Location: Flowery Branch, Ga. | Stadium: Georgia Dome (71,250) | Owner/CEO: Arthur Blank | President/GM: Rich McKay Head Coach: Mike Smith | League Championships: 0
The Falcons filled out their draft with LB Curtis Lofton from Oklahoma in the second round, DB Chevis Jackson from LSU in the third round, WR Harry Douglas from Louisville in the third round, DB Thomas DeCoud from California in the third round, LB Robert James from Arizona State in the fifth round, LB Kroy Biermann from Montana in the fifth round, RB Thomas Brown from Georgia in the sixth round, DB Wilrey Fontenot from Arizona in seventh round and TE Keith Zinger from LSU in the seventh round. (Updated 04/28/2008)
Michael Vick's representatives are talking to the NFL on his behalf about a return to football, the imprisoned quarterback told creditors in a bankruptcy court meeting, reports the Virginia Pilot. Vick, on speaker phone from Leavenworth, Kan., said Friday that he does not know what his earning potential is. "My plan is to go back into playing football," he said. Vick, 28, did not divulge details of the discussions but said his agent and lawyers are talking to the league. He is suspended indefinitely from the NFL because of his conviction on a federal conspiracy charge related to a dogfighting operation he bankrolled in Surry County. Later, Vick's bankruptcy attorney in New York, Peter Ginsberg, declined to say how far the talks with the NFL have gone. Vick's projected release date from prison is July 20, according to the Federal Bureau of Prisons Web site. (Updated 08/30/2008)
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