Atlanta Falcons Football Communications

FLOWERY BRANCH, GA – The Atlanta Falcons will hold its third annual “Friday Night Lights” team scrimmage this year at North Gwinnett High School in Suwanee, Georgia during Allstate All-Access Weekend starting on Friday, August 6. Head Coach Mike Smith and his team will take the field that night at 7:30 p.m.

“Friday Night Lights” is open to the public and admission is free. This grass roots event includes a fan fest with interactive inflatable games, face painting, sponsor activation, a post event autograph session and a spectacular fireworks show. During the live scrimmage, Coach Smith, Falcons quarterbacks, and certain position players will be mic’d so fans can get an in depth look “inside the huddle” during the scrimmage. WXIA-TV also will be broadcasting live from the event.

The Falcons have traveled from their Flowery Branch facility during training camp to conduct “Friday Night Lights” scrimmages at Brookwood High School in 2009 and Mill Creek High in 2008. Each scrimmage has been played in front of capacity crowds the past two years.

“This is a special event for not only our fans, but for our players as well,” said Smith. “Our guys love going back to their roots and playing under the lights at a high school field every year. This event provides us the opportunity to reach out to the community and give our fans a chance to get up close and personal with our team as we prepare for the 2010 season.”

“The Allstate All-Access Weekend is a great way for our 300-plus Allstate agencies in Atlanta and the surrounding neighborhoods to connect with the community,” said John O’Donnell, Allstate’s Southeast Assistant Field Vice President. “We live here, we work here, and we help put Falcons fans in Good Hands®. This event also provides an opportunity to encourage fans to join Allstate’s effort to help reduce teen deaths and other distracted driver injuries by downloading the Allstate Family Texting Pledge (available at www.allstate.com/teen) and pledging not to text and drive. We look forward to another great partnership with the Falcons in August.”

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FLOWERY BRANCH, GA – The Atlanta Falcons will host combined practices with the Jacksonville Jaguars and New England Patriots during the 2010 training camp.

Jacksonville will visit Atlanta’s Flowery Branch headquarters for practices on Monday, August 9 and Tuesday, August 10. Following Atlanta’s first preseason contest against Kansas City at the Georgia Dome on Friday, August 13, the Patriots will head to Flowery Branch for practice on Tuesday, August 17, two days before the teams battle in a preseason meeting at the Dome.

Times and media availabilities for the practices will be released at a later date.

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FLOWERY BRANCH, GA – The Atlanta Falcons will begin organized team activities (OTAs) on Tuesday, May 25 and will conclude practices on Thursday, June 17.

Practices every Wednesday (and one Thursday) of the OTA schedule will be open to the media. The first 30 minutes of practice may be filmed, however, any other portion of the practice, including team drills will not be available to shoot.

Following practice, Head Coach Mike Smith and requested players will be made available on the field. All other requests for Falcons assistant coaches should be submitted to Vice President of Football Communications, Reggie Roberts, 24 hours in advance. Falcons quarterback Matt Ryan and tight end Tony Gonzalez will be made available to the media following the first practice on May 25. Availabilities for both players following the first practice will be made upon request.

Atlanta Falcons OTA Media Schedule

Date Practice Time
Wednesday, May 26 10:30 a.m.
*Thursday, June 3 10:30 a.m.
Wednesday, June 9 10:30 a.m.
Wednesday, June 16 10:30 a.m.

*Please note practice and media availability is on a Thursday.

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Atlanta Falcons flagship radio station, 92.9 dave fm, turns their station into - Matt FM - for one day to celebrate quarterback Matt Ryan’s 25th birthday today.

There will be a number of events taking place on the station all day that will feature Ryan. Listeners will be encouraged to call-in with questions they would like to ask Ryan. The five winners who will be selected will receive an autographed football signed by the Falcons number one draft pick in 2008. When listeners hear the sound of a Matt Ryan highlight reel they will be encouraged to call-in for a chance to win tickets to the Falcons preseason home opener against the Kansas City Chiefs on Friday, August 13. Twenty-five pairs of tickets will be given out throughout the day (commemorating Ryan’s 25th birthday).

Other interesting things going on at Matt FM include an audio feature of Ryan’s top plays in a Falcons uniform and a photo gallery strictly devoted to the former Boston College star on their website – www.dave.fm.

Ryan will join “Matt FM” at 5:15 p.m. today to answer the five winning questions from listeners and talk about his special day, as well discuss the Falcons offseason.

For more information log on to atlantafalcons.com or dave.fm.

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FLOWERY BRANCH, GA – The Atlanta Falcons will hold its rookie mini-camp from May 17-18, 20-21 at the team’s Flowery Branch headquarters.

The Falcons first practice on Monday, May 17 will be the only session open to the media. Practice begins at 2:20 p.m. and media in attendance may film the session for the first 20 minutes. Head Coach Mike Smith

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