and had a 9-yard first down…...

1+ day, 19+ hour ago   (1003+ words) FLOWERY BRANCH — Maybe he’s sticking to coachspeak, or perhaps he’s jaded after starting 13 quarterbacks across six seasons with the Cleveland Browns, but Kevin Stefanski said he isn’t taken aback by the Falcons’ chaotic signal-caller carousel. A summer-long competition left the…...

2+ day, 9+ hour ago   (1054+ words) FLOWERY BRANCH — Cooper Rush’s car is still “full of crap.” He’s currently living in a hotel. And on Sunday afternoon, he may be the Falcons’ Week 1 starting quarterback. Signed by the team July 29, the first day of training camp, Rush…...

2+ day, 14+ hour ago   (510+ words) FLOWERY BRANCH — Falcons quarterback Tua Tagovailoa suffered an oblique injury during an individual throwing portion early in Thursday’s practice, and the team officially listed him as limited for the session. Veteran backup Cooper Rush took all of the first-team snaps…...

2+ day, 18+ hour ago   (627+ words) Are you ready for some football? The Falcons open their season Sunday at Pittsburgh, and with that kickoff comes plenty of unknowns about how the season will go. The quarterback position is one of the biggest question marks, along with…...

2+ day, 18+ hour ago   (1241+ words) FLOWERY BRANCH — The Falcons released their first regular-season depth chart Tuesday, and the collective takeaway is this: It’s a great time to be a rookie heading into Week 1. Am I slightly biased, launching a new chapter of Dirty Birds Dispatch…...

2+ day, 20+ hour ago   (999+ words) FLOWERY BRANCH — Tua Tagovailoa spent his final weekend before the regular season begins still awaiting his fate in the Falcons’ summerlong quarterback competition. Falcons coach Kevin Stefanski sat down Tagovailoa, then the rest of the quarterbacks, on Monday morning and…...

2+ day, 23+ hour ago   (815+ words) Georgia Tech coach Brent Key says he’s still “extremely high on this football team” despite the bad performance against Colorado. That certainly sounds as if he’s extremely high on something. There was no way Weekend Predictions could be the biggest…...

3+ day, 18+ hour ago   (1023+ words) In a little over eight hours, the NFL season gets underway in … Seattle, where Centennial High grad/head coach Mike Macdonald and the defending champion Seahawks host the Patriots. Should be fun (as will 49ers-Rams in Australia on Thursday night)....