Tag Archives: Brian Finneran

Lunch Break: Put it to a Vote

By J. Michael Moore | Published: March 4, 2010
The free agent signing period is set to begin at midnight Friday and, for the first time in recent memory, there’s no clear path for NFL teams to follow. Without a salary cap, each team is left to develop its own style of determining market value. That could mean for a slow — possibly confusing — [...]
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Birdseed: February 17, 2010

By J. Michael Moore | Published: February 17, 2010
It’s been almost two weeks since the Super Bowl and — much to the joy of some ad executives — one commercial is still making the rounds. It’s spawned plenty of office laughs and discussion in Flowery Branch and sparked a Facebook page demanding results. It’s also my favorite of a lackluster group of 2010 advertisements. Why [...]
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Falconcast: A Chat with D. Led

By J. Michael Moore | Published: February 12, 2010
Since I started working with the Falcons in July 2007 D. Orlando Ledbetter has been a fixture in the media room. The veteran sports writer now covers the Birds’ beat full time for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution and spends his days blogging and writing features. This doesn’t stop in the offseason (something any fan of the NFL [...]
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Veteran Presence Sticking Around

By J. Michael Moore | Published: February 11, 2010
When wide receiver Harry Douglas went down with a season-ending knee injury just two days into Russell Falcons Training Camp, doom and gloom could have easily replaced hope and optimism. Behind Roddy White and Michael Jenkins the Birds had a lot of youth. But they also had nine-year veteran Brian Finneran. Finneran, combined with the addition of [...]
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Lunch Break: Free Agency Talk

By J. Michael Moore | Published: February 11, 2010
The 2010 NFL free agent signing period is set to begin at midnight March 5. But unlike past seasons, this isn’t going to be an easy shopping trip for teams across the league. If owners and players can’t agree on a new collective bargaining agreement before the start of the signing period, more than 200 players [...]
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Lunch Break: Receiver Recognition

By J. Michael Moore | Published: January 20, 2010
Wide receiver Roddy White made no secret of his Pro Bowl goal in 2008. He achieved it, advancing to the all-star game that seemed unlikely during his first three years in Atlanta. Looking for an encore, White finished 2009 with a team-high 85 catches, 1,153 yards and a career-high 11 touchdowns. But no Pro Bowl. Like other Falcons that didn’t [...]
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Catching Up with Harry Douglas

By J. Michael Moore | Published: January 14, 2010
Recovering from a sports injury takes equal parts hard work and heart. Falcons wide receiver Harry Douglas isn’t afraid of the workload. He’s been at the team’s Flowery Branch facility almost every weekday since the end of the 2009 season rehabilitating from a torn ACL. Speak to him for just a few moments and you know his [...]
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Bergeron Stepping in for Finneran

By J. Michael Moore | Published: December 15, 2009
Tuesday the Falcons finished a move mentioned by Head Coach Mike Smith Monday, placing wide receiver Brian Finneran (knee) on injured reserve and bringing up receiver Troy Bergeron from the practice squad. This isn’t Bergeron’s first trip to the 53-man roster but — unlike previous visits — this stay is expected to be a bit longer. Taking [...]
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Taking it One Game at a Time

By J. Michael Moore | Published: December 14, 2009
It may have been the shortest opening statement of Head Coach Mike Smith’s tenure: “As I said yesterday, there are no moral victories in the NFL and we did not make enough plays yesterday to win the football game. And, with that, I’ll open it up to questions…” What else to say? The Falcons went toe-to-toe with the [...]
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Birdseed: December 4, 2009

By J. Michael Moore | Published: December 4, 2009
The Falcons are going to have to piece some things together Sunday at the Georgia Dome. With a plethora of players on the injury report — including quarterback Matt Ryan, running back Michael Turner and starting right guard Harvey Dahl — it may take some creative placement of reserve players to get the job done against [...]
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