Tag Archives: Examiner.com

Five (or Six) Links to Review Mini Camp

I’ve been in this business for seven seasons and, without fail, the best barometer for preseason expectations — perhaps success — comes with the amount of media attention. The earlier the better. So imagine the reaction when there were almost too many links to list from the Falcons weekend mini camp. Sure, I could have pulled together some [...]
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Birdseed: 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

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: 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 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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Quick Chat with Daniel Cox

First things first at this Scouting Combine: a one-on-one with Examiner.com’s Daniel Cox. Cox is part of a small, but passionate, Atlanta media group on the ground in Indianapolis to cover the Falcons and preview some of the prospects available in the 2010 NFL Draft. It’s a focused, but complicated mission. Cox is keeping an eye on defensive [...]
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Some Combine Interview Prep

A man learns a thing or two when he’s forced to hang around Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson Airport for a 3 hour, 44 minute flight delay. First, spending enough time in an airport will result in at least two celebrity look-alike sightings. I saw one man who could be the modern-day version of John Lennon (complete with glasses) [...]
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Birdseed: February 22, 2010

EDITOR’S NOTE: AtlantaFalcons.com will travel to the Combine this week to cover the Falcons decision makers and help you get to know what athletes could be available for the team in the 2010 NFL Draft. Click here for more information and to share your thoughts. Two years ago I made my first trip to the NFL [...]
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Birdseed: 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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Birdseed: February 9, 2010

So here we are in the football offseason and less than a week into the blackout men and women everywhere are confronted with a dilemma — Valentine’s Day is Sunday. Oh, and you can’t use football as an excuse to forget a present or dinner plans. Mrs. J. Mike and I don’t have a good track [...]
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