Category Archives: Birdseed

Birdseed: May 8, 2010

By J. Michael Moore | Published: May 8, 2010
My pasty white legs and I made it through the first two-a-day of mini camp without much of a sun burn. That’s surprising considering the surface-of-the-sun like heat that found its way to Flowery Branch almost three months early. Not sure what to say to the 163 people who looked at the picture of my legs on Twitter. With that [...]
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Birdseed: May 3, 2010

By J. Michael Moore | Published: May 3, 2010
As many of you know, I grew up in and around Nashville, Tenn. So, most of my Internet time over the last three days has been spent following the historic flooding overtaking the city — including my hometown. There are no reports of major damage or injury to anyone in my family or circle of friends, [...]
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Birdseed: April 27, 2010

By J. Michael Moore | Published: April 27, 2010
As if you didn’t need another sign Falcons football is right around the corner, the team announced mini camp dates this week. It’s the NFL version of spring practice, only this group includes rookies and free agent additions. It’s where a team starts to form. By the time the Falcons take the field for the first time in [...]
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Birdseed: April 21, 2010

By J. Michael Moore | Published: April 21, 2010
If you’ve been keeping up with my 2010 mock drafts you know there’s plenty of paths the Falcons may take through the selection process. You also know a lot depends on the actions of teams with the first 18 picks. So why do football fans and journalists make mock drafts in the first place? For some, it’s [...]
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Birdseed: April 20, 2010

By J. Michael Moore | Published: April 20, 2010
The NFL will unveil the 2010 regular-season schedule at 7 p.m. Tuesday, making a busy day of pre-draft preparations a little more interesting. At the very least, the schedule release is a respite from the topsy turvy world of draft planning and speculation (I don’t know about anyone else, but by this time in the pre-draft season I grow [...]
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Birdseed: April 19, 2010

By J. Michael Moore | Published: April 19, 2010
Get ready Falcons fans. It’s NFL Draft week. Not many people in Flowery Branch are allowed in the war room these days for obvious reasons but rest assured the team’s braintrust has made significant strides in making plans for Thursday evening — the first round of the 2010 NFL Draft. General Manager Thomas Dimitroff said he’ll start looking [...]
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Birdseed: March 29, 2010

By J. Michael Moore | Published: March 29, 2010
I’m quickly approaching three full years as an employee of Arthur Blank and the Atlanta Falcons but I’m well aware of the ups and downs this franchise has faced since its birth in 1966. Until 2009 a winning season was always followed by a losing one. Now with the back-to-back winning season monkey gone, the team can [...]
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Birdseed: March 15, 2010

By J. Michael Moore | Published: March 15, 2010
We’re in the midst of one of the most interesting periods of the NFL calendar. The free agent signing period is more than week old. The big-splash acquisitions (see Robinson-comma-Dunta) are out of the way and the slow, day-to-day debate on second-level players has taken shape. Too early for concrete news on the NFL Draft but [...]
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Birdseed: March 11, 2010

By J. Michael Moore | Published: March 11, 2010
One day, I’m going to convince people my life as a team employee is often more hectic in the offseason. Contrary to popular belief, team bloggers don’t keep teacher hours and take an abundance of time off from March to July. Actually, this is a time players and staff alike catch up on all the things [...]
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Birdseed: March 1, 2010

By J. Michael Moore | Published: March 1, 2010
If you followed my Twitter feed from Tuesday through the trip to the Scouring Combine you got a few posts about non-football topics. It began, but certainly didn’t end, with the crash of my original MacBook Pro… The day before the trip. I was a little upset. But now I have good news. The workhorse of AF.com content [...]
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