On the day the Ravens put the non-exclusive franchise tag on Lamar Jackson, five NFL teams made it known they would not get involved in a trade discussion.
After Monday, four have fired their head coach (Falcons, Panthers, Commanders, Raiders)
Josh Kendall
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Josh Kendall
@JoshTheAthletic
Atlanta Falcons beat writer for @TheAthletic. There'll be some golf and maybe even a little college football at times, too. Email: [email protected]
Joined June 2010
- Taylor Heinicke showed up for his Wednesday press conference in a Busch hoodie. “I got fined for drinking Busch Light on the (Commanders team) plane last year so they sent me a bunch of stuff.”
- And, with a pat on the back from Kirk Cousins, here comes Michael Penix Jr. for the Atlanta Falcons.
00:00 - Michael Penix Jr.’s college head coach and current Alabama coach Kalen DeBoer in Atlanta today to see Penix play.
- The only person to beat Desmond Ridder into the Falcons building Saturday was Tyler Vrabel, the undrafted free agent offensive lineman and son of Titans head coach Mike Vrabel.
- Grady Jarrett declined to speak to reporters in the Falcons locker room postgame.
- Atlanta Falcons general manager Terry Fontenot just walked into the team's locker room along with team CEO Rich McKay and team president Greg Beadles.
- Me to Will Muschamp: "How have you addressed voting with your team?" Muschamp: No response Me: "You know there's an election today?" Muschamp: "I do now. I'm getting ready for Florida."
- Kirk Cousins on Halloween: "One of the greatest days of the year. I love it. Going to try to get my work done as fast as I can so I can get home and be part of it. Richard Seymour lives a few houses down from me. I hear he has his whole chili setup and a tent, so I am pumped."
- Bijan Robinson estimated he got between 200-300 texts after Monday night’s game. The most famous messenger: @McConaughey, who is a regular in Bijan’s phone. “He’ll just text like, ‘Great run. That was electric.’”
- Atlanta Falcons lose 21-15 to Tampa Bay. Grady Jarrett was as angry as I've ever seen him, or any other human being, coming off the field. Jarrett tipped over a waist high water cooler and screamed a curse word. Multiple times. Falcons fall to 2-3.
- More than 100 members of South Carolina's football team, led by head coach Will Muschamp, are currently peacefully walking through downtown Columbia.
- So, this feels like the Falcons had James Pearce Jr. penciled in at No. 15, were surprised to see Jalon Walker available there and couldn't pass on him but then couldn't quit on Pearce so made a (very expensive) trade to get back in the first Rond and draft him.
- A BOT member asks what the definition of fired "for cause" entails for a DL coach. After an explainer, she says, "So 'cause' would not be if every SEC team we play runs for 400 yards?" This is my favorite ever moment in board of trustee meeting history.
