Falcons release training camp practice dates
Atlanta Falcons general manager Thomas Dimitroff, left, talks with head coach Mike Smith during the morning session on the second day of NFL football minicamp at the team's training complex in Flowery Branch, Ga., Saturday, May 8, 2010. (AP Photo/Paul Abell)
BIRDLAND – It’s 35 days before the Falcons are due to report for training camp.
But go ahead and get your digital and paper calendars out. (Some of us old-schoolers still write stuff down on old paper calendars and planners! Some of you big-timers, can call your executive assistants into your swank offices and have them set your calendars.)
The team released the practice schedule and 20 of the sessions, including the practices with the New England Patriots and the Jacksonville Jaguars, are open to the public.
In addition to the 18 practices, the team will hold its Falcons Allstate All-Access “Friday Night Lights” scrimmage at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, August 6 at North Gwinnett High school.
Also the public will have access to a Mock Game at Flowery Branch at 12 p.m. on Saturday, August 7.
The Falcons will conduct 31 practices, including 15 two-a-day sessions, at their training facility.
The combined practices with New England and Jacksonville will be the first for the Falcons in six years.
Jacksonville will visit Atlanta for practices on Monday, August 9 and Tuesday, August 10; and New England will head to Flowery Branch for practice on Tuesday, August 17, two days before the teams battle in a preseason meeting at the Georgia Dome.
The last time Atlanta participated in combined practices was when they traveled to Tennessee during training camp in 2004.
Below are the details of the Falcons 2010 training camp practice schedule. Dates and times are subject to change. For additional information regarding changes in practice times or weather delays please call: 770.965.2752 or visit the Falcons mobile website at www.atlantafalcons.mobi.
Date Practice Times (public availability)
New England coach Bill Belichick won't need his hoodie for August practices in Flowery Branch. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
Friday, July 30 — Practice 8:30 – 10:10 a.m. (open to the public); practice 3:45 – 5:25 p.m. (open to the public).
Saturday, July 31 — Practice 8:30 – 10:10 a.m. (open to the public); practice 3:45 – 5:50 p.m. (open to the public).
Sunday, August 1 — Practice 9:35 – 10:30 a.m. (open to the public); practice 3:45 – 5:55 p.m. (open to the public).
Monday, August 2 — Practice 8:30 – 10:40 a.m. (open to the public); practice 3:45 – 5:25 p.m. (closed to the public).
Tuesday, August 3 — Practice 8:30 – 10:40 a.m. (open to the public); practice 3:45 – 4:40 p.m. (closed to the public).
Wednesday, August 4 — Practice 1:30 – 3:40 p.m. (open to the public).
Thursday, August 5 — Practice 8:30 – 10:40 a.m. (open to the public); practice 3:45 – 5:25 p.m. (closed to the public).
Friday, August 6 — Practice 10:15 – 11:55 a.m. (open to the public)
Falcons Allstate All-Access “Friday Night Lights”
Team Scrimmage at North Gwinnett High School – 7:30 p.m. (open to the public)
Saturday, August 7 — Mock Game at Flowery Branch – 12:00 p.m. (open to the public)
Sunday, August 8 — No Practice.
JACKSONVILLE COMBINED PRACTICES
AT FLOWERY BRANCH
- Wonder how Jack Del Rio would look with my teal bow tie?
Monday, August 9 — Practice 8:30 – 10:40 a.m. (open to the public); practice 3:45 – 4:40 p.m. (open to the public).
JACKSONVILLE COMBINED PRACTICES
AT FLOWERY BRANCH
Tuesday, August 10 — Practice 8:30 – 10:40 a.m. (open to the public); practice 3:45 – 5:50 p.m. (open to the public).
Wednesday, August 11 — Practice 8:30 – 10:40 a.m. (closed to the public); practice 3:45 – 4:40 p.m. (closed to the public).
Thursday, August 12 — Practice 8:50 – 10:55 a.m. (closed to the public); practice 5:15 – 6:15 p.m. (closed to the public).
Friday, August 13 – Preseason Week 1 vs. Kansas City 8 p.m.
Saturday, August 14 –No Practice.
Sunday, August 15 — Practice 9:30 – 11:35 a.m. (open to the public); practice 3:45 – 5:25 p.m. (open to the public).
Monday, August 16 — Practice 8:30 – 10:40 a.m. (closed to the public); practice 3:45 – 4:40 p.m. (closed to the public).
NEW ENGLAND COMBINED PRACTICES
AT FLOWERY BRANCH
Tuesday, August 17 — Practice 8:30 – 10:55 a.m. (open to the public); practice 3:45 – 5:35 p.m. (open to the public).
Wednesday, August 18 — Practice 10:15 – 11:35 a.m. (closed to public).
Thursday, August 19 — Preseason Week 2 vs. New England 8 p.m.
Friday, August 20 — No Practice.
Saturday, August 21 — 9:30 a.m. – 11:35 a.m. (closed to the public); 3:45 p.m. – 5:25 p.m. (closed to the public).
Sunday, August 22 — 9:35 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. (closed to the public)
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156 comments Add your comment
truth
June 23rd, 2010
2:03 pm
High hopes……I believe you were trying to say when I DON’T have a pot to piss in, and in fact I do have a pot to piss in I just don’t think I have to share it with you, I worked to hard for it. I don’t know about anyone else but I have seen alot of people lose their “pots” the last two years and our leaders just want to blame instead of fix……….and blame while their teeing off for the next shot!! WAKE UP!!
truth
June 23rd, 2010
2:06 pm
DUH!!! Sick and Tired!! I have said on several occasions that this county hasn’t had leadership in awhile. Problem is, you can’t see the problems that have come to surface since Obama took office.
JB FALCON
June 23rd, 2010
2:25 pm
I’m with “sick & tired” on this one, even though it has nothing to do with football. Seems like the finger pointers are the ones who will want to trade Ryan after our first loss…IF we have one!
If I go to my boss to present a problem in one hand, I’d better have a solution in the other. Otherwise, live with it.
Idiots!!!
June 23rd, 2010
2:34 pm
Thought this was a football blog… idiots! Don’t taint my football with politics.
Terrell
June 23rd, 2010
2:43 pm
FalconsFan284
So it’s a mistake to be an Obama supporter? I’m sorry D-Led don’t mean to carry this but it seems the truth of “America” begins to rear its ugly head when something “different” happens. We are now in an Uncle Ben’s Minute rice society. We think everything can get done with no problem. This isn’t like turning on a light switch and even that is more complicated than you may think.
Truth
So you’re implying that this country has had problems? Since when? I’m pretty sure we can get dirt on every president that has resided over the United States so I’m guessing we never had real “American” leadership. The problem is that many complain about things that aren’t happening, but because Fox News said it is happening and the Tea Baggers say it’s happening then it must be true.
Terrell
June 23rd, 2010
2:44 pm
But back to the topic at hand. I wish I could attend some of the mini camps but being in Michigan doesn’t make the commute easy.
truth
June 23rd, 2010
3:03 pm
Terrell you are making my point. See…..you make the critisizim of Barak Obama a race issue. What do we call those who disagreed with other presidents? Come on hater……what do we as a black society call them?
James Adams
June 23rd, 2010
3:09 pm
I wonder if Tom Brady will still be doing his best Justin Beiber immitation when they come the The Branch?
from the stands
June 23rd, 2010
3:55 pm
FalconsFan284 @ 12:01 – politifact rebutted the cannard that we’re refusing help from other countries:
http://www.politifact.com/florida/statements/2010/jun/16/george-lemieux/white-house-refused-international-oil-spill-aid-fl/
And Clinton signed the legislation (Dick Army’s bill to repeal Glass-Stegall) but the republicans had the votes to override him if he vetoed it. It was all about deregulation of industries, which conservatives love. Me, I like things well regulated.
Back to football; Dled – where do we stack up with pass rush? Who impresses you?
falcon4ever
June 23rd, 2010
3:56 pm
obama said no to 13 countries that could have helped with the spill. obama said no to Kevin Costner and his centrifuge machines when he offered them 2 weeks after the spill. obama sent the Coast Gaurd to stop Louisianas 19 oil skimming barges saying that they needed to be checked for OSHA compliance first. obama had other oil cleaning craft stopped for not having enough life vest on-board. obama would not send our oil clean-up ships to the gulf coast saying we may need them where they are now. It’s painfully obvious he wants this oil spill to continue so he may further his own SOCIALIST agenda. he doesn’t care that 120,000 people lost their jobs with his moronic 6 mos. moratoreum , that was thankfully stopped by a New Orleans Federal judge. he anti-American and if you don’t realize that then your are sorrowfully un-informed
truth
June 23rd, 2010
4:13 pm
We didn’t get change……we got the same, only it’s gonna cost more.
from the stands
June 23rd, 2010
4:30 pm
falcon4ever @ 3:56 – not according to politifact. Maybe that’s what you’re hearing from whereever you get your news. Politifact is impartial.
falcon4ever
June 23rd, 2010
4:39 pm
I don’t want impartial , I want the truth and thats what i get from wherever I get my news. My news is correct 98.3% of the time. If politifact can claim that , then I will give them a test listen! Thanks for the info.
JB FALCON
June 23rd, 2010
4:48 pm
Dled, you ought to monitor your blogs more and keep them on point. FOOTBALL!!!
Terrell
June 23rd, 2010
4:53 pm
truth,
I did not make it a race issue. You implied that I did but I never said it was because he’s black he’s not getting any respect. I think because the media blows up his business it makes it easier to be more critical of him. I heard more about Obama in less than a year than I have about the other presidents in their 1st term alone. I never said it was a race issue, someone earlier implied in their comment that we need a real American leader so I just took that exact phrase an used it. You continue to imply things are costing more. I have yet to see an increase in my taxes or in a lot of other things minus inflation costs that exist anyways. Now, we got people like falcon4ever throwing around the Socialist agenda stuff.
I don’t agree with everything that is going on, but the one thing I have done is support my President no matter what. I did support Bush. I think many were harder on him than he deserved. I get mad at the comedians that make jokes saying that Clinton was our 1st Black president. Race isn’t an issue to me, but I do feel like Obama is placed under a larger microscope because the media make a fuss about it and society wants to see what will happen and everytime something doesn’t go as planned people want to jump ship and all the negativity begins to come out.
truth
June 23rd, 2010
4:55 pm
@ from the kool-aid stands………you should re-check and not spin. You are as your leader. Blind to the truth. How can you justify your president taking the biggest disaster in America’s history and turn it into a political cap and trade agenda. He reacted to a Rollingstons story (by the way have you read it, not enough there to fire a guy) with-in 24 hours………….he reacts to a natural disaster…..in how many days, weeks, months? Leader…..not likely.
from the stands
June 23rd, 2010
4:57 pm
falcon4ever – I’m telling you that you’re not getting the truth. You listen to slanted news. They tell you what they want you to hear. Where do you even come up with “98.3″?
Politifact (which the AJC uses, btw) is non-partisan and calls out left and right wing when they slant things.
truth
June 23rd, 2010
5:00 pm
Terrell, don’t spin on it now……..my brotha. Please look who your leader was associated with years before getting into office. I don’t want America to fail, I do want Obama’s policies to fail. If he wants to get rid of the socialist tag he should change his views and associates.
Terrell
June 23rd, 2010
5:05 pm
And what do you suggest he should do “truth” since it’s obvious you view on politics are accurate. What spin are you talking about? I hope you aren’t tryin to be funny when you say “brotha” because the only I use that is when I’m in church agressing one of the men.
Terrell
June 23rd, 2010
5:05 pm
agressing=addressing
Obama has no clue
June 23rd, 2010
5:07 pm
Terrell quit kissing Obama’s rear end ,the man has no clue what to do for this country.Obama needs to quit pointing fingers and do what a leader or president should do and figure a way to solve all of these problems we as a nation have.GO FALCONS Matt Ryan will take the Falcons to Super Bowl !!
Falcondawg
June 23rd, 2010
5:09 pm
IDK but this blog is actually kinda interesting no matter what side your on or funny to say the least!!
truth
June 23rd, 2010
5:11 pm
common sense leadership…….that’s the kind I want. That’s what Ithought we were to get with Obama. Now that I wasted my vote and know more of truth in who he is I will stand against him. I don’t care if the leader is a donkey or elephant (as stated numerous tme) I just want leadership and not a man spinning and blaming everyone but himself. He set in place things that were to correct our problems and it’s failed, time to admit it and move on.
Falcondawg
June 23rd, 2010
5:13 pm
BUT come on we all know that NONE of us really know what really goes on behind closed doors so you might as well be debating whose better the Lions or the Bucs!!!
Terrell
June 23rd, 2010
5:14 pm
Am I “Obama has no clue” I just find it hiliarious that people are ready to call for his head and we haven’t given anything a chance yet. We have given our Falcons 3 years and we expect Super Bowl but if they don’t we still support them but an issue larger than football and we expect it all in one decision? What have we figured out? I work in a gov’t office and trust a lot of these issues existed well before I was born so it’s going to take time. You got to get people to buy into what you’re doing. I’m pretty sure if Coach Smith wanted to run the ball all day and his OC didn’t it would cause a rift and when bad things happen the HC gets all the blame, but as we see when you get people a legitimate chance to do something things can happen. Two years ago we are 11-5 and in the playoffs last year 9-7 but no playoffs but we remain hopeful and know it wasn’t a dropoff but a part of the growing process. If this happens in the game of football I’m pretty sure it happens elsewhere.
truth
June 23rd, 2010
5:20 pm
We can’t afford two more years for Obama to”get a clue.”
Falcondawg you are 100% correct, I guess I’m just looking for a fight, and no one will win that kind of fight. I will agree to disagree.
falcon4ever
June 23rd, 2010
5:21 pm
@ From the stands -The AJC is a left wing leaning media provider. Thats not an insult to the AJC, rather the fact! You’ve just sold me on not listening to them with that info@ Terrel- If it’s not socialism, then what would you like me to call it. When the gov. controls things and then tells corporations what they can and cannot do while telling the citizen where they can and cannot get healthcare while spending TRILLIONS of dollars we don’t have, but dollars that your children and grand children will be liable for. Call it “change ” if thats your thing but I call it the strangulation of American individuality and the death of the free enterprise system. I think Karl Marx put it a bit better that I did!
dekalb fan
June 23rd, 2010
5:22 pm
Obviously no president is going to satisfy everyone, I personally feel that Obama is doing a great job given the quagmire he inherited. He can’t fix in short period of time the mess Bush made in 8 years. To Obama has no clue, your wrote that Matt Ryan will take the Falcons to the Super Bowl. Is he renting a plane or bus, surely you don’t think he can lead them ther to actually. I agree he will take the Falcons to the Super Bowl, but it will be to watch the game.
dekalb fan
June 23rd, 2010
5:25 pm
Typo in previous post correction: Is he renting a plane or bus, surely you don’t think he can lead them there to actually play. I agree he will take the Falcons to the Super Bowl, but it will be to watch the game.
jerry
June 23rd, 2010
5:27 pm
Falconfan 284: I don’t know about anyone else on this blog but I couldn’t care less about your political persuasions.
falcon4ever
June 23rd, 2010
5:28 pm
@dekalb fan- I think you meant to say he inherited from Clinton
truth
June 23rd, 2010
5:29 pm
You are right Terrell, i’m just upset inside because I didn’t stand up and scream about all the injustice that was going on from Nixon, Reagan, Bush, Clinton and Lil Bush. I just want people to think that America began in 2008 instaad of 1776. The real truth is, these prove entities and lobbyists have too much power and influence on the politicans and in our communities. Until we actuall stand up as a people and stop fighting each other on stupid meaningless issues such as (race, sexual orientation, religion, etc..) we will never be able to stick it to the real criminals like BP, Haliburton, Wells Fargo, Bank of America, AT&T, Microsoft etc… THE “TRUTH” IS dont stand here and complain, get up and do something because these polticians have never truly fought for the people since the beginning of this countries history. The only people who fought for the people were the PEOPLE!!!
GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO FALCONS!
falcon4ever
June 23rd, 2010
5:32 pm
@ truth- When we do stand up , we are called right wing radicals instead of Americans
from the stands
June 23rd, 2010
5:33 pm
falcon4ever – Apparently you want to listen only to the right wing media and that’s too bad, ’cause they have a huge slant of their own. But maybe that’s all you can handle. Me, I read and listen to all kinds of stuff, but there are impartial sources politifact and annenberg are 2 of the best which filters out a lot of the garbage.
And I don’t think you really understand where this debt originated. It started with the founding of this country. We’ve had federal debt for over 230 years. However, 30 years ago Reagan quintupled the debt to a trillion dollars. Back then, a trillion dollars was a lot of money. And that’s where most of our debt problems started.
Lastly, Karl Marx wasn’t a socialist, he was a communist. There is a difference, and if you like to throw labels around (and you really seem like you love doing that) you should understand the difference. And if you did, you’d understand that we’re still operating in a democracy.
FEATHEREDFRIEND
June 23rd, 2010
5:35 pm
Who cares about anything ‘cept 14-2…14-2… Flyin’ High Again!!!! Ya gotta BEEEEEEEEEELEEEEEVEEEE!!!!!!!! C’mon now . Who’s with me?
truth
June 23rd, 2010
5:36 pm
@falconever, its not about what you are called. Its about whats right. And the rich getting ricer and the poor getting poorer isnt right. Call me whatever you want, but I’m for making sure that every man and woman is counted notjust those men and women who have a pocket full of money. And that is the true root of all evil and why this country is in the oily mess “pun intended” it is.
FalconsFan284
June 23rd, 2010
5:39 pm
Terrell—-Perhaps I’m missing something. What exactly are the great things the Imposter in Chief has done for this country? Please, try not to blame Bush as everyone that has, has sounded foolish.
TO ALL OBAMA SUPPORTERS—–What has Obama done that has you so enamored?
from the stands
June 23rd, 2010
5:40 pm
truth @ 5:29 – you just said the 1st thing I’ve read that actually made sense. Not the part about ‘American began in 2008′; that’s still silly talk. The part about the corporations and lobbysts that have way too much influence over our government.
I read a lot (currently biographies) and I find when I read about Teddy Roosevelt he had the railroads complaining that regulating them would kill the industry. I’m currently reading about Joseph Pulitzer and his complaints about the lobbysts in Washington (did you know he was a congressman?).
Truth – the truth is the names change, but we’ve been fighting these same battles since the country began.
truth
June 23rd, 2010
5:41 pm
FalconsFan284- what have you done??? That is what you should be answering. Stop waiting on someone else to fix your problems and be pro-active. Not reactive.
FalconsFan284
June 23rd, 2010
5:43 pm
BTW—–Cleanup for the Exxon Valdez was started within 6 days of the spill and completed within 60 days, under the leadership of George W. Bush. The Gulf Oil Spill is on it’s 67th day and we haven’t made any attempt to clean it up.
Bush-1, Obama-0
Falcons-Arthur Blank for President!!!!
falcon4ever
June 23rd, 2010
5:45 pm
Do you understand this country was founded as a Republic? Reagan built up that defecit to beat the Russians without having to go to war with them while reducing taxes to stimulate businees to pay for it. Tax reductions always stimulate business and if you don’t think so check your history or wait ’till next year when the tax cuts end. Political and Religious debates lead to nowhere but at least for a while longer we still have the freedom to openly discuss them. One last note . If you’ll investigate , you will find that we started sliding into this quickly once the Dems gained a majority in the House and Senate in Bushs’ last two years. Coincidence?
FalconsFan284
June 23rd, 2010
5:46 pm
Truth—My firm and I have been contributing money to support the people of the Gulf, we’ve hired some of their displaced workers and we have spoken with and sent letters to our national leaders to get things rolling. I have also been elected to Mayor of my town, which doesn’t help the country but it does help the people of my community. Sorry if your assumption makes you look foolish.
falcon4ever
June 23rd, 2010
5:47 pm
@ 284–We’ve attempted but been stymied by the Federal Government
falcon4ever
June 23rd, 2010
5:49 pm
And congratulations
truth
June 23rd, 2010
5:50 pm
@ from the stands, I didnt know that about Pulitzer. Good to know. But you are right. dregulation and lobbiyist basically run the country now. Yeah the people vote for the politicans but the politicians represent the private corporations. The founders created the “Senate” because they felt the “people” were to stupid to elect and govern themselves. Only through sheer fighting was the “House” given for representation purposes and we all know what little power they have. We need to take a lead and tell these corporations who have monoplies on everything from food to entertainment that “free enterprise” is what this country was founded on and its what made this country great! If we don’t foreign companies and domestic companies will continue to destroy this country and drain all the wealth too.
from the stands
June 23rd, 2010
5:51 pm
FalconsFan284 – The cleanup of prudome bay (excuse the spelling) took decades. The original judgement to those affected was $2.5 billion, but the corporation fought it in the courts; people died while waiting for a decision, and in the end it got reduced to $500 million.
And you wonder why Obama wanted to put the money in escrow?
BTW; the Valdez spilled and that was it. 1 tanker dumped; all on the surface. We don’t have the technology to shut this spill off because we haven’t adequately regulated the industry. They should have been required to have the proven technology to shut down any well at the depth they drill at. The valdez was just 1 bay; this may cover 4 states or more.
FalconsFan284
June 23rd, 2010
5:52 pm
4ever—It’s not easy but hopefully something, anything, will be done soon. I mean, aside from extorting $20 Billion from a foreign company and refusing to take ownership of the situation!
froggy
June 23rd, 2010
5:57 pm
Dled, sorry, you need to implement a zero tolerance policy on all this political crud or this blog will get highjacked. Go to the gym and I have to hear guys pontificating to the soundtrack of Fox News. Go to a kids swim meet and the same thing. Puleeze, people, let’s focus on who’s playing strong safety, or whether we our interior line will shape up, or is Michael Turner ready to get back in gear — the fun and important stuff!
from the stands
June 23rd, 2010
5:59 pm
falcon4ever @ 5:45 – do you know what a Republic is? It’s simply a form of representative government. What does that have to do with anything?
In fact “Tax reductions always stimulate business” and you can look back at Bushs tax cuts in 2001 to prove that fallacy. You can also look at Clinton raising taxes in 1994 and see how the economy took off.
And actually, yes; Democrats taking control of the house just as the “great recession” started is a coincidence. Economic circumstances need time to matriculate and percolate. Usually 6-9 months; maybe longer.
truth @ 5:50 – anymore (and that’s another discussion) it doesn’t matter if you’re from the left or the right; politicians don’t listen to us; they listen to the lobbysts who give them enormous amounts of money. And if you grab a torch, I’ll grab my pitchfork and let’s storm the bastille together.
truth
June 23rd, 2010
6:02 pm
@FalconsFan284, if that is true then great but excuse me if I am skeptical because your current commentary dosent at all match what you “claim” you have been doing for you community. Your anger is displaced. You need to be angry not just at Washington but the corporate companies that ruin everything in this country. You are a sports guy! Look at how these “BCS Conferences” hide behind the lie of claiming academics is the reason behind making these super Conferences! Yeah sure! Please wake up people