2012 MEDIA INFORMATIONTHURS AUG 16, 2012 • FALCONS VS. BENGALS

VS.

BROADCAST INFORMATIONBROADCAST INFORMATION

TelevisionPlay-by-play: Kenny Albert

Color Analyst: Daryl JohnstonColor Analyst: Tony Siragusa

Coverage Provided by:FOX

RadioPlay-by-play: Wes DurhamColor Analyst: Dave Archer

Sideline: John MichaelsCoverage Provided by:

Star 94 (94.1 FM/790 AM)

PRESEASON WEEK 2ATLANTA FALCONS (0-1)

vs.CINCINNATI BENGALS (1-0)

8:00 p.m., Thursday, August 16, 2012Georgia Dome

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Monday, August 13- Practice 3:30 p.m.

Tuesday, August 14- Walkthrough

10:40 a.m.

- Practice 3:30 p.m.

Wednesday, August 15- No Media Availability

Thursday, August 16- Falcons vs. Bengals

- 8:00 p.m.

- Georgia Dome

Friday, August 17- Players Day Off

- No Media Availability

Saturday, August 18- Walkthrough

10:40 a.m.

- Practice 3:30 p.m.

RISE UP

The Atlanta Falcons host the Cincinnati Bengals in the Georgia Dome for the second game of the 2012 preseason on Thursday, August 16. This will be the eleventh time the two clubs have met in the preseason and the fi rst time since 2007. The Falcons hold a 6-4 advantage over the Bengals in the preseason, with Cincinnati beating the Falcons 24-19 in their last matchup in 2007. The Falcons kicked off the preseason with a 31-17 loss to the Baltimore Ravens at the Dome. QB Matt Ryan and WR Julio Jones looked sharp in their 2012 debuts as Ryan completed nine of 13 pass attempts for 155 yards with one touchdown and one interception, while Jones hauled in six of those passes for 109 yards, including a seven-yard touch-down. The Bengals topped the New York Jets, 17-6, in their preseason opener. RB Cedrick Peerman scored a pair of touchdowns for Cincinnati, recovering a blocked punt in the endzone and punching in a one-yard touchdown run to lead the Bengals to the victory.

PRESEASON OPENERPRESEASON OPENER

2012 WEEKLY PRESS RELEASE2012 WEEKLY PRESS RELEASE

To get to the locker rooms following the game, take the press box elevator to the fi eld level (FL).

The home locker room and postgame interview area can be accessed to the left past the information desk after exit-ing the elevator.

The visiting locker room and postgame interview area can be accessed to the right past the information desk after exiting the elevator. Your credential will give you access to both locker rooms and postgame interview areas.

DIRECTIONS TO LOCKER ROOMSDIRECTIONS TO LOCKER ROOMS

Head Coach Mike Smith preaches the importance of starting fast, both offensive-ly and defensively. Last sea-son, the Falcons were one of the NFL’s best team in terms of scoring on their opening drives and limiting oppo-nent’s scoring chances on their fi rst offensive possessions. In 2011, Atlanta posted a fi rst offensive possession point differential of plus-35, which ranked third in the League.

Last season, Atlanta scored 51 points on their opening drives, including six touchdowns, which was the third highest total in the NFL. Defensively, the Falcons held op-ponents to just 16 points and only one touchdown on their fi rst offensive possessions, which was the third best mark in the NFL.

START FASTSTART FAST

1ST OFF. POSS. DIFF.Team Scr. All. Diff.Houston 58 14 +44Baltimore 48 7 +41Atlanta 51 16 +35Miami 44 16 +28Pittsburgh 48 29 +19

All-time preseason results: Falcons lead, 6-4All-time regular season results: Bengals lead, 7-5Coach Smith vs. Bengals: 1-0 (regular season)Coach Smith at home: 26-6 (regular season)Current Regular Season Streak: Falcons, three gamesLast Regular Season Meeting: 2010, Falcons 39-32 (Atl)

ALL-TIME RESULTSALL-TIME RESULTS

GENERAL INFORMATIONGENERAL INFORMATION

Falcons 2012 Regular Season Schedule

Preseason (0-1)Date Opponent Time NetworkAugust 9 BALTIMORE 7:30 p.m. L, 31-17August 16 CINCINNATI 8:00 p.m. FOXAugust 24 at Miami 7:30 p.m. CBS AtlAugust 30 at Jacksonville 6:30 p.m. CBS Atl

Regular Season (0-0)Date Opponent Time NetworkSeptember 9 at Kansas City 1:00 p.m. FOXSeptember 17 DENVER 8:30 p.m. ESPNSeptember 23 at San Diego 4:05 p.m. FOXSeptember 30 CAROLINA 1:00 p.m. FOXOctober 7 at Washington 1:00 p.m. FOXOctober 14 OAKLAND 1:00 p.m. CBSOctober 21 BYEOctober 28 at Philadelphia 1:00 p.m. FOXNovember 4 DALLAS 8:20 p.m. NBCNovember 11 at New Orleans 1:00 p.m. FOXNovember 18 ARIZONA 1:00 p.m.* FOXNovember 25 at Tampa Bay 1:00 p.m.* FOXNovember 29 NEW ORLEANS 8:20 p.m.* NFLNDecember 9 at Carolina 1:00 p.m.* FOXDecember 16 NY GIANTS 1:00 p.m.* FOXDecember 22 at Detroit 8:30 p.m.* ESPNDecember 30 TAMPA BAY 1:00 p.m.* FOX

NFL Postseason ScheduleDate Opponent Time NetworkTBA NFC Wild Card TBA FOXTBA NFC Divisional Playoff TBA FOXTBA NFC Championship TBA FOXTBA AFC-NFC Pro Bowl TBA FOXTBA Super Bowl XLVII TBA CBS

2012 SCHEDULE2012 SCHEDULE

Year Result Location1972 Falcons 44-14 Cin1973 Falcons 31-20 Atl1974 Falcons 13-7 Atl1990 Bengals 34-17 Atl1998 Bengals 17-0 Atl1999 Falcons 28-16 Cin2000 Bengals 31-16 Atl2002 Falcons 27-14 Cin2004 Falcons 30-21 Atl2007 Bengals 24-19 Atl

PRESEASON RESULTS

Team LeadersPassing Cmp. Att. Yards TDs INTs RateMatt Ryan, Atl 347 566 4,177 29 12 92.2Andy Dalton, Cin 300 516 3,398 20 13 80.4

Rushing Att. Yards Avg. Long TDsMichael Turner, Atl 301 1,340 4.5 81t 11Cedric Benson, Cin 273 1,067 3.9 42 6

Receiving Rec. Yards Avg. Long TDsRoddy White, Atl 100 1,296 13.0 43 8A.J. Green, Cin 65 1,057 16.3 58 7

2011 SEASON LEADERS2011 SEASON LEADERS

2011 Regular Season StatisticsFalcons (rank) Bengals (rank) 25.1 (7) Points/Game 21.5 (18) 376.6 (10) Total Offense 319.9 (20) 114.6 (17) Net Rushing Yards/Game 111.1 (19) 262.0 (8) Net Passing Yards/Game 208.8 (20) 32:05 (3) Possession Average 30:19 (13) 21.9 (18) Opponent Points/Game 20.2 (9) 333.6 (12) Opponent Total Offense 316.3 (7) 97.0 (6) Opp. Rushing Yards/Game 104.7 (10) 236.6 (20) Opp. Passing yards/Game 211.6 (9) +8 (5t) Turnover Differential E (17)

TALE OF THE TAPETALE OF THE TAPE

Coaching Connections: Falcons Head Coach Mike Smith, Defensive Coordinator Mike Nolan and Bengals Head Coach Marvin Lewis, were on the staff of the Baltimore Ravens Super Bowl Championship team in 2000. Bengals Defensive Coordinator Mike Zimmer was the Falcons De-fensive Coordinator during the 2007 season. Secondary Coach Tim Lewis and Bengals Defensive Line Coach Jay Hayes were on the same Steelers coaching staff.NFL Connections: Falcons DE John Abraham and Bengals K Mike Nugent played together with the New York Jets in 2005. Nolan coached Bengals CB Nate Clements and LB Manny Lawson during the 2008 season with San Fran-cisco 49ers. Falcons S Chris Hope and Bengals CB Adam Jones played spent the 2006 season with the Tennessee Titans.College Connections: QB John Parker Wilson, OG Mike Johnson, WR Julio Jones, and LB Jerrell Harris were teammates with Bengals T Andre Smith and CB Dre Kirk-patrick at Alabama. Falcons LB Akeem Dent and TE Aron White played at Georgia with Bengals DT Geno Atkins, G Clint Boling, TE Orson Charles and WR A.J. Green. Fal-cons LT Sam Baker, Bengals LB Ray Maualuga and S Tay-lor Mays were teammates at USC.

NOTABLE CONNECTIONSNOTABLE CONNECTIONS

COACHING MATCHUPCOACHING MATCHUP

MIKESMITH

HEAD COACH

In his fi rst four seasons as the Falcons head coach, Mike Smith has established Atlanta as a sustainable and rel-evant franchise in the NFL. During his tenure in Atlanta, the Falcons have compiled a 43-21 regular season record, which is the fi fth best mark in the NFL during

that time. Atlanta has also tallied four consecutive win-ning seasons (2008-11), and is the only team in the NFC to produce a winning record in each of the last four sea-sons (11-5, 9-7, 13-3, 10-6). Smith’s accomplishments in his fi rst four seasons as Atlanta Falcons head coach are simply unprecedented in team history and are among the best in the NFL when measured against his coaching coun-terparts. He became the fi rst coach in franchise history to produce back-to-back winning seasons (2008-09) and in 2011 Smith became the fi rst coach in team history to lead his team to consecutive playoff appearances (2010-11).

COACHING BACKGROUND

2008-12 Falcons Head Coach2003-07 Jaguars Def. Coord.2002 Ravens Linebackers1999-01 Ravens Def. Line1996-98 Tenn. Tech Def. Coord.1988-95 Tenn. Tech ST. Coord.1987 Tenn. Tech Def. Line1986 Morehead St. Def. Line1983-85 San Diego St. Linebackers1982 San Diego St. Asst. Coach

Marvin Lewis enters his 10th season as Bengals head coach, having posted the most wins (69) in franchise his-tory. He has led the team to the postsea-son in two of the last three years. Lewis is the Bengals all-time

leader in seasons as a head coach. Lewis’s owns a 69-74-1 record in regular season and is 0-3 in postseason play. In a win on Oct. 23 of last season at Seattle, Lewis passed Sam Wyche’s franchise record for head-coaching wins. Lewis has risen to third in the NFL in longest current ten-ure with one team, trailing only Philadelphia’s Andy Reid (14th season in 2012) and New England’s Bill Belichick (13 seasons). In the category of most seasons as head coach with any team, Lewis ranks seventh among active coaches. Lewis was named the NFL Coach of the Year in 2009, when the Bengals won the AFC North title and he has led the club to a total of three playoff berths and two division titles. He is the ninth head coach in Bengals history.

COACHING BACKGROUND

2003-12 Bengals Head Coach2002 Redskins Asst. HC/DC1996-01 Ravens Def. Coord.1992-95 Steelers Linebackers1990-91 Univ. of Pitts. Linebackers1987-89 New Mexico Linebackers1985-86 Long Beach St. Linebackers1981-84 Idaho State Linebackers

MARVINLEWIS

HEAD COACH

COACH SPEAK“We’re going to have to play guys a little bit differently, sim-ply because there is a lot of competition, and we want to give guys an opportunity to go out and compete. We’re going to have to make decisions as a staff, in terms of what games we’re going to play guys with the fi rst group, what guys are going to play with the second group, and what guys are going to play in the third group. There are guys that may be third team as we speak today that are going to get a chance to com-pete for a starting position. In terms to the amount of work, we’re going to keep guys fresh. One of the things I think you’ll notice as you watch is we are doing a few more snaps in our practices. Last year, even though they changed the rules on us, we weren’t able to make the adjustments that we felt like we needed to do in terms of our practice schedule and how we were going to do things. We’ve added snaps in our team periods and our skelly periods so the number of snaps are go-ing up because we’re not having two practices. ”

- Falcons Head Coach Mike Smith on his approach to the 2012 preseason.

COACHING CAPSULECoaching Years in NFL: 14th year

Falcons Head Coach: 5th yearRegular Season: 43-21 (.672)

Postseason: 0-3 (.000)

COACHING CAPSULECoaching Years in NFL: 21st year

Ravens Head Coach: 10th yearRegular Season: 69-74-1 (.483)

Postseason: 0-3 (.000)

FALCONS WR RODDY WHITEWhite earned his fourth consecutive Pro Bowl selection in 2011, after catching an NFC-best 100 passes for 1,296 yards with eight touchdowns. He led the NFC in receptions for the second straight season and became the fi rst player in franchise history to record multiple seasons with 100-plus catches. In 2011, White broke WR Terance Mathis’ franchise record for career receiving yards, fi nishing the season with 7,374 career receiving yards. Mathis totaled 7,349 yards in eight seasons from 1994-01. White is one of just eight players to record fi ve straight seasons with at least 80 catches and 1,000 yards.

BENGALS QB ANDY DALTONDalton earned a Pro Bowl nod after an impressive rookie campaign in 2011. He completed 300 of 516 pass attempts for 3,398 yards with 20 touchdowns and 13 interceptions, while leading the Bengals to a 9-7 record and an AFC Wild Card playoff berth.

PLAYERS TO WATCHPLAYERS TO WATCH

OFFENSEWR Roddy White - Became the Falcons all-time leading re-ceiver with 7,364 career receiving yards, breaking Terance Mathis’ franchise record of 7,349 yards set between 1994 and 2001.

LT Sam Baker - Played in 13 games with seven starts and helped QB Matt Ryan throw for a career-high 29 touchdowns in 2011.

LG Justin Blalock - Started at left guard and blocked for a Fal-cons rushing attack that notched a season-high 251 yards and 6.6 yards per carry vs. Tampa Bay (1/1).

C Todd McClure – Part of an offensive line that allowed QB Matt Ryan to throw for a franchise record 4,177 yards in 2011.

RG Garrett Reynolds - Played in all 16 games in 2011, including seven starts at right guard. Cleared rushing lanes for a rushing attack that totaled 1,834 yards last season.

RT Tyson Clabo - Part of an offensive line that helped pro-duce a season-high 481 yards of total offense vs. New Orleans (11/13).

TE Tony Gonzalez - Was named to his 12th Pro Bowl after catching 80 passes for 875 yards with seven touchdowns. Be-came the NFL’s second all-time leading receiver with his 1,149 career receptions.

WR Julio Jones - Posted six touchdowns in the fi nal four games of the regular season and set a franchise record with eight touchdown receptions as a rookie.

QB Matt Ryan - Broke the franchise record for passing yards in a single season after eclipsing QB Jeff George’s club record of 4,143 yards set in 1995. Posted career highs with 4,177 passing yards, 29 touchdown passes and a 92.9 quarterback rating..

RB Michael Turner - Ran an NFC-best 1,340 yards on 301 carries with 10 touchdowns last season. Set a new franchise record for career rushing touchdowns with 50 in his four sea-sons with the club.

FB Mike Cox - Served as the lead blocker for RB Michael Turn-er who ranked thrid in the NFL with 1,340 yards last season.

DEFENSERE John Abraham - Posted 9.5 sacks and forced four fumbles in 2012, including a season-high 3.5 sacks and two forced fum-bles against Jacksonville (12/5). Ran his career sack total to 112.0, which ranks 16th in NFL history. Abraham’s 112.0 sacks are tops among all active players.

DT Jonathan Babineaux - In seven seasons in a Falcons uni-form, has compiled 279 tackles (193 solo), 19.0 sacks, one in-terception, seven forced fumbles, seven fumble recoveries and 15 passes defensed.

DT Peria Jerry - Played in all 16 games with four starts last season. He logged 11 tackles (three solo) with one forced fum-ble and one pass defense.

LE Ray Edwards - Recorded 33 tackles (24 solo) with 3.5 sacks and two fumble recoveries in his fi rst season in Atlanta.

OLB Sean Weatherspoon - Had a breakout season in 2011 with a career-high 127 tackles (86 solo) with four sacks, one fumble recovery and eight passes defensed.

MLB Akeem Dent - Played in all 16 games, primarily on special teams. Led the team with 19 special teams tackles, which was tied for the second-highest total in team history.

OLB Stephen Nicholas - Totaled 28 tackles in 2011, including a key stop on special teams against Philadelphia (9/18) drag-ging down WR DeSean Jackson on a late game punt return.

RCB Dunta Robinson - Posted 58 tackles (46 solo) with two interceptions and nine passes defensed in his second season with the Falcons.

LCB Brent Grimes - Collared 44 tackles (36 solo) with one in-terception, one forced fumble and 14 passes defensed in 2011.

S William Moore - Recorded 62 tackles (37 solo) with one half sack, two interceptions and nine passes defensed in 2011.

S Thomas DeCoud - Picked off four passes last season, includ-ing three which came in the endzone, at Tampa Bay (9/25), at Seattle (10/2), and vs. Carolina (10/16). Posted double-digit tackles four times and ranked third on the team with

PROBABLE STARTERSPROBABLE STARTERS

STARTING LINEUPSTARTING LINEUP

At the start of his tenure, Blank made a three-point com-mitment to Falcons fans which he maintains today as the leader of the franchise.

Put a perennially-winning product on the fi eld.Under Blank, the Falcons have earned four postseason berths, including a trip to the NFC Championship Game in 2004. In 2010, the Falcons posted an NFC-best 13-3 record and clinched their fi rst NFC

South title since 2004.

Provide a great game day experience.The Falcons and the Georgia World Con-gress Center invested $53 million into enhancements inside and outside of the Georgia Dome, including new HD video boards, suite and club seat renovations,

and red and black paint to give the Dome the look and feel of the home of the Falcons.

Have a winning team off the fi eld and in the community.One of the hallmarks of Blank’s philosophy is giving back to the community. The Fal-cons’ community outreach efforts are led by the Atlanta Falcons Youth Foundation (AFYF), the largest team-funded founda-

tion in the NFL. Since 2002, the foundation has awarded more than $16 million in grants to more than 700 non-profi t organizations.

BLANK’S COMMITMENTBLANK’S COMMITMENT

Since acquiring the Falcons in 2002, Owner & Chairman Arthur M. Blank has raised the bar and level of expec-tations for the Falcons in construct-ing a talented and creative team to lead his club both on and off the fi eld. In 2008, Blank looked to a rookie trio to help rebuild his franchise hiring Patriots Director of College Scouting Thomas Dimitroff as his new General Manager, Jaguars’ Defensive Coordinator Mike Smith as his Head Coach and approving the selection of Boston College quarter-back Matt Ryan with the third overall pick in the draft.

In the four seasons since bringing in Dimitroff, Smith and Ryan, the Falcons have gone 43-21, which is the fi fth-best record in the NFL. Atlanta has also posted four consecutive winning seasons and earned back-to-back playoff berths for the fi rst time in franchise history.

Under Blank, the Falcons have posted a 87-72-1 record and a .547 winning percenage, better than the .394 winning percentage that the franchise posted in the 35 years prior to Blank’s purchase of the team.

MAN BEHIND THE CURTAINMAN BEHIND THE CURTAIN

Since 2008, the Falcons have a 26-6 record at the Georgia Dome. Currently, the Falcons only trail the New England Patriots and Baltimore Ravens for the NFL’s best home re-cord over the last four seasons.

28 wins - New England 27 wins - Baltimore26 wins - Atlanta25 wins - New Orleans and Green Bay24 wins - Pittsburgh

NO PLACE LIKE DOMENO PLACE LIKE DOME

Since Blank purchased the team in 2002, the Falcons have sold out 78 of their last 80 home games, including 32 in-a-row from 2008-2011, and from 2002 to 2007, the Fal-cons sold out 43 straight games. The incredible support that fans have shown the team during Blank’s tenure has helped the Falcons to a 50-30 record at the Georgia Dome and Atlanta’s .625 winning percentage at home ranks tied for eighth in the NFL during that time.

SELLOUT CROWDSELLOUT CROWD

OUTSTANDING OWNERSHIPOUTSTANDING OWNERSHIP

RAVE REVIEWS“Arthur Blank clearly got it right when he hired Thomas Dimi-troff and Mike Smith in 2008. The tandem is bright, energetic and forward-thinking when it comes to physical and mental conditioning, and no other general manager/head coach combination has been more aggressive when applying to-day’s technology toward tomorrow’s success. With Dimitroff and Smith behind the wheel, the Falcons are well on their way to becoming one of the NFL’s model franchises.”

- Jim Trotter, Sports Illustrated National NFL writer.

Earlier this year, the Falcons put a new link in the connect-ing chain with their fans by introducing Rise Up Atlanta, a partnership with Hands On Atlanta en-couraging volunteerism across the city.

“Rise Up Atlanta extends the Falcons’ mantra of the last two seasons to rising up in the community to make Atlanta a better place to live,” Blank noted. “One of our core values is giving back to the community and we wanted to provide our fans, as members of the Falcons family, with a conve-nient vehicle to join us in helping others.”

RISE UPRISE UP

WINNING PCT. SINCE ‘08Team W-L Pct.New England 48-16 .750New Orleans 45-19 .703Pittsburgh 45-19 .703Baltimore 44-20 .688Atlanta 43-21 .672

FALCONS UNDER BLANKYears W-L Pct.2002-11 87-72-1 .5471966-01 212-327-5 .394

GM Thomas Dimitroff’s philosophy is centered on the be-lief that the NFL Draft is the major building block to es-tablish a team’s foundation for the future. This strategy, combined with his targeting of key veteran players to shore up various positions, has been the catalyst for the Falcons emergence since 2008.

TEAM CONCEPTTEAM CONCEPT

2012 PROJECTED STARTERS DRAFTED BY ATLANTAOFFENSE

Pos. Player How Acq.WR Roddy White ‘07 DraftLT Sam Baker ‘08 DraftLG Justin Blalock ‘07 DraftC Todd McClure ‘99 DraftRG Garrett Reynolds ‘09 DraftWR Julio Jones ‘11 DraftQB Matt Ryan ‘08 Draft

DEFENSEPos. Player How Acq.DT J. Babineaux ‘05 DraftDT Corey Peters ‘10 DraftLB S. Weatherspoon ‘10 DraftLB Akeem Dent ‘11 DraftLB Stephen Nicholas ‘07 DraftS Thomas DeCoud ‘08 DraftS William Moore ‘09 DraftBold names drafted by Dimitroff

Since becoming the Falcons general manager in 2008, Thomas Dimitroff has em-phasized the importance of building through the draft and supplementing the roster with key veterans in free agency. Since 2008, Atlanta ranks second in the NFL in draft retention as 81.3 percent of the club’s selections remain on the team. In all, the Falcons have retained 26 of 32 draft picks since 2008, eight of those players have become regular starters with 15 starting at least one game.

DRAFT RETENTIONDRAFT RETENTION

GM THOMAS DIMITROFFGM THOMAS DIMITROFF

Falcons general manager Thomas Dimi-troff was named the 2012 Jack Horrigan Award winner by the Professional Football Writers of America. The Horrigan Award is given annually to the League or club offi -cial for his or her qualities and professional style in helping the pro football writers do their job.

Dimitroff is the 39th winner of the Horrigan Award and is the fi rst NFL general manager to receive the honor since 2006. He is third member of the Falcons organization to earn the honor from PFWA.

The award is named for Horrigan, who was a sportswriter for UPI and the Buffalo Evening News, public relations director for the American Football League (1963-66) and vice president of public relations for the Buffalo Bills (1966-73).

HONOR ROLLHONOR ROLL

Atlanta Falcons GM Thomas Dimitroff has been named Executive of the Year by Sporting News two times during his four seasons in Atlanta.

Since 2008, Dimitroff has selected fran-chise cornerstones like QB Matt Ryan, WR Julio Jones, LB Sean Weatherspoon, LT Sam Baker, S Thomas DeCoud and S William Moore through the draft, and added key free agents like RB Michael Turner, TE Tony Gonzalez, CB Asante Samuel and CB Dunta Robinson to shore up various positions.

The moves made by Dimitroff coupled with the on-fi eld coaching of Mike Smith have been the catalysts for the Falcons emergence and consistency over the past four seasons.

MAN WITH A PLANMAN WITH A PLAN

In three seasons as the Falcons General Manager, Thomas Dimitroff re-worked the roster to feature 19 new start-ers from the 2007 campaign. With the Draft being a key to his philosophy, it comes as no surprise that 24 of the 31 players Dimitroff selected between 2008-11 have seen game action and 16 have started games. In all, 27 rookies have been active on game day since 2008.

BUILDING A WINNERBUILDING A WINNER

DRAFT RETENTION 2008-11Team Picks Pct.Minnesota 23/28 82.1Atlanta 26/32 81.3Tennessee 28/36 77.8Houston 24/32 75.0NY Jets 14/19 73.7

FALCONS ROSTER BUILT THROUGH THE DRAFT2012Players RoundPeter Konz 2ndLamar Holmes 3rdBradie Ewing 5thJonathan Massaquoi 5thCharles Mitchell 6thTravian Robertson 7th2011 Players Round*Julio Jones 1stAkeem Dent 3rdJacquizz Rodgers 5thMatt Bosher 6thCliff Matthews 7th2010*Sean Weatherspoon 1st*Corey Peters 3rdMike Johnson 3rd*Joe Hawley 4th*Dominique Franks 5thShann Schillinger 6th

2009*DT Peria Jerry 1st*S William Moore 2nd*CB Chris Owens 3rdDE Lawrence Sidbury 4th*T Garrett Reynolds 5thLB Spencer Adkins 6th*DT Vance Walker 7th2008Players Round*QB Matt Ryan 1st*LT Sam Baker 1st*WR Harry Douglas 3rd*S Thomas DeCoud 3rd*DE Kroy Biermann 5th2007*G Justin Blalock 2nd*LB Stephen Nicholas 4th2005*WR Roddy White 1st*DT J. Babineaux 2nd1999*C Todd McClure 7th*Denotes player that has started at least one game.

Since being named the 14th head coach in Falcons history in 2008, Smith has recorded four consecutive winning sea-sons, back-to-back playoff berths – both fi rsts for the club – and a collective 43-21 record, easily the best four-year coaching mark in franchise history.

Smith’s impressive track record over his fi rst four seasons as a head coach is not only the best in Falcons annals, but ranks among the best four seasons of any fi rst-time head coach in NFL history. Smith ranks tied for fourth in League history in terms of fi rst time coaching records.

ONE FOR THE RECORD BOOKSONE FOR THE RECORD BOOKS

Smith’s Record When...

TWO-MINUTE OFFENSESINCE 2008

Team Pos. Pts.Philadelphia 97 109New Orleans 74 105Indianapolis 80 104NY Giants 89 93Tampa Bay 81 81Atlanta 77 80

HEAD COACH MIKE SMITHHEAD COACH MIKE SMITH

(REGULAR SEASON ONLY)

Overall Record ................................................................. 43-21vs. the NFC ........................................................................ 30-17vs. the AFC ........................................................................... 13-4vs. the NFC South ............................................................. 14-10Home .................................................................................... 26-6Away ..................................................................................... 17-15Day Games (1 p.m. ET) .................................................. 30-14Afternoon Games (4 p.m. ET) ........................................10-3Night Games (8 p.m. ET) .................................................. 4-4Indoors ................................................................................ 30-11Outdoors............................................................................. 13-10Atlanta scores fi rst ............................................................34-9Atlanta leads at halftime ................................................. 36-2Atlanta leads going into the 4th Qtr. ............................ 33-1Atlanta leads in time of possession ............................... 31-7Gains 300+ yards ............................................................ 34-12Holds opponent under 300 yards ................................... 19-1Atlanta has a 300-yard passer .........................................5-6Atlanta has a 100-yard rusher ........................................ 14-3Atlanta has a 100-yard receiver ....................................17-10Atlanta wins the turnover battle ................................... 28-2Atlanta is penalized fi ve or fewer times .....................29-13

WINS IN FIRST FOUR SEASONSCoach Team Yrs W-LGeorge Seifert San Francisco ‘89-92 52-12Chuck Knox LA Rams ‘73-76 44-11-1John Harbaugh* Baltimore ‘08-11 44-20Mike Smith Atlanta ‘08-11 43-21Bill Cowher Pittsburgh ‘92-95 43-21Mike Martz St. Louis ‘00-03 43-21Mike Sherman Green Bay ‘00-03 43-21Mike Tomlin Pittsburgh ‘07-10 43-21

Starting fast and fi nishing strong has been a staple of Smith’s teams during his time in Atlanta. This zoom focus has seen the Falcons post a 34-9 record in games where they score fi rst. At-lanta also owns a 33-1 mark in games where the Birds hold the lead at the start of the fourth quarter. Since 2008, the Falcons lead the League in points scored on their fi rst offensive possession. Atlanta has totaled 173 points in 64 games, including 51 points in 2011.

While the Falcons have been one of the fastest starting teams in the NFL over the last four seasons, they have also been among the League’s best in closing out the fi rst half and the game. Since 2008, the Fal-cons rank sixth in the NFL with 80 points on 77 possessions in the fi nal two minutes of either half, including 19 points in 24 possessions in two-minute situations in 2011.

Despite struggling in two-min-ute situations in 2008, the Fal-cons defense has been impres-sive in closing out halves and games in the last four seasons. The Birds rank second in the League, allowing just 17 points in 53 possessions, beginning in the fi nal two minutes of either half during that time span. In 2011, Atlanta allowed just three points inside two minutes. The three points allowed in Week 11 were the fi rst points the Birds allowed since Week 13 of 2010 in two minute situations.

START FAST, FINSH STRONGSTART FAST, FINSH STRONG

POINTS ON 1ST OFFENSIVE POSSESSION, 2008-11

Team Pts Avg/GAtlanta 173 2.7New Orleans 171 2.7New England 163 2.5Miami 161 2.5Philadelphia 159 2.5

Since 2008, Smith has racked up an impressive list of ac-complishments and accolades while leading the Falcons to four consecutive winning seasons and three playoff berths.

Smith’s Accomplishments• Sporting News Coach of the Year in 2008 and 2010.• KC 101 Club NFC Coach of the Year in 2008 and 2010.• Associated Press NFL Coach of the Year in 2008.• .672 winning percentage - highest in club history through four seasons.• 43 wins - most wins in fi rst four seasons by a Falcons coach.• Second best home record in NFL history in his fi rst three seasons as a head coach.• Second most wins in team history in a single season (13).• Under coach Smith, the Falcons are the only NFC team to post winning records in each of the last four seasons (2008-11).

IMPRESSIVE RESUMEIMPRESSIVE RESUME

TWO-MINUTE DEFENSESINCE 2009

Team Pos. Pts.St. Louis 54 16Atlanta 53 17Kansas City 56 29Green Bay 51 30Two teams tied with 32

The Falcons hired Dirk Koetter as of-fensive coordinator on January 15, 2012. Known for his expertise in the passing game, Koetter has 30 years of coaching experience, including fi ve seasons in the NFL as he served as

the Jacksonville Jaguars offensive coordinator from 2007 to 2011. Last Season, Koetter led an offense that saw RB Maurice Jones-Drew lead the NFL in rushing with 1,606 rushing yards on 343 carries. In fi ve seasons in Jackson-ville, Koetter coached four different players to six Pro Bowl selections, including Jones-Drew who has earned three trips to the Pro Bowl.

Prior to arriving in Jacksonville, Koetter led Arizona State to four bowl games in his six seasons as head coach and fi nished with a 40-34 record. He also served as offensive coordinator and helped the Sun Devils average nearly 30 points per game over six seasons, and the team was ranked in the top 20 in the nation in passing offense in fi ve of his six seasons.

Koetter also spent three seasons as head coach at Boise State University where he compiled a 26-10 mark and two consecutive bowl victories. He was a two-time Big West Coach of the Year honoree and two-time conference champion.

OC DIRK KOETTEROC DIRK KOETTER

The Falcons hired Mike Nolan as defen-sive coordinator on January 17, 2012. Nolan is one of the most experienced defensive coordinators in the NFL, hav-ing served in that capacity for over 14 seasons. Nolan spent the last two sea-

sons as the Miami Dolphins’ defensive coordinator. In 2011, the Dolphins boasted the third best run defense in the NFL, allowing just 95.6 yards per game and 3.7 yards per carry. His defense also produced 41 sacks, which ranked tied for 10th in the League and allowed the sixth fewest points per game at 19.6. The Dolphins also ranked seventh in third-down percentage (33.8) and sixth in red zone defense.

In 2010, Nolan’s defense ranked among the League’s top ten in overall defense, pass defense and run defense, and was one of just fi ve units in the League to accomplish that feat. Nolan joined Miami after spending the 2009 season as the defensive coordinator of the Denver Broncos. Under his tutelage, Denver’s defense improved to seventh in the NFL in total defense after fi nishing 29th in 2008.

Nolan served as the San Francisco 49ers’ head coach from 2005 to 2008. He also spent four seasons with the Balti-more Ravens, including three as defensive coordinator. The New York Giants made him the NFL’s youngest defensive coordinator in 1993 at the age of 34.

DC MIKE NOLANDC MIKE NOLAN

Pat Hill will serve as the Falcons of-fensive line coach in 2012. Hill spent 15 seasons as the head coach at Fresno State University where he led the Bull-dogs to a 112-80 overall record and went to 11 bowl games. Hill led Fresno

State to 15 wins over BCS teams during the last decade, which is the highest win total of any non-BCS team in the nation. Hill has coached a number of NFL players including Falcons guard Andrew Jackson.

PAT HILLPAT HILL

Joe Danna will serve as the Falcons defensive backs coach in 2012. Danna served as an assistant defensive backs coach with the Miami Dolphins for the last two seasons where he worked un-der Falcons defensive coordinator Mike

Nolan. In 2010, the Dolphins secondary ranked eighth in the NFL against the pass. Prior to joining the Dolphins, Danna spent two seasons in Atlanta as a defensive assis-tant (2008-09).

JOE DANNAJOE DANNA

The Falcons also promoted Paul Dunn to offensive line coach, Glenn Thomas to quarterbacks coach, Andrew Weidinger to of-fensive assistant, Dave Caldwell to Director of Player Personnel and DeJuan Polk to Director of Pro Scouting.

Dunn served as the assistant offensive line coach and Thomas served as an offensive assistant from 2008-2011, while Wei-dinger spent the last four seasons as assistant to the head coach/offense. Caldwell has spent the last four seasons as the Falcons’ Director of College Scouting, overseeing Atlanta’s college area and regional scouts. Polk has spent the last six seasons in the Falcons scouting department, including the last four as a pro scout.

STAFF CHANGESSTAFF CHANGES

WELCOME TO ATLANTAWELCOME TO ATLANTA

WING TIPSWING TIPS2011 NFL RANKINGS

Offensive Rankings - 2011 week by week Total Rush Pass NFC NFLWeek 1 (after Chi.) 386.0 110.0 276.0 8-5-8 9-10-10Week 2 (after Phi.) 352.0 124.0 228.0 9-4-12 17-10-21Week 3 (after TB) 343.0 92.7 250.3 9-9-9 19-19-18Week 4 (after Sea.) 360.3 99.8 260.5 7-7-7 12-19-11Week 5 (after GB.) 338.4 98.8 239.6 10-11-8 19-23-14Week 6 (after Car.) 336.2 110.0 226.2 11-6-11 20-16-20Week 7 (after Det.) 335.0 112.7 222.3 10-13-11 17-17-18Week 8 (after BYE) 335.0 112.7 222.3 10-13-11 17-17-18Week 9 (after Ind.) 347.1 119.0 228.1 8-8-10 14-13t-17Week 10 (after NO) 362.0 121.1 240.9 7-6-8 12-12-12Week 11 (after Ten.) 369.0 120.6 248.4 7-6-7 12-11-10Week 12 (after Min.) 365.9 117.7 248.2 8-8-8 13-14-11Week 13 (after Hou.) 363.5 113.8 249.8 8-8-8 13-16-11Week 14 (after Car.) 365.8 111.6 254.2 8-8-7 13-18-10Week 15 (after Jax.) 366.4 110.6 255.8 8-8-6 13-18-9Week 16 (after NO) 373.2 105.5 267.7 8-8-8 10-20-7Week 17 (after TB) 376.6 114.6 262.0 7-7-6 10-17-8

Defensive Rankings - 2011 week by week Total Rush Pass NFC NFLWeek 1 (after Chi.) 377.0 88.0 289.0 8-10-9 17-15-20Week 2 (after Phi.) 412.0 110.5 301.5 13-10-14 27-18-27Week 3 (after TB) 373.0 112.0 261.0 11-10-10 22-20-22Week 4 (after Sea.) 372.8 97.3 275.5 12-7-11 21t-10-24tWeek 5 (after GB) 383.4 89.2 294.2 14-6-15 24-8-28Week 6 (after Car.) 380.8 98.0 282.8 12-6-15 22-8-27Week 7 (after Det.) 364.0 98.4 265.6 10-4-11 20-7-23Week 8 (after BYE) 364.0 98.4 265.6 10-4-11 20-7-23Week 9 (after Ind.) 341.8 96.5 245.3 6-3-10 14-7-19Week 10 (after NO) 344.1 90.3 253.8 6-2-10 14-3t-23Week 11 (after Ten.) 339.5 85.4 254.1 7-2-11 15-2-26Week 12 (after Min.) 329.2 83.5 245.7 2-2-9 9-2-23Week 13 (after Hou.) 329.8 90.0 239.8 3-2-9 10-3-21Week 14 (after Car.) 336.5 95.2 241.3 4-2-8 13-5-22Week 15 (after Jax.) 327.2 96.6 230.6 3-2-6 9-4-17Week 16 (after NO) 336.3 101.1 235.1 4-4-8 12-8-19Week 17 (after TB) 333.6 97.0 236.6 4-3-7 12-6-20

Since 2008, the Falcons have been one of the best teams in the NFL in games decided by eight points or less. During that span, Atlanta has posted a 9-6 record in 15 games determined by a fi eld goal or less, including a two-point win over the Seattle Seahawks in Week 4. Over the last four seasons, Atlanta leads the League with a .688 winning percentage in games decided by eight points or less.

CLOSE SHAVECLOSE SHAVE

CLOSE GAMESTeam W-L Pct.Atlanta 22-10 .688NY Giants 18-9 .667Indianapolis 22-12 .647Pittsburgh 23-13 .639New England 15-10 .600

ACTIVE STREAKS

Games with a reception:179 - Tony Gonzalez^84 - Roddy White^Longest active streak in NFL

Games with a TD pass:15 - Matt Ryan

1,000-yard seasons:5 - Roddy White

60+ catch seasons:13 - Tony Gonzalez*5 - Roddy White

* - NFL Record

Last season, the Falcons were one of the best teams in the League in terms of converting goal-line situations into points The Falcons scored 19 touch-downs on 22 drives in goal-to-go situations from inside the oppo-nents fi ve-yard line.

• Atlanta also ranked second with 21 scores in goal-to-go inside the fi ve situations.

SHORT FIELDSHORT FIELD

1st & GOAL INSIDE FIVETeam Drives TDsNew England 26 21Atlanta 22 19New Orleans 21 17Detroit 17 15NY Jets 15 15Philadelphia 23 15

In 2011, the Falcons were among the NFC’s best teams in terms of third-down conversions. Atlanta converted 44.2 percent of its third downs, which ranked sixth in the NFL and third in the NFC.

The Falcons were successful in moving the chains, notching 349 fi rst downs, including 100 on the ground, 215 through the air and 34 by penalty. The Birds’ 21.8 fi rst downs per game ranked tied for sixth in the NFL in 2011.

MOVING THE CHAINSMOVING THE CHAINS

Since 2008, the Falcons have been among the top teams in the NFC in both scoring offense and scoring defense. At-lanta is averaging 24.5 points per game on offense over the last four seasons, while allowing just 20.1 points per game on defense during that span.

IT’S ALL ABOUT POINTSIT’S ALL ABOUT POINTS

2008-11 NFC SCORING BREAKDOWNScoring OffenseTeam Pts./GNew Orleans 29.8Green Bay 28.6Philadelphia 26.3NY Giants 25.3Atlanta 24.5

Scoring DefenseTeam Pts./GSan Francisco 19.3Green Bay 19.9Atlanta 20.1Philadelphia 20.8Chicago 21.1

NFC 3RD CONVERSIONSTeam Att. Conv. Eff.New Orleans 208 118 56.7Green Bay 189 91 48.1Atlanta 224 99 44.2Philadelphia 205 85 41.5Carolina 185 75 40.5

FIRST DOWNSTeam 1st DownsNew Orleans 416New England 399San Diego 359Philadelphia 356Green Bay 353Atlanta 349Detroit 349

OFFENSIVE NEWS AND NOTESOFFENSIVE NEWS AND NOTES

On day one of the 2011 NFL Draft, the Falcons traded up from the 27th spot to sixth overall to select Alabama wide receiver Julio Jones. In 13 games, Jones made a lasting impression rank-ing second among rookies with 959 yards on 54 catches and leading all fi rst-year receivers with eight touchdowns despite missing three games.

• Jones posted back-to-back 100-yard games at Tampa Bay in Week 3 and at Seattle in Week 4. He is the fi rst Falcons rookie since Alfred Jenkins in 1975 to accom-plish that feat and the fi rst NFL rookie to do so since DeSean Jackson in 2008.

• Jones became the fi rst Falcons rookie to record 11 re-ceptions in a game when he posted 11 catches for 127 yards at Seattle in Week 4. The last NFL rookie to post 11-or-more catches in a game was Denver’s Eddie Royal in 2008.

Jones posted the best season by a Falcons rookie receiver after notching 54 receptions for 959 yards and eight touchdowns. He recorded more yards and touchdowns than any Falcons rookie before him and only Shawn Col-lins caught more passes in his fi rst season when he pulled down 58 balls in 1989.

QUICK STARTERQUICK STARTER

ROOKIE RECEIVING TDsPlayer Rec. Yards TDJulio Jones 54 959 8 A.J. Green 65 1,057 7 Torrey Smith 50 841 7 Titus Young 48 607 6 Denarius Moore 33 618 5

Putting points on the board when in the red zone is vi-tal to a team’s success. In 2011, the Falcons scored 280 points in the red zone, including 31 touchdowns in 59 trips inside the 20 yard line. Atlanta came away with points 52 times in those 54 trips. The Birds’ 88.1 scor-ing percentage inside the red area ranked eighth in the NFL and fi fth in the NFC last season.

SEEING REDSEEING RED

RED ZONE SCORINGTeam Pos. Scr. Eff.Green Bay 66 62 93.9Detroit 58 54 93.1San Francisco 54 50 92.6Chicago 38 34 89.5Atlanta 59 52 88.1

As a result of its long drives and balanced attack, Atlanta ranked third in the NFL in average time of possession in 2011. The Falcons chewed up 32:05 per game, includ-ing an impressive 36:59 in a Week 11 win over Tennessee at the Geor-gia Dome.

CLOCKING INCLOCKING IN

POSSESSION AVG.Team TOPHouston 32:41Pittsburgh 32:33Atlanta 32:05San Francisco 32:02New Orleans 31:46

In 2011, the Falcons of-fense was once again led by the three-pronged attack of QB Matt Ryan under center, RB Michael Turner in the

backfi eld and WR Roddy White down the fi eld. Ryan set a franchise record with 4,177 passing yards, while Turner rushed for over 1,300 yards for the second straight season and White logged over 1,000 receiving yards for the fi fth straight season.

2011 marked the seventh time in franchise history that the Birds posted the 3k-1k-1k trifecta. Ryan, Turner and White are the fi rst trio to accomplish the feat three different times. Ryan’s 4,177 passing yards, marked only the second time in club history the team has had a 4,000 yard passer, 1,000 yard rusher and 1,000 receiver. Atlanta also accom-plished the feat in 1995.

TRIPLE TROUBLETRIPLE TROUBLE

3K PASSER - 1K RUSHER - 1K Year QB RB WR2011 M. Ryan M. Turner R. White2010 M. Ryan M. Turner R. White2008 M. Ryan M. Turner R. White1998 C. Chandler J. Anderson T. Martin1995 J. George C. Heyward E. Metcalf1981 S. Bartkowski W. Andrews A. Jenkins1980 S. Bartkowski W. Andrews A. Jenkins

The Falcons offense has thrived on ball control in the last four seasons. Since 2008, Atlanta leads the League with 62 touchdowns on drives lasting 10 plays or more. Atlanta has also been one of the League’s most effi cient teams when it comes to getting points out of its long drives. Since 2008, the Falcons lead the NFL with 115 scores and have posted an 83 percent scoring effi ciency on drives of 10 plays or longer.

In 2011, the Falcons ranked second in the League with 133 points on 33 drives lasting 10 plays or more. Atlanta scored 13 touchdowns which ranked tied for fi fth in the NFL and add-ed 14 fi eld goals on 10 play drives last season.

THE LONG HAULTHE LONG HAUL

10-PLAY DRIVES, SINCE 2008Team Pos. 10 Play TDsAtlanta 709 139 62Indianapolis 689 133 61New Orleans 725 130 55

10-PLAY DRIVE BREAKDOWNTeam 10 Play Scr. Eff.Atlanta 139 115 .83Miami 116 96 .83Houston 110 90 .82New Orleans 130 106 .82

2011 10-PLAY DRIVESTeam 10 Play Pts.New Orleans 38 154Atlanta 33 133New England 28 132Baltimore 32 130Green Bay 23 126

DEFENSIVE NEWS AND NOTESDEFENSIVE NEWS AND NOTES

Over the last two seasons, Atlanta has been one of the League’s best teams in terms of limiting oppo-nent’s ability to effectively run the ball. In 2011, the Birds held op-ponents to 97.0 rushing yards per game, which ranked sixth in the League. Atlanta held eight of its 16 opponents to under 100 rushing yards, including four of its last eight games. The defense allowed a an individual 100-yard rusher just three times in the last 19 games.

Last season, the Falcons were one of the League’s best teams in terms of lim-iting opponents successful rushes by holding them to less than four yards per car-ry. Opponents averaged 4.1 yards per carry against the Falcons defense. Additionally, the Birds allowed just 40.6 percent of runs to gain four-or-more yards, which ranked ninth in the League and fourth in the NFC in 2011. Atlanta’s defense also stopped opponents in the backfi eld 41 times.

HITTING THE WALLHITTING THE WALL

RUN DEFENSETeam Yds/GSan Francisco 77.3Baltimore 92.6Miami 95.6Houston 96.0Chicago 96.4Atlanta 97.0

NFC OPP. 4+ YARD RUNSTeam Runs 4+ Pct.Chicago 384 146 38.0San Francisco 353 136 38.5Seattle 473 187 39.5Atlanta 372 151 40.6

Last season, Atlanta held opponents under 20 points eight times, includ-ing seven of the last 11 games. One of the keys to the Falcons ablity to limit opponents scoring was their success on teams’ fi rst offensive posses-sions. The Falcons surrendered 16 points on opponents’ fi rst offensive possessions in 2011. In Week 16, New Orleans became the fi rst team to score a touchdown on its fi rst possession against the Falcons in 16 games dating back to 2010.

SCOREBOARD WATCHINGSCOREBOARD WATCHING

FIRST POSSESSIONSTeam Pts. Baltimore 7Houston 14Atlanta 16Miami 16Arizona 17

In 2011, Atlanta was one of the League’s top defenses with its back against the wall in the red zone. The Falcons held oppo-nents to an 78.7 scoring percent-age inside the red area, allow-ing 22 touchdowns and 15 fi eld goals on 47 drives inside the 20. Atlanta also held opponents to a 46.8 touchdown ef-fi ciency in the red zone, which ranked eighth in the League. Additionally, the Falcons led the NFL with seven red zone takeaways.

RED ZONE SHUTDOWNRED ZONE SHUTDOWN

RED ZONE DEFENSETeam Scores Eff.Baltimore 31 73.8Atlanta 37 78.7Philadelphia 37 78.7NY Giants 49 80.3Chicago 45 80.4

In 2011, the Falcons posted 33 sacks, including a season-high fi ve at Chi-cago and vs. Jacksonville. DE John Abraham led the team with 9.5 sacks. DE Lawrence Sidbury and LB Sean Weatherspoon each had four sacks. While DE Ray Edwards had 3.5 sacks and DT Corey Peters notched three sacks.

• Atlanta sacked Packers QB Aaron Rodgers four times in a Week 5 loss and brought down Panthers rookie QB Cam Newton twice in a Week 6 win. The Falcons fol-lowed that up with three sacks of Lions QB Matthew Stafford in a Week 7 win.

• DE Lawrence Sidbury had a career-day posting two sacks vs. Minn to double his total for the season. He pulled down Ponder twice in the third quarter and added a pair of tackles. His four sacks last season were a career-high.

• Atlanta notched three sacks at Houston in Week 13, in-cluding a strip sack by DT Vance Walker. DE John Abra-ham and LB Curtis Lofton also dragged down Texans QB T.J. Yates.

• LB Sean Weatherspoon and DE Ray Edwards each sacked Panthers QB Cam Newton in Atlanta’s 31-23 win at Carolina in Week 14. Two of Edwards three sacks this season came against the Panthers.

• DE John Abraham had one of his best games as a Fal-con against Jacksonville, sacking QB Blaine Gabbert 3.5 times and forcing two fumbles.

SACK ATTACKSACK ATTACK

The Falcons caused at least one turnover in 27 consecutive games between 2010 and 2011, which was the longest active streak in the NFL and the longest streak since Chicago posted 25 straight games with a take-away between 2007 and 2008. In a Week 15 win over Jacksonville, the Falcons defense forced a season-high four turnovers. Atlanta’s defense forced 29 takeaways in 2011 and recorded at least one takeaway in 33 of its last 35 games.

TURNING IT OVERTURNING IT OVER

TOTAL POINTSPlayer Year PtsJay Feely 2002 138Jason Elam 2008 129Matt Bryant 2010 128Matt Bryant 2011 126

Special teams play an integral role in putting the offense and defense in position to have suc-cess. In 2011, rookie P Matt Bosh-er pinned opponents inside their own 20-yard line 27 times, which was tied for 10th in the NFL. Fal-cons opponents started 62 of their 180 offensive possessions inside their own 20-yard line, which led the League.

In 2011, the Falcons punt cover-age unit was the League’s best holding opponents to just 4.8 yards per punt return. Bosher punted 70 times this season with only 31 of those punts being re-turned. Atlanta only allowed 150 total punt return yards, which ranked among the League leaders.

PINNING THEM DEEPPINNING THEM DEEP

Rookie LB Akeem Dent made an in-stant impact on special teams in his fi rst season with the Falcons. Dent notched 19 special teams tackles, which was tied for the second-highest total in team history. Artie Ulmer’s 21 stops in 2002 are the most, while Dent is tied with teammate RB Jason Snelling who also logged 19 in 2008.

• Dent forced Lions kick returner Stefan Logan to fumble on a kickoff return at Detroit (10/23), which was recoverd by Snelling and resulted in a one-yard touchdown run by QB Matt Ryan.

MAKING A DENTMAKING A DENT

DRIVES INSIDE 20Team Pos. In 20Atlanta 180 62NY Jets 208 60Cincinnati 200 58Arizona 204 55New England 181 55

TACKLESPlayer SpT Artie Ulmer 21Akeem Dent 19Jason Snelling 19Darryl Ford 18

K Matt Bryant connected on three fi eld goals from 23, 47 and 40-yards in Atlan-ta’s Week 7 win at Detroit setting a new franchise record with 27 consecutive made fi eld goals dating back to 2010. In 2011, he made 27 of 29 fi eld goal attempts and increased his franchise record of consecutive made kicks to 30 before missing a 41 yarder against New Orleans in Week 9.

Bryant’s string of 30 straight kicks is the longest streak in team history. He passed Norm Johnson, who hit 26 straight from 1992-1993.

GOING STREAKINGGOING STREAKING

In 2011, Matt Bryant hit 27 of his 29 fi eld goal at-tempts, including a string of 14 in-a-row to start the season. Bryant’s 93.1 fi eld goal percentage led the NFL last season. Since he joined the Falcons in 2009, Bryant’s 88.6 fi eld goal percentage ranks second in the League.

PINPOINT ACCURACYPINPOINT ACCURACY

FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGETeam FGM FGA Pct.Matt Bryant 27 29 93.1Connor Barth 26 28 92.9Josh Scobee 23 25 92.0Rob Bironas 29 32 90.6Alex Henery 24 27 88.9

K Matt Bryant’s 93.1 fi eld goal percentage in 2011 was the third-highest mark in team history and his 27 made fi eld goals are the second most in club annals.

Last season, Bryant totaled 126 points, which was the fourth-highest single-season total in team history. Jay Feely set a club record with 138 points in 2002. Bryant also owns the third-high-est mark with his 128 points in 2010.

IMPRESSIVE COMPANYIMPRESSIVE COMPANY

FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGETeam FGM FGA Pct.Norm Johnson 26 27 96.3Jason Elam 29 31 93.5Matt Bryant 26 28 93.1Falcons History

SPECIAL TEAMS NEWS AND NOTESSPECIAL TEAMS NEWS AND NOTES

PUNT RETURN AVGTeam Ret. Avg.Atlanta 4.8Chicago 5.4Philadelphia 5.7Tennessee 6.1New Orleans 6.2

Under the guidance of Special Teams Coordinator Keith Armstrong, Atlanta’s special teams units have been a staple of the Falcons success over the last four seasons. His teams have fi nished in the top 10 each year and have limited opponents to the fewest punt return yards (729 total yards) and the third lowest punt return average (6.9 yards per return) over the last four years.

A SPECIAL UNITA SPECIAL UNIT

NFL PUNT COVERAGE 2008-11Punt Ret. YardsTeam YardsAtlanta 729New England 737Houston 879

Punt Ret. Avg.Team Avg.Jacksonville 6.5Chicago 6.7Atlanta 6.9

Pro Bowl QB Matt Ryan set a frachise record for passing yards in a single season, throwing for 4,177 yards in 2011. He broke the record with a 48-yard touchdown pass to WR Julio Jones in Week 17.

QB Matt Ryan set a career high with 29 touchdown passes in 2011. He has thrown at least one touchdown pass in 15 straight games, and has found a receiver in the endzone in 30 of his last 31 games. In Atlanta’s Week 2 win over Philadelphia, Ryan set a career-high with four touch-down passes. He also tossed four touchdowns against Carolina in Week 14. Ryan threw for three-or-more touchdowns six times in 2011 and 11 times in his career.

• Since 2008, the Falcons own a 24-5 record when Ryan throws multiple TD passes and are 40-13 when he fi nds a man in the endzone at least once. His 95 touchdowns since 2008 rank fourth in the NFC and sixth overall.

SLINGING THE ROCKSLINGING THE ROCK

With the third overall selection in the 2008 NFL Draft, Falcons rookie general manager Thomas Dimitroff and Head Coach Mike Smith found their franchise quarterback in Boston College’s Matt Ryan. Ryan immedi-ately took over the starting job under cen-ter and has led the Falcons to a 43-19 record as a starter. During his four seasons under center, Ryan has already be-gun climbing up the Falcons all-time passing records lists.

• Ryan’s 95 touchdown passes are the second most in team history. He passed Chris Chandler (87) and Chris Miller (87) with his four touchdown performance at Carolina in Week 14.

• Ryan has completed 1,232 of 2,022 pass attempts for 14,238 yards, which ranks second in Falcons history. He moved past Chris Miller with his 373-yard showing at New Orleans in Week 16.

FRANCHISE FINDFRANCHISE FIND

TOUCHDOWNSPlayer TDsSteve Bartkowski 154Matt Ryan 95Chris Chandler 87Chris Miller 87

PASSING YARDSPlayer YardsSteve Bartkowski 23,470Matt Ryan 14,238Chris Miller 14,066Chris Chandler 13,268

Quarterbacks are often judged by their play in tight games in the fourth quarter and their ability to put together game-winning drives late in games. Ryan has shown an ability to rise to the challenge in pressure situations by leading the Falcons on 16 game-win-ning drives in the fourth quarter or overtime dur-ing his fi rst four seasons under center in Atlanta.

The Pro Bowl signal caller led the Falcons on three game-winning drives in the fourth quarter in 2011 including, a Week 2 win over Philadelphia, a and a pair of comeback Carolina in Week 6 and Week 14.

MATTY ICEMATTY ICE

GAME-WINNING DRIVESDate Opponent Score10/05/08 Green Bay 27-2410/12/08 Chicago 22-2012/14/08 Tampa Bay* 13-1012/28/08 St. Louis 31-2710/18/09 Chicago 21-1412/20/09 NY Jets 10-701/03/10 Tampa Bay 20-1009/26/10 New Orleans* 27-2410/03/10 San Francisco 16-1410/24/10 Cincinnati 39-3211/11/10 Baltimore 26-2111/28/10 Green Bay 20-1712/05/10 Tampa Bay 28-2409/18/11 Philadelphia 35-3110/16/11 Carolina 31-1712/11/11 Carolina 31-23*denotes game winning drive in OT.

In his four seasons under center, QB Matt Ryan posted a 43-19 record, which is the second best mark by a quarterback in his fi rst four seasons since 1950. Only Ravens QB Joe Flacco has more wins in his fi rst four seasons, posting 44. In 2010, Ryan tied Hall of Fame QB Dan Marino for the most wins by a quar-terback in his fi rst three seasons with 33.

• Ryan’s .694 winning percentage since 2008 is the fi fth best in the NFL and the second-highest mark in the NFC.

• Ryan, Flacco and Marino are the only quarterbacks since 1950 to post 40-or-more wins in their fi rst four seasons.

RARE AIRRARE AIR

NFL QB WINS FIRST FOUR YEARSPlayer Years WinsJoe Flacco 2008-11 44Matt Ryan 2008-11 43Dan Marino 1983-86 41Otto Graham 1950-53 39Ben Roethlisberger 2004-07 39

FRANCHISE RECORDS4,177 Most passing yards (season, 2011)571 Most passes attempted (season)357 Most passes completed (season)88.4 Highest passer rating (career)60.9 Highest completion pct. (career)6 Most 300-yard games (season, 2011)

QB MATT RYANQB MATT RYAN

NFC TD LEADERSPlayer TDsDrew Brees 147Aaron Rodgers 131Eli Manning 108Matt Ryan 95Tony Romo 94*Since 2008

TE TONY GONZALEZTE TONY GONZALEZ

Pro Bowl TE Tony Gonzalez caught seven passes for 100 yards at Hous-ton in Week 13, improving his NFL record for 100-yard receiving games by a tight end to 28.

Gonzalez recorded 80 catches for 875 yards in 2011, giving him 13,338 career receiving yards. He passed WR Andre Reed for 11th place on the NFL’s all-time receiving list in Week 14 and he is the fi rst tight end, and 13th player in NFL history, to have over 13,000 receiving yards in a ca-reer. The 11-time Pro Bowler is 44 yards shy of passing WR Torry Holt (13,382 yards) for 10th place. Gonzalez became the fi rst tight end and 13th player in NFL history to record 13,000 career receiving yards in Atlanta’s Week 11 win over Tennessee.

MOVING UP THE CHARTSMOVING UP THE CHARTS

CAREER LEADERS, RECEIVING YARDSRank Player Seasons Rec. Yards10th Torry Holt 11 13,38211th Tony Gonzalez 15 13,33812th Andre Reed 16 13,198

Falcons TE Tony Gonzalez moved into sec-ond place on the NFL’s all-time receptions list with a two-yard catch in the second-quarter of Atlanta’s Week 7 win over the Detroit Lions. In 2011, Gonzalez pushed his total to 1,149 career receptions. In 2010, he became the fi rst tight end in League history to record 1,000 receptions.

Gonzalez holds a num-ber of NFL records at the tight end position, including most career receiving yards, most career receptions, most receptions in a single season, most touch-down catches, most 100-yard receiving games and most 1,000-yard seasons. He is the NFL’s second leading receiver over-all and his 1,149 career catches are an NFL record for tight ends.

STACKING UPSTACKING UP

NFL ALL-TIME RECEIVERSPlayer Years Rec.Jerry Rice 1985-04 1,549Tony Gonzalez* 1997-11 1,149Marvin Harrison 1996-08 1,102Cris Carter 1987-02 1,101Tim Brown 1988-04 1,094Terrell Owens 1996-10 1,078Isaac Bruce 1994-09 1,024*Denotes active player

Gonzalez caught a touchdown in six games last season, including a pair of scores in Atlanta’s 35-31 win over Phila-delphia in Week 2. He pulled down touch-down catches in three straight games vs. Philadelphia (9/18), at Tampa Bay (9/25) and at Seattle (10/2). The last time he caught touchdowns in consecutive games was in his fi rst two games in a Fal-cons uniform in 2009. He also caught TDs in three consec-utive games, at Indianapolis (11/6), against New Orleans (11/13) and vs. Tennessee (11/20).

• Since he was accquired in a trade in 2009, Gonzalez has posted 19 touchdowns, which is the fourth most by a tight end in the NFL during that time span.

• Since 2009, he has notched 233 receptions, which ranks second in the League among tight ends behind Jason Witten (267).

RISING UPRISING UP

TE Tony Gonzalez hauled in seven passes for 100 yards at Houston in Week 13, giving him 66 receptions on the season and marking his 13th consecutive season with 60-plus receptions. Gonzalez broke the NFL record for consecutive 60-catch seasons in 2010. Gonzalez has posted 60-or-more catches in 13 of his 15 NFL seasons.

MILESTONES MILESTONES

NFL RECORDS HELD BY GONZALEZ13,338 Most receiving yards by a TE1,149 Most receptions in a career by a TE102 Most receptions in a season by a TE95 Most touchdown receptions by a TE28 Most 100-yard receiving games by a TE13 Consecutive 60+ catch seasons4 Most 1,000-yard seasons by a TE

TE Tony Gonzalez continued to shine in his 15th season in the NFL. He fi nished the regular season ranked fourth with 80 catches and fi fth with 875 yards among tight ends. His seven touchdowns were tied for the third most among tight ends in 2011.

• Gonzalez was named to his 12th Pro Bowl squad after catching 80 passses for 875 yards in 2011. Gonazlez has now posted 80-or-more receptions fi ve times and 800-or-more yards 11 times, including two of his three seasons with the Falcons.

ONE OF A KINDONE OF A KIND

2011 TIGHT ENDS TDsPlayer Rec. TDsRob Gronkowski 90 17Jimmy Graham 99 11Jermichael Finley 55 8Tony Gonzalez 80 7Antonio Gates 64 7Aaron Hernandez 79 7

60-CATCH SEASONSPlayer YearsTony Gonzalez* 13Derrick Mason 11Jerry Rice 11* - denotes active player

RB MICHAEL TURNERRB MICHAEL TURNER

RB Michael Turner has provided the Falcons with a reliable scor-ing option in his four seasons with the team. In 59 career games in an Atlanta uniform, Turner has tallied 50 rushing touchdowns, which ranks sec-ond in the NFL over that time period. In 2008, he set a franchise record with 17 rushing TDs and in 2010, Turner found the endzone 12 times. Only Minnesota’s Adrian Peterson has scored more rushing touchdowns in the last four seasons than Turner.

With two touchdowns in Atlan-ta’s Week 17 win vs. Tampa Bay, Turner broke RB Gerald Riggs’ franchise record for career rush-ing touchdowns. Riggs tallied 48 touchdowns between 1982 and 1988. Turner’s 50 touchdowns are the third most overall touchdowns in team history with WR Terance Mathis own-ing the club record with 57 career scores. With 11 touch-downs last season, Turner became the fi rst running back in team history to score 10-or-more touchdowns in four straight seasons.

In 2011, Turner has continued his impressive scoring run as his 11 touchdowns lead the team and rank tied for sixth in the NFL among running backs. He totaled 66 points through last season, which is tied for the 11th-highest point total among non-kickers. Since 2008, Turner ranks second among non-kickers with 300 points. He is one of two non-kickers to total 300-plus points during that time.

GROUND GAME GROUND GAME

Since arriving in Atlanta in 2008, Turner has rushed for 5,281 yards, 50 touchdowns and 89.5 yards per game. Turner is one of only two running backs in the NFL to amass 5,000 rushing yards and 50 touchdowns since 2008. His yardage total and yards per game total rank third in the League during that time span.

FACTOR BACKFACTOR BACK

Turner posted an NFC-best four runs of 50-plus yards in 2011, including an 81-yard touchdown against Tampa Bay, a 53-yard run at Chicago, a 61-yard scam-per against Philadelphia and 50-yarder at Detroit. Turner also posted 100 yards on the ground all four games. Since arriving in Atlanta, Turner has often burnt opposing defenses for big gains. He ranks third in the NFL in “big runs” rolling off 134 runs of 10-or-more yards in his four seasons in the ATL. Since 2008, the Falcons rank tied for ninth in the League with 209 runs of 10-plus yards.

• Turner posted his longest touchdown run as a Falcon with his 81-yard touchdown run against Tampa Bay in Week 17. It was the second-longest touchdown run in Falcons history behind RB Warrick Dunn’s 90-yard touchdown against the Giants in 2006.

BURN NOTICEBURN NOTICE

BIG RUNS SINCE 2008Player Big RunsChris Johnson 148Adrian Peterson 143Michael Turner 134Steven Jackson 125Maurice Jones-Drew 124*Runs of 10-more yards

RUNNING BACKS SINCE 2008Player YardsChris Johnson 5,645Adrian Peterson 5,411Michael Turner 5,281Player Yards/GAdrian Peterson 91.7Chris Johnson 89.6Michael Turner 89.5

RUSHING TDs 2008-11Player TDsAdrian Peterson 52Michael Turner 50Maurice Jones-Drew 40Chris Johnson 38Brandon Jacobs 36

FRANCHISE RECORDS220 Most rushing yards in a game50 Most career rushing touchdowns24 Most points scored in a game17 Most touchdowns in a season4 Most rushing touchdowns in a game

Pro Bowl RB Michael Turner ran for a season-high 172 yards and two touchdowns against Tampa Bay in Week 17, setting a franchise record for career rushing touchdowns with 50.

CAREER RUSHING TDsPlayer TDsMichael Turner 50Gerald Riggs 48Jamal Anderson 34*Falcons History

SCORING 2008-11Player PtsAdrian Peterson 324Michael Turner 300Maurice Jones-Drew 288Calvin Johnson 274Chris Johnson 254

Since 2008, RB Michael Turner has carried the ball 1,189 times for 5,281 yards. After just four seasons, Turner already ranks fi fth on the team’s all-time rush-ing list. He is the shortest ten-ured player in the teams top fi ve and trails RB Jamal Anderson by 55 yards for fourth place.

• Turner became the fi fth rusher in team history to record 5,000 rushing yards in Atlanta’s Week 14 win over the Carolina Panthers.

RUNNING FOR RECORDSRUNNING FOR RECORDS

RUSHING YARDSPlayer YardsGerald Riggs 6,631William Andrews 5,986Warrick Dunn 5,981Jamal Anderson 5,336Michael Turner 5,281

Pro Bowl WR Roddy White caught 4 passes for 69 yards in Atlanta’s Week 17 win over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. He became the Falcons’ all-time leading receiver with 7,374 career receiving yards.

In 2011, WR Roddy White ran his career re-ceiving yardage total to 7,374 yards, passing WR Terance Mathis for the franchise record. Mathis totaled 7,349 yards in eight seasons from 1994-01. In his seven seasons with the Fal-cons, White has recorded 45 touchdowns which is the third most in team history.

• White improved his franchise record for 100-yard re-ceiving games to 28 with his 11 catch, 127-yard effort at New Orleans in Week 16.

• White fi nished the regular season with 100 receptions for 1,296 yards and eight touchdowns.

AIMING HIGHAIMING HIGH

FALCONS ALL-TIME RECEIVINGYears Player Yards2005-11 Roddy White 7,3741994-01 Terance Mathis 7,3491975-83 Alfred Jenkins 6,2671990-94 Andre Rison 5,633

FRANCHISE RECORDS7,374 Most career receiving yards1,389 Most receiving yards in a season210 Most receiving yards in a game115 Most receptions in a single season28 Most 100-yard receiving games5 Most consecutive 1,000 yard seasons

After leading the League and setting a franchise record with 115 receptions in 2010, WR Rod-dy White continued to show he was QB Matt Ryan’s favorite tar-get in 2011. White hauled in an NFC-high 100 passes and ranked second in the NFL behind New England’s Wes Welker. White is the only player to post 100-or-more catches in each of the last two seasons. TE Tony Gonzalez also fi nished in the top 15 with 80 catches.

• Since 2008, White leads the NFC and ranks second in the NFL with 388 receptions. Additionally, his 36 touch-downs are the third most in the League during that time. Only White, Calvin Johnson and Larry Fitzgerald have totaled 300-or-more catches and 35-plus touchdowns over the last four seasons.

IN GOOD HANDSIN GOOD HANDS

NFL RECEPTIONSPlayer Rec.Wes Welker 122Roddy White 100Jimmy Graham 99Calvin Johnson 96Rob Gronkowski 90

TD CATCHES SINCE ‘08Player TDsCalvin Johnson 45Larry Fitzgerald 39Roddy White 36Greg Jennings 34Antonio Gates 33

FALCONS HISTORYPlayer TDsTerance Mathis 57Andre Rison 56Roddy White 45Alfred Jenkins 40

In seven seasons with the Fal-cons, White has totaled 530 receptions. He currently ranks second on the club’s all-time receptions list behind Terance Mathis (573). In a Week 14 win over Carolina, White became just the second Falcon receiver to post 500 career recep-tions. White is the only player in frachise history to post fi ve straight 1,000-yard seasons.

HOT HANDSHOT HANDS

FALCONS HISTORYPlayer Rec.Terance Mathis 573Roddy White 530Andre Rison 423Alfred Jenkins 360

WR Roddy White became the eighth receiver in NFL history to record fi ve consecutive seasons with at least 80 catches and 1,000 receiving yards. He joins Tim Brown (1993-99), Cris Carter (1993-97), Marvin Harrison (1999-06), Torry Holt (2000-07), Chad Ochocinco (2003-07), Jerry Rice (1989-96) and Reggie Wayne (2005-10) as the only players to accomplish this feat.

ELITE COMPANYELITE COMPANY

WHITE 2007-11Year Rec. Yards2007 83 1,2022008 88 1,3822009 85 1,1532010 115 1,3892011 100 1,296

80+ CATCHES & 1,000+ YARDSPlayer Years Tot.Marvin Harrison 1999-06 8Torry Holt 2000-07 8Jerry Rice 1989-96 8Tim Brown 1993-99 7Reggie Wayne 2005-10 6Roddy White 2007-11 5Cris Carter 1993-97 5Chad Ochocinco 2003-07 5

WR RODDY WHITEWR RODDY WHITE

In six seasons in an Atlanta Falcons uniform, DE John Abraham has already broken into the top three sack lead-ers in franchise history, moving into a tie for the second spot when he notched one sack against the Buccaneers in Week 17. He is the shortest-tenured Falcons player ranked on the list and is one half sack shy of passing Chuck Smith for sole possession of second place.

KEEPING PACEKEEPING PACE

DE John Abraham fi nished the season with 9.5 sacks, including one in the season fi nale against Tampa Bay. Abraham moved into a tie with Chuck Smith for second on the team’s all-time sacks list.

FALCONS ALL-TIME SACK LEADERSPlayer Years SacksClaude Humphrey 1968-78 (11) 94.5John Abraham 2006-11 (6) 58.5Chuck Smith 1992-98 (7) 58.5Patrick Kerney 1999-06 (8) 58.0John Zook 1969-75 (7) 47.0

In 11 seasons in the NFL, it’s no surprise to opposing of-fenses that DE John Abraham makes a difference on every snap. His 112.0 career sacks currently lead all active play-ers and in 2008, he posted a career-best and franchise re-cord 16.5 quarterback takedowns. To take it a step further, Abraham’s 26 multiple-sack games over his career have made an even bigger difference as he has contributed to a 20-6 overall record and a 12-2 record for the Falcons.

SACK ATTACKSACK ATTACK

ABRAHAM’S MULTI-SACK GAMESYear Multi-Sack Record2011 Two Falcons 1-12010 Four Falcons 4-02009 One Falcons 1-02008 Four Falcons 4-02007 Two Falcons 1-12006 One Falcons 1-02005 Two NY Jets 1-12004 Two NY Jets 2-02003 Two NY Jets 0-22002 Three NY Jets 2-12001 Two NY Jets 2-02000 One NY Jets 1-0Total 26 Games 20-6

Since joining the Falcons in 2006, DE John Abraham has totaled 58.5 sacks, which ranks fi fth in the NFL during that time. Abraham posted a team-leading 9.5 sacks last season. In January of 2009, Abraham was voted one of the top defensive ends of the decade. His 112.0 career sacks since 2000 rank fi rst among all defensive ends.

QUARTERBACK HUNTERQUARTERBACK HUNTER

ACTIVE SACK LEADERSPlayer SacksJohn Abraham 112.0Jared Allen 105.0Dwight Freeney 102.5Julius Peppers 100.0DeMarcus Ware 99.5

Since sacks became an offi cial statistic in 1982, 27 play-ers have recorded 100-or-more career sacks. With a pair of sacks during Atlanta’s Week 14 win at Carolina in 2010, Abraham became the 25th player in NFL history to record 100-or-more sacks in a career and his 112.0 sacks rank 16th in League annals.

CENTURY CLUBCENTURY CLUB

FRANCHISE RECORDSIn 2008, Abraham set a Falcons franchise record with 16.5 sacks topping Joel Williams previous record of 16, set in 1980.

ALL-TIME SACK LEADERSPlayer SacksBruce Smith 200.0Reggie White 198.0Kevin Greene 160.0Chris Doleman 150.5Michael Strahan 141.5Richard Dent 137.5John Randle 137.5Jason Taylor 136.5Lawrence Taylor 133.5Leslie O’Neal 132.5Rickey Jackson 128.0Derrick Thomas 126.5Simeon Rice 122.0Clyde Simmons 121.5

Player Sacks Sean Jones 113.0John Abraham* 112.0Greg Townsend 109.5Pat Swilling 107.5Trace Armstrong 106.0Kevin Carter 104.5Neil Smith 104.5Jim Jeffcoat 102.5Jared Allen* 105.0Dwight Freeney* 102.5William Fuller 100.5Charles Haley 100.5Andre Tippett 100.0*Active Players

DE JOHN ABRAHAMDE JOHN ABRAHAM

LB Sean Weatherspoon posted a team-high 10 tackles, one sack and three tackles for loss in Atlanta’s Week 12 win over Minnesota. He fi n-ished second on the team with 127 tackles and recorded three sacks.

LB Sean Weatherspoon had a breakout year in his second season with the Falcons. Weatherspoon racked up 127 tackles (86 solo) in 2011, including double-digit tack-les in six games. He recorded his fi fth career sack against the Panthers (12/11), dragging down QB Cam Newton for six-yard loss.

• The Falcons fi rst pick (19th overall) in the 2010 NFL Draft, Weatherspoon played in 11 games in his rookie season, missing fi ve games due to injury, and totaled 50 total tackles (38 solo) and one sack.

SPOONMANSPOONMAN

In his second season in a Falcons uniform, LB Sean Weatherspoon played a pivotal role in Atlanta’s defense. In 2011, Weath-erspoon collared 127 tackles (86 solo), four sacks, and eight passes defensed. The Falcons posted one of the NFL’s best run defenses, allowing just 97.7 yards per game and holding 13 of their last 22 opponents under 100 yards rushing, includ-ing four of the last eight games.

• The Falcons have held opponents without a 100-yard rusher in 16 of their last 19 games dating back to 2010.

Since he arrived in 2008, the Falcons have a 25-6 when holding opponents under 100 yards, including a 6-3 mark in 2011. Much of the Birds success in defending the run has come from their ability to limit successful plays on fi rst down as they rank among the League leaders in limiting runs of four-or-more yards on fi rst down.

LOFTY SEASONLOFTY SEASON

4+ YARD 1ST DOWN RUNSTeam Runs 4+ Pct.Chicago 205 69 33.7Atlanta 194 70 36.1Seattle 255 94 36.9

LB SEAN WEATHERSPOONLB SEAN WEATHERSPOON

LB Sean Weatherspoon has been one of the Falcons’ most active defenders during his fi rst two seasons in Atlanta. According to coaches’ breakdown, Weatherspoon led the Falcons with 14 tackles for loss in 2011. As a team, the Fal-cons totaled 75 stops in the backfi eld last season, which helped the Birds post the League’s sixth ranked rushing defense (97.0 yards per game).

• In a Week 10 game against New Orleans last season, Weatherspoon helped hold explosive RB Darren Sp-roles to just three yards on six touches, including one yard on two carries and two yards on four receptions.

• In a Week 12 matchup with Minnesota, Weatherspoon stopped RB Toby Gerhart on fourth-and-goal from the two-yard line to seal a 24-14 victory for Atlanta.

With 127 total tackles last season, Weatherspoon is At-lanta’s leading returning tackler heading into 2012.

DISRUPTORDISRUPTOR

WEATHERSPOON AT A GLANCE

CAREERIn two seasons with the Falcons, has tallied 179 tackles (124 solo) with fi ve sacks, nine passes defensed and one fumble recovery.

COLLEGERecorded 413 career tackles (240 solo), 12.5 sacks, 43.5 tackles for loss, four interceptions (two returned for touch-downs), fi ve forced fumbles, one fumble recovery and 17 passes defensed.

EXTRA POINTSHosted a youth football camp at Flowery Branch High School in 2012 for the local youth to participate. Weath-erspoon was joined by several NFL players, including teammates Shann Schillinger, William Moore and Thomas DeCoud.

2012 Atlanta Falcons Alphabetical Roster

# PLAYER POS H W Birthdate EXP COLLEGE ACQUIRED HOMETOWN55 Abraham, John DE 6-4 263 5/6/78 13 South Carolina Tr '06 (NYJ) Timmonsville, SC59 Adkins, Spencer LB 5-11 236 5/16/87 4 Miami (Fla.) D6 '09 Naples, FL95 Babineaux, Jonathan DT 6-2 300 10/12/81 8 Iowa D2 '05 Port Arthur, TX72 Baker, Sam OT 6-5 301 5/30/85 5 USC D1b '08 Tustin, CA71 Biermann, Kroy DE 6-3 255 9/12/85 5 Montana D5b '08 Hardin, MT63 Blalock, Justin OG 6-4 326 12/20/83 6 Texas D2a '07 Dallas, TX5 Bosher, Matt K/P 6-0 208 10/18/87 1 Miami (Fla.) D6 '10 Jupiter, FL

85 Brown, Lamark TE 6-3 220 7/5/89 R Minnesota-Mankato FA '12 St. Louis, MO3 Bryant, Matt K 5-9 203 5/29/75 11 Baylor FA '09 Orange, TX

15 Calvin, Michael WR 6-3 215 6/7/89 R California FA '12 San Lorenzo, CA77 Clabo, Tyson OT 6-6 329 10/17/81 8 Wake Forest FA '11 Knoxville, TN86 Coffman, Chase TE 6-6 250 11/10/86 3 Missouri FA '12 Peculiar, MO12 Cone, Kevin WR 6-2 216 3/20/88 1 Georgia Tech FA '11 Stone Mountain, GA48 Council, Rico LB 6-1 255 12/6/88 R Tennessee State FA '12 Chattanooga, TN42 Cox, Mike FB 6-0 252 7/11/85 5 Georgia Tech FA '11 Lewisberry, PA14 Davis, Dominique QB 6-3 210 7/17/89 R East Carolina FA '12 Lakeland, FL19 Davis, Drew WR 6-1 205 1/4/89 1 Oregon FA '11 Denver, CO28 DeCoud, Thomas S 6-2 192 3/19/85 5 California D3c '08 Vallejo, CA52 Dent, Akeem LB 6-1 239 9/27/87 1 Georgia D3 '11 Atlanta, GA83 Douglas, Harry WR 6-0 183 9/16/84 4 Louisville D3b '08 Jonesboro, GA93 Edwards, Ray DE 6-5 268 1/1/85 7 Purdue FA '11 Cincinnati, OH1 Folk, Erik K 5-11 185 1/26/89 R Washington FA '12 Woodland Hills, CA

24 Franks, Dominique CB 6-0 197 10/8/87 3 Oklahoma D5a '10 Tulsa, OK87 Gallarda, Tommy TE 6-5 262 5/8/88 1 Boise State FA '11 Brea, CA88 Gonzalez, Tony TE 6-5 247 2/27/76 16 California Tr '09 (KC) Torrance, CA20 Grimes, Brent CB 5-10 183 7/19/83 5 Shippensburg FA '07 Philadelphia, PA46 Gruder, Max LB 6-2 230 3/15/89 R Pittsburgh FA '12 Charlotte, NC73 Harris, Bryce T 6-6 300 1/16/89 R Fresno State FA '12 Tulare, CA50 Harris, Jerrell LB 6-3 242 7/8/89 R Alabama FA '12 Gadsden, AL47 Harris, Josh LS 6-1 224 4/27/89 R Auburn FA '12 Carrollton, GA61 Hawley, Joe C 6-3 302 10/22/88 3 UNLV D4 '10 Yorba Linda, CA76 Holmes, Lamar T 6-6 333 7/8/89 R Southern Mississippi D3 '12 Gastonia, NC36 Hope, Chris S 6-0 208 9/29/81 11 Florida State FA '12 Rock Hill, SC64 Horn, Tyler C 6-4 305 3/1/89 R Miami (FL) FA '12 Memphis, TN69 Jackson, Andrew OG 6-5 299 10/18/88 1 Fresno State D7a '11 Grass Valley, CA16 Jackson, Marcus WR 6-1 195 5/20/89 R Lamar FA '12 Tyler, TX51 James, Robert LB 5-11 224 12/26/83 3 Arizona State FA '10 Glendale, AZ94 Jerry, Peria DT 6-2 295 8/23/84 3 Mississippi D1 '09 Batesville, MS79 Johnson, Mike OG 6-6 304 4/2/87 2 Alabama D3b '10 Pensacola, FL11 Jones, Julio WR 6-3 220 2/3/89 1 Alabama D1 '11 Foley, AL70 Joseph, Elisha DT 6-3 275 6/20/88 R Temple FA '12 Hartford, CT66 Konz, Peter G 6-5 317 12/20/89 R Wisconsin D2 '12 Neehan, WI68 Manley, Phillipkeith G 6-5 309 5/7/90 R Toledo FA '12 Hamilton, OH38 Markett, Marty CB 5-10 162 11/7/89 R South Carolina FA '12 York, SC96 Massaquoi, Jonathan DE 6-2 264 5/18/88 R Troy D5b '12 Lawrenceville, GA98 Matthews, Cliff DE 6-4 268 8/5/89 1 South Carolina D7b '11 Cheraw, SC27 McClain, Robert CB 5-9 195 7/22/88 3 Connecticut FA '12 Philadelphia, PA62 McClure, Todd C 6-1 296 2/16/77 14 LSU D7a '99 Baton Rouge, LA40 Medlin, Richard RB 5-11 200 3/4/87 1 Fayetteville State FA '12 Raleigh, NC80 Meier, Kerry WR 6-3 220 11/12/86 2 Kansas D5b '10 Pittsburg, KS43 Meisner, Lee FB 6-0 245 3/16/90 R Colorado-Pueblo FA '12 Sterling, CO26 Mitchell, Charles S 5-11 205 9/13/89 R Mississippi State D6 '12 Clarksdale, MS25 Moore, William S 6-0 221 5/18/85 3 Missouri D2 '09 Hayti, MO30 Nance, Dimitri RB 5-10 219 2/18/88 1 Arizona State FA '12 Euless, TX54 Nicholas, Stephen LB 6-3 236 5/1/83 6 South Florida D4a '07 Jacksonville, FL97 Nzegwu, Louis DE 6-4 255 5/15/89 R Wisconsin FA '12 Platteville, WI65 Obi, Conrad DL 6-3 290 12/21/88 R Colorado FA '12 Grayson, GA21 Owens, Christopher CB 5-9 180 12/1/86 4 San Jose State D3 '09 Los Angeles, CA81 Palmer, Michael TE 6-5 252 1/18/88 3 Clemson FA '10 Stone Mountain, GA91 Peters, Corey DT 6-3 305 6/8/88 3 Kentucky D3a '10 Louisville, KY53 Peterson, Mike LB 6-1 226 6/17/76 14 Florida FA '12 Gainesville, FL45 Polite, Lousaka FB 6-0 245 9/14/81 7 Pittsburgh FA '12 Pittsburgh, PA8 Redman, Chris QB 6-3 225 7/7/77 10 Louisville FA '07 Louisville, KY

67 Regis, Micanor DT 6-3 305 11/3/89 R Miami (FL) FA '12 Pahokee, FL75 Reynolds, Garrett OG 6-7 310 7/1/87 4 North Carolina D5b '09 Knoxville, TN92 Robertson, Travian DT 6-4 304 12/9/88 R South Carolina D7 '12 Laurinburg, NC23 Robinson, Dunta CB 5-10 183 4/11/82 9 South Carolina FA '10 Athens, GA32 Rodgers, Jacquizz RB 5-6 196 2/6/90 1 Oregon State D5 '11 Richmond, TX18 Rodgers, James WR 5-7 188 12/20/88 R Oregon State FA '12 Richmond, TX2 Ryan, Matt QB 6-4 217 5/17/85 5 Boston College D1a '08 Exton, PA

22 Samuel, Asante CB 5-10 185 1/6/81 10 Central Florida TR '12 (PHI) Lauderdale Lakes, FL45 Schiller, Pat LB 6-2 235 11/12/88 R Northern Illinois FA '12 Geneva, IL39 Schillinger, Shann S 6-0 200 5/22/86 3 Montana D6 '10 Baker, MT90 Sidbury, Lawrence DE 6-3 261 2/6/86 4 Richmond D4 '09 Cheltenham, MD35 Smith, Antone RB 5-9 192 9/17/85 3 Florida State FA '09 Pahokee, FL44 Snelling, Jason RB 5-11 234 12/29/83 6 Virginia D7 '07 Chester, VA89 Stafford, Kenny WR 6-4 204 6/20/90 R Toledo FA '12 Columbus, OH74 Svitek, Will OT 6-6 308 1/8/82 7 Stanford FA '09 Prague, Czech Republic37 Thompson, Peyton CB 5-11 180 9/26/90 R San Jose State FA '12 Granite Bay, CA17 Toone, Tim WR 5-10 175 2/14/85 R Weber State FA '12 Peoria, AZ41 Tuimaunei, Suaesi S 6-1 205 2/11/88 1 Oregon State FA '11 Laie, HI33 Turner, Michael RB 5-10 247 2/13/82 9 Northern Illinois FA '08 (SD) Waukegan, IL99 Walker, Vance DT 6-2 304 4/26/87 4 Georgia Tech D7 '09 Fort Mill, SC29 Walls, Darrin CB 6-0 190 6/20/88 1 Notre Dame FA '11 Pittsburgh, PA56 Weatherspoon, Sean LB 6-2 244 12/29/87 3 Missouri D1 '10 Jasper, TX49 White, Aron TE 6-4 239 10/8/88 R Georgia FA '12 Columbia, MO84 White, Roddy WR 6-0 211 11/2/81 8 Alabama-Birmingham D1 '05 James Island, SC4 Wilson, John Parker QB 6-2 215 10/17/85 4 Alabama FA '09 Hoover, AL

82 Zelenka, Joe LS 6-3 266 3/9/76 14 Wake Forest FA '09 Cleveland, OH

34 Ewing, Bradie FB 5-11 243 12/26/89 R Wisconsin D5 '12 Richland Center, WI

Paul Dunn (Offensive Line), Jeff Fish (Director of Athletic Performance), Ray Hamilton (Defensive Line), Pat Hill (Offensive Line),Tim Lewis (Secondary), AJ Neibel (Assistant Strength and Conditioning), Glenn Pires (Linebackers), Terry Robiskie (Wide Receivers),Chris Scelfo (Tight Ends), Eric Sutulovich (Assistant Special Teams), Glenn Thomas (Quarterbacks), Andrew Weidinger (Offensive Assistant),

COACHING STAFFMike Smith (Head Coach), Dirk Koetter (Offensive Coordinator), Mike Nolan (Defensive Coordinator), Keith Armstrong (Special Teams Coordinator),Jonas Beauchemin (Assistant Strength and Conditioning), Gerald Brown (Running Backs), Mark Collins (Defensive Assistant), Joe Danna (Defensive Backs),

Devin Bonik (Assistant to the Head Coach/Offense).

INJURED RESERVE

updated 8/11/2012

2012 Atlanta Falcons Numerical Roster

# PLAYER POS H W AGE EXP COLLEGE ACQUIRED HOMETOWN1 Erik Folk K 5-11 185 1/26/89 R Washington FA '12 Woodland Hills, CA2 Matt Ryan QB 6-4 217 5/17/85 5 Boston College D1a '08 Exton, PA3 Matt Bryant K 5-9 203 5/29/75 11 Baylor FA '09 Orange, TX4 John Parker Wilson QB 6-2 215 10/17/85 4 Alabama FA '09 Hoover, AL5 Matt Bosher K/P 6-0 208 10/18/87 1 Miami (Fla.) D6 '10 Jupiter, FL8 Chris Redman QB 6-3 225 7/7/77 10 Louisville FA '07 Louisville, KY

11 Julio Jones WR 6-3 220 2/3/89 1 Alabama D1 '11 Foley, AL12 Kevin Cone WR 6-2 216 3/20/88 1 Georgia Tech FA '11 Stone Mountain, GA14 Dominique Davis QB 6-3 210 7/17/89 R East Carolina FA '12 Lakeland, FL15 Calvin, Michael WR 6-3 215 6/7/89 R California FA '12 San Lorenzo, CA16 Marcus Jackson WR 6-1 195 5/20/89 R Lamar FA '12 Tyler, TX17 Tim Toone WR 5-10 175 2/14/85 R Weber FA '12 Peoria, AZ18 James Rodgers WR 5-7 188 12/20/88 R Oregon State FA '12 Richmond, TX19 Drew Davis WR 6-1 205 1/4/89 1 Oregon FA '11 Denver, CO20 Brent Grimes CB 5-10 183 7/19/83 5 Shippensburg FA '07 Philadelphia, PA21 Christopher Owens CB 5-9 180 12/1/86 4 San Jose State D3 '09 Los Angeles, CA22 Asante Samuel CB 5-10 185 1/6/81 10 Central Flordia TR '12 (PHI) Lauderdale Lakes, FL23 Dunta Robinson CB 5-10 183 4/11/82 9 South Carolina FA '10 Athens, GA24 Dominique Franks CB 6-0 197 10/8/87 3 Oklahoma D5a '10 Tulsa, OK25 William Moore S 6-0 221 5/18/85 3 Missouri D2 '09 Hayti, MO26 Charles Mitchell S 5-11 205 9/13/89 R Mississippi State D6 '12 Clarksdale, MS27 Robert McClain CB 5-9 195 7/22/88 3 Connecticut FA '12 Philadelphia, PA28 Thomas DeCoud S 6-2 192 3/19/85 5 California D3c '08 Vallejo, CA29 Darrin Walls CB 6-0 190 6/20/88 1 Notre Dame FA '11 Pittsburgh, PA30 Dimitri Nance RB 5-10 219 2/18/88 1 Arizona State FA '12 Euless, TX32 Jacquizz Rodgers RB 5-6 196 2/6/90 1 Oregon State D5 '11 Richmond, TX33 Michael Turner RB 5-10 247 2/13/82 9 Northern Illinois UFA '08 (SD) Waukegan, IL35 Antone Smith RB 5-9 192 9/17/85 3 Florida State FA '09 Pahokee, FL36 Chris Hope S 6-0 208 9/29/81 11 Florida State FA '12 Rock Hill, SC37 Peyton Thompson CB 5-11 180 9/26/90 R San Jose State FA '12 Granite Bay, CA38 Marty Markett CB 5-10 162 11/7/89 R South Carolina FA '12 York, SC39 Shann Schillinger S 6-0 200 5/22/86 3 Montana D6 '10 Baker, MT40 Richard Medlin RB 5-11 200 3/4/87 1 Fayetteville State FA '12 Raleigh, NC41 Suaesi Tuimaunei S 6-1 205 2/11/88 1 Oregon State FA '11 Laie, HI42 Mike Cox FB 6-0 252 7/11/85 5 Georgia Tech FA '11 Lewisberry, PA43 Lee Meisner FB 6-0 245 3/16/90 R Colorado-Pueblo FA '12 Sterling, CO44 Jason Snelling RB 5-11 234 12/29/83 6 Virginia D7 '07 Chester, VA45 Lousaka Polite FB 6-0 245 9/14/81 7 Pittsburgh FA '12 Pittsburgh, PA45 Pat Schiller LB 6-2 235 11/12/88 R Northern Illinois FA '12 Geneva, IL46 Max Gruder LB 6-2 230 3/15/89 R Pittsburgh FA '12 Charlotte, NC47 Josh Harris LS 6-1 224 4/27/89 R Auburn FA '12 Carrollton, GA48 Rico Council LB 6-1 255 12/6/88 R Tennessee State FA '12 Chattanooga, TN49 Aron White TE 6-4 239 10/8/88 R Georgia FA '12 Columbia, MO50 Jerrell Harris LB 6-3 242 7/8/89 R Alabama FA '12 Gadsden, AL51 Robert James LB 5-11 224 12/26/83 3 Arizona State FA '10 Glendale, AZ52 Akeem Dent LB 6-1 239 9/27/87 1 Georgia D3 '11 Atlanta, GA53 Mike Peterson LB 6-1 226 6/17/76 14 Florida FA '12 Gainesville, FL54 Stephen Nicholas LB 6-3 236 5/1/83 6 South Florida D4a '07 Jacksonville, FL55 John Abraham DE 6-4 263 5/6/78 13 South Carolina Tr '06 (NYJ) Timmonsville, SC56 Sean Weatherspoon LB 6-2 244 12/29/87 3 Missouri D1 '10 Jasper, TX59 Spencer Adkins LB 5-11 236 5/16/87 4 Miami (Fla.) D6 '09 Naples, FL61 Joe Hawley C 6-3 302 10/22/88 3 UNLV D4 '10 Yorba Linda, CA62 Todd McClure C 6-1 296 2/16/77 14 LSU D7a '99 Baton Rouge, LA63 Justin Blalock OG 6-4 326 12/20/83 6 Texas D2a '07 Dallas, TX64 Tyler Horn C 6-4 305 3/1/89 R Miami (FL) FA '12 Memphis, TN65 Conrad Obi DL 6-3 290 12/21/88 R Colorado FA '12 Grayson, GA66 Peter Konz G 6-5 317 12/20/89 R Wisconsin D2 '12 Neehan, WI67 Micanor Regis DT 6-3 305 11/3/89 R Miami (FL) FA '12 Pahokee, FL68 Phillip Manley G 6-5 309 5/7/90 R Toledo FA '12 Hamilton, OH69 Andrew Jackson OG 6-5 299 10/18/88 1 Fresno State D7a '11 Grass Valley, CA70 Elisha Joseph DT 6-3 275 6/20/88 R Temple FA '12 Hartford, CT71 Kroy Biermann DE 6-3 255 9/12/85 5 Montana D5b '08 Hardin, MT72 Sam Baker OT 6-5 301 5/30/85 5 USC D1b '08 Tustin, CA73 Bryce Harris T 6-6 300 1/16/89 R Fresno State FA '12 Tulare, CA74 Will Svitek OT 6-6 308 1/8/82 7 Stanford FA '09 Prague, Czech Republic75 Garrett Reynolds OG 6-7 310 7/1/87 4 North Carolina D5b '09 Knoxville, TN76 Lamar Holmes T 6-6 333 7/8/89 R Southern Mississippi D3 '12 Gastonia, NC77 Tyson Clabo OT 6-6 329 10/17/81 8 Wake Forest FA '11 Knoxville, TN79 Mike Johnson OG 6-6 304 4/2/87 2 Alabama D3b '10 Pensacola, FL80 Kerry Meier WR 6-3 220 11/12/86 2 Kansas D5b '10 Pittsburg, KS81 Michael Palmer TE 6-5 252 1/18/88 3 Clemson FA '10 Stone Mountain, GA82 Joe Zelenka LS 6-3 266 3/9/76 14 Wake Forest FA '09 Cleveland, OH83 Harry Douglas WR 6-0 183 9/16/84 4 Louisville D3b '08 Jonesboro, GA84 Roddy White WR 6-0 211 11/2/81 8 Alabama-Birmingham D1 '05 James Island, SC85 Lamark Brown TE 6-3 220 7/5/89 R Minnesota-Mankato FA '12 St. Louis, MO86 Chase Coffman TE 6-6 250 11/10/86 3 Missouri FA '12 Peculiar, MO87 Tommy Gallarda TE 6-5 262 5/8/88 1 Boise State FA '11 Brea, CA88 Tony Gonzalez TE 6-5 247 2/27/76 16 California Tr '09 (KC) Torrance, CA89 Kenny Stafford WR 6-4 204 6/20/90 R Toledo FA '12 Columbus, OH90 Lawrence Sidbury DE 6-3 261 2/6/86 4 Richmond D4 '09 Cheltenham, MD91 Corey Peters DT 6-3 305 6/8/88 3 Kentucky D3a '10 Louisville, KY92 Travian Robertson DT 6-4 304 12/9/88 R South Carolina D7 '12 Laurinburg, NC93 Ray Edwards DE 6-5 268 1/1/85 7 Purdue FA '11 Cincinnati, OH94 Peria Jerry DT 6-2 295 8/23/84 3 Mississippi D1 '09 Batesville, MS95 Jonathan Babineaux DT 6-2 300 10/12/81 8 Iowa D2 '05 Port Arthur, TX96 Jonathan Massaquoi DE 6-2 264 5/18/88 R Troy D5b '12 Lawrenceville, GA97 Louis Nzegwu DE 6-4 255 5/15/89 R Wisconsin FA '12 Platteville, WI98 Cliff Matthews DE 6-4 268 8/5/89 1 South Carolina D7b '11 Cheraw, SC99 Vance Walker DT 6-2 304 4/26/87 4 Georgia Tech D7 '09 Fort Mill, SC

34 Bradie Ewing FB 5-11 243 12/26/89 R Wisconsin D5 '12 Richland Center, WI

Paul Dunn (Offensive Line), Jeff Fish (Director of Athletic Performance), Ray Hamilton (Defensive Line), Pat Hill (Offensive Line),Tim Lewis (Secondary), AJ Neibel (Assistant Strength and Conditioning), Glenn Pires (Linebackers), Terry Robiskie (Wide Receivers),Chris Scelfo (Tight Ends), Eric Sutulovich (Assistant Special Teams), Glenn Thomas (Quarterbacks), Andrew Weidinger (Offensive Assistant),

Mike Smith (Head Coach), Dirk Koetter (Offensive Coordinator), Mike Nolan (Defensive Coordinator), Keith Armstrong (Special Teams Coordinator),Jonas Beauchemin (Assistant Strength and Conditioning), Gerald Brown (Running Backs), Mark Collins (Defensive Assistant), Joe Danna (Defensive Backs),

COACHING STAFF

Devin Bonik (Assistant to the Head Coach/Offense).

INJURED RESERVE

updated 8/11/2012

2012 Atlanta Falcons Roster By Experience

# PLAYER POS H W Birthdate EXP COLLEGE ACQUIRED HOMETOWN88 Gonzalez, Tony TE 6-5 247 2/27/76 16 California Tr '09 (KC) Torrance, CA62 McClure, Todd C 6-1 296 2/16/77 14 LSU D7a '99 Baton Rouge, LA53 Peterson, Mike LB 6-1 226 6/17/76 14 Florida FA '12 Gainesville, FL82 Zelenka, Joe LS 6-3 266 3/9/76 14 Wake Forest FA '09 Cleveland, OH55 Abraham, John DE 6-4 263 5/6/78 13 South Carolina Tr '06 (NYJ) Timmonsville, SC3 Bryant, Matt K 5-9 203 5/29/75 11 Baylor FA '09 Orange, TX

36 Hope, Chris S 6-0 208 9/29/81 11 Florida State FA '12 Rock Hill, SC8 Redman, Chris QB 6-3 225 7/7/77 10 Louisville FA '07 Louisville, KY

22 Samuel, Asante CB 5-10 185 1/6/81 10 Central Florida TR '12 (PHI) Lauderdale Lakes, FL23 Robinson, Dunta CB 5-10 183 4/11/82 9 South Carolina FA '10 Athens, GA33 Turner, Michael RB 5-10 247 2/13/82 9 Northern Illinois UFA '08 (SD) Waukegan, IL95 Babineaux, Jonathan DT 6-2 300 10/12/81 8 Iowa D2 '05 Port Arthur, TX77 Clabo, Tyson OT 6-6 329 10/17/81 8 Wake Forest FA '11 Knoxville, TN84 White, Roddy WR 6-0 211 11/2/81 8 Alabama-Birmingham D1 '05 James Island, SC93 Edwards, Ray DE 6-5 268 1/1/85 7 Purdue FA '11 Cincinnati, OH45 Polite, Lousaka FB 6-0 245 9/14/81 7 Pittsburgh FA '12 Pittsburgh, PA74 Svitek, Will OT 6-6 308 1/8/82 7 Stanford FA '09 Prague, Czech Republic63 Blalock, Justin OG 6-4 326 12/20/83 6 Texas D2a '07 Dallas, TX54 Nicholas, Stephen LB 6-3 236 5/1/83 6 South Florida D4a '07 Jacksonville, FL44 Snelling, Jason RB 5-11 234 12/29/83 6 Virginia D7 '07 Chester, VA72 Baker, Sam OT 6-5 301 5/30/85 5 USC D1b '08 Tustin, CA71 Biermann, Kroy DE 6-3 255 9/12/85 5 Montana D5b '08 Hardin, MT42 Cox, Mike FB 6-0 252 7/11/85 5 Georgia Tech FA '11 Lewisberry, PA28 DeCoud, Thomas S 6-2 192 3/19/85 5 California D3c '08 Vallejo, CA20 Grimes, Brent CB 5-10 183 7/19/83 5 Shippensburg FA '07 Philadelphia, PA2 Ryan, Matt QB 6-4 217 5/17/85 5 Boston College D1a '08 Exton, PA

59 Adkins, Spencer LB 5-11 236 5/16/87 4 Miami (Fla.) D6 '09 Naples, FL83 Douglas, Harry WR 6-0 183 9/16/84 4 Louisville D3b '08 Jonesboro, GA21 Owens, Christopher CB 5-9 180 12/1/86 4 San Jose State D3 '09 Los Angeles, CA75 Reynolds, Garrett OG 6-7 310 7/1/87 4 North Carolina D5b '09 Knoxville, TN90 Sidbury, Lawrence DE 6-3 261 2/6/86 4 Richmond D4 '09 Cheltenham, MD99 Walker, Vance DT 6-2 304 4/26/87 4 Georgia Tech D7 '09 Fort Mill, SC4 Wilson, John Parker QB 6-2 215 10/17/85 4 Alabama FA '09 Hoover, AL

86 Coffman, Chase TE 6-6 250 11/10/86 3 Missouri FA '12 Peculiar, MO24 Franks, Dominique CB 6-0 197 10/8/87 3 Oklahoma D5a '10 Tulsa, OK61 Hawley, Joe C 6-3 302 10/22/88 3 UNLV D4 '10 Yorba Linda, CA51 James, Robert LB 5-11 224 12/26/83 3 Arizona State FA '10 Glendale, AZ94 Jerry, Peria DT 6-2 295 8/23/84 3 Mississippi D1 '09 Batesville, MS27 McClain, Robert CB 5-9 195 7/22/88 3 Connecticut FA '12 Philadelphia, PA25 Moore, William S 6-0 221 5/18/85 3 Missouri D2 '09 Hayti, MO81 Palmer, Michael TE 6-5 252 1/18/88 3 Clemson FA '10 Stone Mountain, GA91 Peters, Corey DT 6-3 305 6/8/88 3 Kentucky D3a '10 Louisville, KY39 Schillinger, Shann S 6-0 200 5/22/86 3 Montana D6 '10 Baker, MT35 Smith, Antone RB 5-9 192 9/17/85 3 Florida State FA '09 Pahokee, FL56 Weatherspoon, Sean LB 6-2 244 12/29/87 3 Missouri D1 '10 Jasper, TX79 Johnson, Mike OG 6-6 304 4/2/87 2 Alabama D3b '10 Pensacola, FL80 Meier, Kerry WR 6-3 220 11/12/86 2 Kansas D5b '10 Pittsburg, KS5 Bosher, Matt K/P 6-0 208 10/18/87 1 Miami (Fla.) D6 '10 Jupiter, FL

12 Cone, Kevin WR 6-2 216 3/20/88 1 Georgia Tech FA '11 Stone Mountain, GA19 Davis, Drew WR 6-1 205 1/4/89 1 Oregon FA '11 Denver, CO52 Dent, Akeem LB 6-1 239 9/27/87 1 Georgia D3 '11 Atlanta, GA87 Gallarda, Tommy TE 6-5 262 5/8/88 1 Boise State FA '11 Brea, CA69 Jackson, Andrew OG 6-5 299 10/18/88 1 Fresno State D7a '11 Grass Valley, CA11 Jones, Julio WR 6-3 220 2/3/89 1 Alabama D1 '11 Foley, AL98 Matthews, Cliff DE 6-4 268 8/5/89 1 South Carolina D7b '11 Cheraw, SC40 Medlin, Richard RB 5-11 200 3/4/87 1 Fayetteville State FA '12 Raleigh, NC30 Nance, Dimitri RB 5-10 219 2/18/88 1 Arizona State FA '12 Euless, TX32 Rodgers, Jacquizz RB 5-6 196 2/6/90 1 Oregon State D5 '11 Richmond, TX41 Tuimaunei, Suaesi S 6-1 205 2/11/88 1 Oregon State FA '11 Laie, HI29 Walls, Darrin CB 6-0 190 6/20/88 1 Notre Dame FA '11 Pittsburgh, PA85 Brown, Lamark TE 6-3 220 7/5/89 R Minnesota-Mankato FA '12 St. Louis, MO15 Calvin, Michael WR 6-3 215 6/7/89 R California FA '12 San Lorenzo, CA48 Council, Rico LB 6-1 255 12/6/88 R Tennessee State FA '12 Chattanooga, TN14 Davis, Dominique QB 6-3 210 7/17/89 R East Carolina FA '12 Lakeland, FL1 Folk, Erik K 5-11 185 1/26/89 R Washington FA '12 Woodland Hills, CA

46 Gruder, Max LB 6-2 230 3/15/89 R Pittsburgh FA '12 Charlotte, NC73 Harris, Bryce T 6-6 300 1/16/89 R Fresno State FA '12 Tulare, CA50 Harris, Jerrell LB 6-3 242 7/8/89 R Alabama FA '12 Gadsden, AL47 Harris, Josh LS 6-1 224 4/27/89 R Auburn FA '12 Carrollton, GA76 Holmes, Lamar T 6-6 333 7/8/89 R Southern Mississippi D3 '12 Gastonia, NC64 Horn, Tyler C 6-4 305 3/1/89 R Miami (FL) FA '12 Memphis, TN16 Jackson, Marcus WR 6-1 195 5/20/89 R Lamar FA '12 Tyler, TX70 Joseph, Elisha DT 6-3 275 6/20/88 R Temple FA '12 Hartford, CT66 Konz, Peter G 6-5 317 12/20/89 R Wisconsin D2 '12 Neehan, WI68 Manley, Phillipkeith G 6-5 309 5/7/90 R Toledo FA '12 Hamilton, OH38 Markett, Marty CB 5-10 162 11/7/89 R South Carolina FA '12 York, SC96 Massaquoi, Jonathan DE 6-2 264 5/18/88 R Troy D5b '12 Lawrenceville, GA43 Meisner, Lee FB 6-0 245 3/16/90 R Colorado-Pueblo FA '12 Sterling, CO26 Mitchell, Charles S 5-11 205 9/13/89 R Mississippi State D6 '12 Clarksdale, MS97 Nzegwu, Louis DE 6-4 255 5/15/89 R Wisconsin FA '12 Platteville, WI65 Obi, Conrad DL 6-3 290 12/21/88 R Colorado FA '12 Grayson, GA67 Regis, Micanor DT 6-3 305 11/3/89 R Miami (FL) FA '12 Pahokee, FL92 Robertson, Travian DT 6-4 304 12/9/88 R South Carolina D7 '12 Laurinburg, NC18 Rodgers, James WR 5-7 188 12/20/88 R Oregon State FA '12 Richmond, TX45 Schiller, Pat LB 6-2 235 11/12/88 R Northern Illinois FA '12 Geneva, IL89 Stafford, Kenny WR 6-4 204 6/20/90 R Toledo FA '12 Columbus, OH37 Thompson, Peyton CB 5-11 180 9/26/90 R San Jose State FA '12 Granite Bay, CA17 Toone, Tim WR 5-10 175 2/14/85 R Weber FA '12 Peoria, AZ49 White, Aron TE 6-4 239 10/8/88 R Georgia FA '12 Columbia, MO

34 Ewing, Bradie FB 5-11 243 12/26/89 R Wisconsin D5 '12 Richland Center, WI

Paul Dunn (Offensive Line), Jeff Fish (Director of Athletic Performance), Ray Hamilton (Defensive Line), Pat Hill (Offensive Line),Tim Lewis (Secondary), AJ Neibel (Assistant Strength and Conditioning), Glenn Pires (Linebackers), Terry Robiskie (Wide Receivers),Chris Scelfo (Tight Ends), Eric Sutulovich (Assistant Special Teams), Glenn Thomas (Quarterbacks), Andrew Weidinger (Offensive Assistant),

COACHING STAFFMike Smith (Head Coach), Dirk Koetter (Offensive Coordinator), Mike Nolan (Defensive Coordinator), Keith Armstrong (Special Teams Coordinator),Jonas Beauchemin (Assistant Strength and Conditioning), Gerald Brown (Running Backs), Mark Collins (Defensive Assistant), Joe Danna (Defensive Backs),

Devin Bonik (Assistant to the Head Coach/Offense).

INJURED RESERVE

updated 8/11/2012

2012 Atlanta Falcons Roster By Position

# PLAYER POS H W Birthdate EXP COLLEGE ACQUIRED HOMETOWNQUARTERBACKS (4)

14 Davis, Dominique QB 6-3 210 7/17/89 R East Carolina FA '12 Lakeland, FL8 Redman, Chris QB 6-3 225 7/7/77 10 Louisville FA '07 Louisville, KY2 Ryan, Matt QB 6-4 217 5/17/85 5 Boston College D1a '08 Exton, PA4 Wilson, John Parker QB 6-2 215 10/17/85 4 Alabama FA '09 Hoover, AL

RUNNING BACKS (9)42 Cox, Mike FB 6-0 252 7/11/85 5 Georgia Tech FA '11 Lewisberry, PA40 Medlin, Richard RB 5-11 200 3/4/87 1 Fayetteville State FA '12 Raleigh, NC43 Meisner, Lee FB 6-0 245 3/16/90 R Colorado-Pueblo FA '12 Sterling, CO30 Nance, Dimitri RB 5-10 219 2/18/88 1 Arizona State FA '12 Euless, TX45 Polite, Lousaka FB 6-0 245 9/14/81 7 Pittsburgh FA '12 Pittsburgh, PA32 Rodgers, Jacquizz RB 5-6 196 2/6/90 1 Oregon State D5 '11 Richmond, TX35 Smith, Antone RB 5-9 192 9/17/85 3 Florida State FA '09 Pahokee, FL44 Snelling, Jason RB 5-11 234 12/29/83 6 Virginia D7 '07 Chester, VA33 Turner, Michael RB 5-10 247 2/13/82 9 Northern Illinois UFA '08 (SD) Waukegan, IL

WIDE RECEIVERS (11)15 Calvin, Michael WR 6-3 215 6/7/89 R California FA '12 San Lorenzo, CA12 Cone, Kevin WR 6-2 216 3/20/88 1 Georgia Tech FA '11 Stone Mountain, GA19 Davis, Drew WR 6-1 205 1/4/89 1 Oregon FA '11 Denver, CO83 Douglas, Harry WR 6-0 183 9/16/84 4 Louisville D3b '08 Jonesboro, GA16 Jackson, Marcus WR 6-1 195 5/20/89 R Lamar FA '12 Tyler, TX11 Jones, Julio WR 6-3 220 2/3/89 1 Alabama D1 '11 Foley, AL80 Meier, Kerry WR 6-3 220 11/12/86 2 Kansas D5b '10 Pittsburg, KS18 Rodgers, James WR 5-7 188 12/20/88 R Oregon State FA '12 Richmond, TX89 Stafford, Kenny WR 6-4 204 6/20/90 R Toledo FA '12 Columbus, OH17 Toone, Tim WR 5-10 175 2/14/85 R Weber FA '12 Peoria, AZ84 White, Roddy WR 6-0 211 11/2/81 8 Alabama-Birmingham D1 '05 James Island, SC

TIGHT ENDS (6)85 Brown, Lamark TE 6-3 220 7/5/89 R Minnesota-Mankato FA '12 St. Louis, MO87 Gallarda, Tommy TE 6-5 262 5/8/88 1 Boise State FA '11 Brea, CA88 Gonzalez, Tony TE 6-5 247 2/27/76 16 California Tr '09 (KC) Torrance, CA86 Coffman, Chase TE 6-6 250 11/10/86 3 Missouri FA '12 Peculiar, MO81 Palmer, Michael TE 6-5 252 1/18/88 3 Clemson FA '10 Stone Mountain, GA49 White, Aron TE 6-4 239 10/8/88 R Georgia FA '12 Columbia, MO

OFFENSIVE LINE (14)72 Baker, Sam OT 6-5 301 5/30/85 5 USC D1b '08 Tustin, CA63 Blalock, Justin OG 6-4 326 12/20/83 6 Texas D2a '07 Dallas, TX77 Clabo, Tyson OT 6-6 329 10/17/81 8 Wake Forest FA '11 Knoxville, TN73 Harris, Bryce T 6-6 300 1/16/89 R Fresno State FA '12 Tulare, CA61 Hawley, Joe C 6-3 302 10/22/88 3 UNLV D4 '10 Yorba Linda, CA76 Holmes, Lamar T 6-6 333 7/8/89 R Southern Mississippi D3 '12 Gastonia, NC64 Horn, Tyler C 6-4 305 3/1/89 R Miami (FL) FA '12 Memphis, TN69 Jackson, Andrew OG 6-5 299 10/18/88 1 Fresno State D7a '11 Grass Valley, CA79 Johnson, Mike OG 6-6 304 4/2/87 3 Alabama D3b '10 Pensacola, FL66 Konz, Peter G 6-5 317 12/20/89 R Wisconsin D2 '12 Neehan, WI68 Manley, Phillipkeith G 6-5 309 5/7/90 R Toledo FA '12 Hamilton, OH62 McClure, Todd C 6-1 296 2/16/77 14 LSU D7a '99 Baton Rouge, LA75 Reynolds, Garrett OG 6-7 310 7/1/87 4 North Carolina D5b '09 Knoxville, TN74 Svitek, Will OT 6-6 308 1/8/82 7 Stanford FA '09 Prague, Czech Republic

DEFENSIVE LINE (15)55 Abraham, John DE 6-4 263 5/6/78 13 South Carolina Tr '06 (NYJ) Timmonsville, SC95 Babineaux, Jonathan DT 6-2 300 10/12/81 8 Iowa D2 '05 Port Arthur, TX71 Biermann, Kroy DE 6-3 255 9/12/85 5 Montana D5b '08 Hardin, MT93 Edwards, Ray DE 6-5 268 1/1/85 7 Purdue FA '11 Cincinnati, OH94 Jerry, Peria DT 6-2 295 8/23/84 3 Mississippi D1 '09 Batesville, MS70 Joseph, Elisha DT 6-3 275 6/20/88 R Temple FA '12 Hartford, CT96 Massaquoi, Jonathan DE 6-2 264 5/18/88 R Troy D5b '12 Lawrenceville, GA98 Matthews, Cliff DE 6-4 268 8/5/89 1 South Carolina D7b '11 Cheraw, SC97 Nzegwu, Louis DE 6-4 255 5/15/89 R Wisconsin FA '12 Platteville, WI65 Obi, Conrad DL 6-3 290 12/21/88 R Colorado FA '12 Grayson, GA91 Peters, Corey DT 6-3 305 6/8/88 3 Kentucky D3a '10 Louisville, KY67 Regis, Micanor DT 6-3 305 11/3/89 R Miami (FL) FA '12 Pahokee, FL92 Robertson, Travian DT 6-4 304 12/9/88 R South Carolina D7 '12 Laurinburg, NC90 Sidbury, Lawrence DE 6-3 261 2/6/86 4 Richmond D4 '09 Cheltenham, MD99 Walker, Vance DT 6-2 304 4/26/87 4 Georgia Tech D7 '09 Fort Mill, SC

LINEBACKERS (10)59 Adkins, Spencer LB 5-11 236 5/16/87 4 Miami (Fla.) D6 '09 Naples, FL48 Council, Rico LB 6-1 255 12/6/88 R Tennessee State FA '12 Chattanooga, TN52 Dent, Akeem LB 6-1 239 9/27/87 1 Georgia D3 '11 Atlanta, GA46 Gruder, Max LB 6-2 230 3/15/89 R Pittsburgh FA '12 Charlotte, NC50 Harris, Jerrell LB 6-3 242 7/8/89 R Alabama FA '12 Gadsden, AL51 James, Robert LB 5-11 224 12/26/83 3 Arizona State FA '10 Glendale, AZ54 Nicholas, Stephen LB 6-3 236 5/1/83 6 South Florida D4a '07 Jacksonville, FL53 Peterson, Mike LB 6-1 226 6/17/76 14 Florida FA '12 Gainesville, FL45 Schiller, Pat LB 6-2 235 11/12/88 R Northern Illinois FA '12 Geneva, IL56 Weatherspoon, Sean LB 6-2 244 12/29/87 3 Missouri D1 '10 Jasper, TX

DEFENSIVE BACKS (15)28 DeCoud, Thomas S 6-2 192 3/19/85 5 California D3c '08 Vallejo, CA24 Franks, Dominique CB 6-0 197 10/8/87 3 Oklahoma D5a '10 Tulsa, OK20 Grimes, Brent CB 5-10 183 7/19/83 5 Shippensburg FA '07 Philadelphia, PA36 Hope, Chris S 6-0 208 9/29/81 11 Florida State FA '12 Rock Hill, SC38 Markett, Marty CB 5-10 162 11/7/89 R South Carolina FA '12 York, SC27 McClain, Robert CB 5-9 195 7/22/88 3 Connecticut FA '12 Philadelphia, PA26 Mitchell, Charles S 5-11 205 9/13/89 R Mississippi State D6 '12 Clarksdale, MS25 Moore, William S 6-0 221 5/18/85 3 Missouri D2 '09 Hayti, MO21 Owens, Christopher CB 5-9 180 12/1/86 4 San Jose State D3 '09 Los Angeles, CA23 Robinson, Dunta CB 5-10 183 4/11/82 9 South Carolina FA '10 Athens, GA22 Samuel, Asante CB 5-10 185 1/6/81 10 Central Florida TR '12 (PHI) Lauderdale Lakes, FL39 Schillinger, Shann S 6-0 200 5/22/86 3 Montana D6 '10 Baker, MT37 Thompson, Peyton CB 5-11 180 9/26/90 R San Jose State FA '12 Granite Bay, CA41 Tuimaunei, Suaesi S 6-1 205 2/11/88 1 Oregon State FA '11 Laie, HI29 Walls, Darrin CB 6-0 190 6/20/88 1 Notre Dame FA '11 Pittsburgh, PA

SPECIALISTS (5)5 Bosher, Matt P 6-0 208 10/18/87 1 Miami (Fla.) D6 '10 Jupiter, FL3 Bryant, Matt K 5-9 203 5/29/75 11 Baylor FA '09 Orange, TX

47 Harris, Josh LS 6-1 224 4/27/89 R Auburn FA '12 Carrollton, GA1 Folk, Erik K 5-11 185 1/26/89 R Washington FA '12 Woodland Hills, CA82 Zelenka, Joe LS 6-3 266 3/9/76 14 Wake Forest FA '09 Cleveland, OH

34 Ewing, Bradie FB 5-11 243 12/26/89 R Wisconsin D5 '12 Richland Center, WI

Paul Dunn (Offensive Line), Jeff Fish (Director of Athletic Performance), Ray Hamilton (Defensive Line), Pat Hill (Offensive Line),Tim Lewis (Secondary), AJ Neibel (Assistant Strength and Conditioning), Glenn Pires (Linebackers), Terry Robiskie (Wide Receivers),Chris Scelfo (Tight Ends), Eric Sutulovich (Assistant Special Teams), Glenn Thomas (Quarterbacks), Andrew Weidinger (Offensive Assistant),

COACHING STAFFMike Smith (Head Coach), Dirk Koetter (Offensive Coordinator), Mike Nolan (Defensive Coordinator), Keith Armstrong (Special Teams Coordinator),Jonas Beauchemin (Assistant Strength and Conditioning), Gerald Brown (Running Backs), Mark Collins (Defensive Assistant), Joe Danna (Defensive Backs),

Devin Bonik (Assistant to the Head Coach/Offense).

INJURED RESERVE

updated 8/11/2012

2012 Atlanta Falcons Transactions 

Date Position Player Transaction

January 1 TE GONZALEZ, Tony Signed to a one-year contract extension

January 3 LS ADAMS, Corey Signed as Reserve/Future Free Agent

LS ALBRITTON, Scott Signed as Reserve/Future Free Agent

January 9 WR DAVIS, Drew Signed as Reserve/Future Free Agent

TE GALLARDA, Tommy Signed as Reserve/Future Free Agent

S HANSEN, Matt Signed as Reserve/Future Free Agent

OL JOLLY, Kyle Signed as Reserve/Future Free Agent

S TUIMAUNEI, Suaesi Signed as Reserve/Future Free Agent

TE WINTERSWYK, Ryan Signed as Reserve/Future Free Agent

January 10 CB McCLAIN, Robert Signed as Reserve/Future Free Agent

January 20 RB NANCE, Dimitri Signed as Reserve/Future Free Agent

March 6 TE PALMER, Michael Signed as Exclusive Rights Free Agent

RB SMITH, ANTONE Signed as Exclusive Rights Free Agent

March 6 S DECOUD, Thomas Signed

March 7 DE BIERMANN, Kroy Signed

March 8 RB SNELLING, Jason Signed

March 9 G MANUWAI, Vince Signed

March 10 LB TATUPU, Lofa Signed

March 13 QB REDMAN, Chris Signed

WR DOUGLAS, Harry Signed

March 16 DE ABRAHAM, John Signed

April 25 CB SAMUEL, Asante Acquired in a trade with Philadelphia

April 27 G KONZ, Peter Drafted (55th overall)

T HOLMES, Lamar Drafted (91st overall)

April 28 FB EWING, Bradie Drafted (157th overall)

DE MASSAQUOI, Jonathan Drafted (164th overall)

CB MITCHELL, Charles Drafted (192nd overall)

DT ROBERTSON, Travian Drafted (249th overall)

April 30 TE BROWN, Lamark Signed as a College Free Agent

LB COUNCIL, Rico Signed as a College Free Agent

QB DAVIS, Dominique Signed as a College Free Agent

S FAULCON, Chad Signed as a College Free Agent

RB FREY, Robbie Signed as a College Free Agent

LB GRUDER, Max Signed as a College Free Agent

T HARRIS, Bryce Signed as a College Free Agent

LB HARRIS, Jerrell Signed as a College Free Agent

LS HARRIS, Josh Signed as a College Free Agent

C HORN, Tyler Signed as a College Free Agent

WR JACKSON, Marcus Signed as a College Free Agent

DT KIBBLE, Ray Signed as a College Free Agent

G MANLEY, Phillip Signed as a College Free Agent

CB MARKETT, Matty Signed as a College Free Agent

2012 Atlanta Falcons Transactions 

Date Position Player Transaction

TE NISSLEY, Adam Signed as a College Free Agent

DE NZEGWU, Louis Signed as a College Free Agent

WR PEARCY, Cody Signed as a College Free Agent

DT REGIS, Micanor Signed as a College Free Agent

WR RODGERS, James Signed as a College Free Agent

LB SCHILLER, Pat Signed as a College Free Agent

CB THOMPSON, Peyton Signed as a College Free Agent

P ZIMMERMAN, Dawson Signed as a College Free Agent

TE WINTERSWYK, Ryan Placed on Reserve/Retired list

May 1 WR CALVIN, Michael Signed as a College Free Agent

LS ALBRITTON, Scott Waived

OL JOLLY, Kyle Waived

May 8 FB MUGHELLI, Ovie Released

May 13 G/C KONZ, Peter Signed

FB EWING, Bradie Signed

S MITCHELL, Charles Signed

DT ROBERTSON, Travian Signed

FB MEISNER, Lee Signed

WR STAFFORD, Kenny Signed

TE WHITE, Aron Signed

DT KIBBLE, Ray Waived

May 15 T HOLMES, Lamar Signed

June 1 DE MASSAQUOI, Jonathan Signed

June 13 LS ADAMS, Corey Waived

June 18 K FOLK, Erik Signed

June 28 WR PEARCY, Cody Waived

June 29 S HOPE, Chris Signed

July 20 LB HANSEN, Matt Waived (non-football injury)

July 23 LB PETERSON, Mike Signed

July 25 LB TATUPU, Lofa Released (non-football injury)

S FAULCON, Chad Waived

DT JOSEPH, Elisha Signed

WR TOONE, Tim Signed

July 28 G MANUWAI, Vince Released

August 3 DL OBI, Conrad Signed

August 4 RB FREY, Robbie Waived (injury settlement)

August 5 RB MEDLIN, Richard Signed

August 11 FB EWING, Bradie Placed on Injured Reserve

TE NISSLEY, Adam Waived-Injured

P ZIMMERMAN, Dawson Waived

TE COFFMAN, Chase Signed

FB POLITE, Lousaka Signed

UNOFFICIAL DEPTH CHARTUNOFFICIAL DEPTH CHARTOFFENSEWR 11 Julio Jones 83 Harry Douglas 19 Drew Davis 15 Michael Calvin 18 James Rodgers LT 72 Sam Baker 74 Will Svitek 76 Lamar Holmes

LG 63 Justin Blalock 69 Andrew Jackson 68 Philipkeith Manley

C 62 Todd McClure 61 Joe Hawley 66 Peter Konz 64 Tyler Horn

RG 75 Garrett Reynolds 66 Peter Konz 79 Mike Johnson

RT 77 Tyson Clabo 79 Mike Johnson 76 Lamar Holmes 73 Bryce Harris

TE 88 Tony Gonzalez 81 Michael Palmer 87 Tommy Gallarda 85 Lamark Brown 86 Chase Coffman 49 Aron White WR 84 Roddy White 80 Kerry Meier 12 Kevin Cone 16 Marcus Jackson 89 Kenny Stafford 17 Tim Toone

QB 2 Matt Ryan 8 Chris Redman 4 John Parker Wilson 14 Dominique Davis

RB 33 Michael Turner 44 Jason Snelling 32 Jacquizz Rodgers 35 Antone Smith 30 Dimitri Nance 40 Richard Medlin

FB 42 Mike Cox 45 Lousaka Polite 43 Lee Meisner

DEFENSELE 55 John Abraham 90 Lawrence Sidbury 98 Cliff Matthews

DT 94 Peria Jerry 99 Vance Walker 92 Travian Robertson 70 Elisha Joseph

DT 95 Jonathan Babineaux 91 Corey Peters 67 Micanor Regis 65 Conrad Obi

LE 93 Ray Edwards 71 Kroy Biermann 96 Jonathan Massaquoi 97 Louis Nzgewu

OLB 56 Sean Weatherspoon 51 Robert James 48 Rico Council 46 Max Gruder

MLB 52 Akeem Dent 53 Mike Peterson 45 Pat Schiller

OLB 54 Stephen Nicholas 59 Spencer Adkins 50 Jerrell Harris

RCB 23 Dunta Robinson 22 Asante Samuel 21 Chris Owens 38 Marty Markett 37 Peyton Thompson

LCB 20 Brent Grimes 24 Dominique Franks 29 Darrin Walls 27 Robert McClain

S 25 William Moore 36 Chris Hope 26 Charles Mitchell

S 28 Thomas DeCoud 39 Shann Schillinger 41 Suaesi Tuimaunei

SPECIALISTSK 3 Matt Bryant 1 Erik Folk

KO 5 Matt Bosher

P 5 Matt Bosher

KR 32 Jacquizz Rodgers 24 Dominique Franks

PR 83 Harry Douglas 24 Dominique Franks

LS 82 Joe Zelenka 47 Josh Harris

H 5 Matt Bosher 80 Kerry Meier

Kroy Biermann................................................................ BeermanThomas DeCoud........................................................... DAY-CooPeria Jerry........................................................................... Pur-rayPeter Konz..............................................................................kahnzJonathan Massaquoi..........................................MASS-a-qwahJacquizz Rodgers.............................................................. JA-quizDunta Robinson............................................................... Don-tayShann Schillinger........................................................Schillin-GRWill Svitek...................................................................... Svee-techSuaesi Tuimaunei.....................So-wes-EE Two-ee-MAU-nayJoe Zelenka................................................................... ze-link-Ah

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