The Morning Fix: Atlanta Falcons looking to move up?
By Randy Gurzi
The Morning Fix gathers all the news you need to know in order to keep up to date with your Atlanta Falcons
There was some excitement about the 2017 NFL season on Thursday as the NFL released the schedule for the upcoming season. There were some interesting things discovered about the Atlanta Falcons season — including them closing the season with five of six games being played in the NFC South.
That schedule release joins a little draft talk as we catch you up with all the news you need to know.
Falcons looking to move up from 31st spot — D. Orlando Ledbetter, Atlanta Journal Constitutional
"“The Falcons have heavily scouted the pass rushers who’ll be available for the upcoming NFL draft, which is set to be held Thursday through Saturday in Philadelphia.The Falcons hold the 31st pick and Missouri’s Charles Harris and Tennessee’s Derek Barnett will be long gone.However, the Falcons believe there will be opportunities to move up into the 20s to land one of the “handful” of players they’ve targeted.”"
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Falcon’s 2017 Schedule Set — Kelsey Conway, Atlanta Falcons Team Website
"The Falcons 2017 regular-season schedule is out. Not surprisingly for a Super Bowl participant, it features five primetime games, including three Sunday Night Football appearances.More interestingly, it’s a schedule of streaks."
A week-by-week look at the Falcons’ 2017 schedule — D. Orlando Ledbetter, Atlanta Journal Constitutional
"The Bears have hitched their wagon to Mike Glennon, the former backup with Tampa Bay. The Bears signed Glennon to a three-year, $45 million contract with $18.5 million guaranteed. The 27-year-old hasn’t started a game since 2014. He’ll be able to lean on running back Jordan Howard, who rushed for 1,313 yards and six touchdowns as a rookie last season."
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2017 NFL Draft: Atlanta Falcons’ top five needs, best fits on the clock at No. 31 — Frank Cooney, NFLDraftScout.com via CBS Sports
"he Falcons have heavily scouted Western Kentucky’s Forrest Lampwith an eye toward converting him to guard. With the retirement of Chris Chester, the Falcons are in need of interior offensive line help. Also, center Alex Mack is 31 and left guard Andy Levitre is 30. The Falcons could select Lamp or Dan Feeney in the first round of the draft if they are available."