The NFL Draft is just over a week away, and it is the most pivotal in recent memory for the Falcons. They have a talented roster, and they went out and acquired a quarterback that makes them favorites in the NFC South.
Although the Atlanta Falcons season may not have finished as fans hoped, in hindsight, a diamond on the team may have emerged from the rough. Falcons center Drew Dalman was recently revealed to be the team's most improved player.
Yikes. The Falcons are hurting a bit ahead of the biggest game of Arthur Smith’s career. With multiple reports that Smith wins and he’s back, the health of his team is particularly important.
A look at Wednesday’s practice reports. Wednesday is here, as the Atlanta Falcons prepare for their final game of the season, when they’ll go on the road and face their biggest rival the New Orleans Saints.
During his four years in Palo Alto, center Drew Dalman was a staple of the offensive line for the Cardinal. He was a three-year starter who was able to parlay his success at Stanford into being drafted in the fourth round for the Atlanta Falcons back in 2021.
If the Atlanta Falcons are in the market for a veteran quarterback this offseason, they're going to be an attractive destination, and not just because
The Atlanta Falcons' first play from scrimmage in Sunday's 13-8 win over the New York Jets saw center Drew Dalman and quarterback Desmond Ridder fumble the snap exchange.
Falcons center Drew Dalman spoke with The Falcoholic about the 2023 season so far, taking the next step, and more. The Atlanta Falcons 2023 season is well underway, as the team finds itself in spot where they haven’t been since the 2017 season — having a 2-0 record.
We learned plenty from the Week 1 win over the Panthers, and thankfully, a lot of it was good. The Falcons kicked off the 2023 season with a win, the first time the team won its first game since the Martin Van Buren presidency.
The Falcons added more than a handful of impact players this offseason, mostly through free agency but some acquired via trade. The roster is the best it’s been since the new regime took over, but growth from within is critical too.
The Falcons‘ offensive line was surprisingly one of the best units in football last year, a stark difference from the 2021 campaign when they ranked among the worst groups in the league.
Upon entering the NFL as a center, Drew Dalman, the Atlanta Falcons' fourth-round pick in 2021, had limited chances on offense, making only sporadic appearances in all 17 games during his rookie season. However, through rigorous competition last offseason, Dalman surpassed the incumbent Matt Hennessy to secure the starting center role.
Atlanta adds a developmental prospect late. With their final pick in the 2023 NFL Draft, the Falcons have added a player who figures to be a developmental center in the NFL.
The Atlanta Falcons have several questions to answer and holes to fill this offseason - and one of them sort of goes hand-in-hand: will they stick with Drew Dalman at center?
During training camp, Atlanta Falcons coach Arthur Smith stood in front of the microphone after a practice session and discussed his team's ongoing competition for the starting center position.
The quarterback-center exchange is the start of nearly every play in every game, but it's rarely talked about. ... unless it goes awry. For most, the moving of the ball is a formality, a foregone conclusion.
Atlanta’s going to have to get through the big man to have success on the ground. The Atlanta Falcons’ rushing attack has been critical to their offensive success thus far in 2022, and it will be tested against defensive tackle Vita Vea and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in Week 5.
Only Drew Dalman at center qualifies as a vague surprise, but the team’s youth is still striking. The earlier announcement from the Falcons that Drew Dalman would start at center was the big news of the day for Atlanta, but that came amidst the team releasing its first depth chart of the season.
The Falcons are officially preparing for regular season football games as the team hosts the Saints in the home opener. Atlanta released their official Week 1 depth chart, and we got answers to a few lingering questions; chiefly, Drew Dalman was named the team’s starting center over last year’s Week 1 starter, Matt Hennessy.
The Falcons’ offensive line could feature as many as three new starters in 2022. The unit last year was abysmal — surrendering 40 sacks and being among the league’s worst in rush yards before contact.
Matt Hennessy and Drew Dalman are set to compete for the right to start in the middle of Atlanta’s offensive line in 2022. We’re not that far away from training camp, which means it’s an excellent time to look at the state of some of the biggest position battles on the roster.
Now that free agency and the draft are behind us, it’s time to take a closer look at the Falcons roster heading in to the summer. Next up in our player profile series is C/G Drew Dalman.
There are multiple position battles along the offensive line that Falcons fans are following, and as we progress through the preseason, things will become much clearer at left guard and right tackle.
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