Falcons finally catch a break

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kcudah kcudah posted 2/22/2008 from www.ajc.com [flag]
Maybe the Mojo is about to change. New Falcons general manager Thomas Dimitroff called “tails” in a coin flip tiebreaker with the Oakland Raiders at 7:30 this morning to land the No. 3 pick in the April 26-27 draft. Oakland will select No. 4, Kansas City, which shared 4-12 records with Atlanta and Oakland, will choose fifth. Miami has the top selection. St. Louis is at No. 2. The few ... [link]

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The Falcons Won Something
Published 2/22/2008 by Scott at Bucstats.com weblog
... The Atlanta Falcons finally found a game that they can win. Yesterday at the draft, Tim Dimitroff (the new general manager for the Falcons, in case you have a life and didn't take the time to learn his name) was successful in shouting out the correct side of the coin that was flipped to determine draft picks 3-5. It was tails. It was also tails when Bruce Allen called heads this time last year. Cleveland picked Joe Thomas and the Bucs got Gaines Adams. Thomas went to the Pro Bowl, but Adams ...

NFL Friday: New Spygate Claim
Published 2/22/2008 by Joel 'DiG' DiGiacomo at Football for Breakfast
... Hamlin Gets Cowboys’ Franchise Tag (Fort Worth Star-Telegram) Eagles: Reid Stresses Need to Make Defense Better (Philadelphia Inquirer) Buccaneers: Bucs Eye Javon Walker (St. Petersburg Times) Saints: Saints Tender Zach Thomas a Contract (Times-Picayune) Panthers: Panthers Release DeShaun Foster (Charlotte Observer) Falcons: Falcons Finally Catch a Break (Atlanta Journal-Constitution) Packers: Favre’s ...

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Falcons Win the Flip, Will Pick Third

The Hazean found this 2/22/2008 on sports.aol.com

Maybe the Falcons luck is starting to change. Atlanta won the coin toss , thanks to general manager Thomas Dimitroff's call of tails, to earn the No. 3 pick in the upcoming NFL draft--Atlanta will pick No. 3 in each round. The Raiders then won a ...
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To the surprise of no one the Raiders lose the coin toss and pick fourth

RaiderSithLord posted 2/22/2008 from mvn.com

This morning the NFL held the coin flip that would decide how the third, fourth, and fifth picks in the NFL draft among the Oakland Raiders, Atlanta Falcons, and the hated Kansas City Chiefs. In this scenario the flip was between Atlanta and Oakland. If Oakland had won, then there would be a second flip between the Falcons and the Chiefs, but since the Raiders lost the order was set as #3 ...
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Positional Overview: Dorsey is All-Around Player

coryh64 posted 2/22/2008 from mvn.com

LSU defensive tackle Glenn Dorsey may be the best all-around player in the entire draft. His four years of experience at a major school project well, and for the most part, SEC defensive lineman with no other red flags are as close to a sure thing as the draft offers.
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FG timeouts unlikely to get boot - The Denver Post

The Mile High Report found this 2/22/2008 on www.denverpost.com

INDIANAPOLIS The "Mike Shanahan Call" will live on. A trend last season started by the Broncos coach calling a timeout at the end of the half of a game just before the snap on a field-goal attempt has been scrutinized by the NFL competition ...
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