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	<title>Atlanta Falcons &#187; 2011 &#187; June &#187; 21</title>
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		<title>NFL Labor Update: O-line could be decimated in free agency</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jun 2011 22:24:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>D. Orlando Ledbetter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<div id="attachment_1099" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 510px"><img class="size-full wp-image-1099" title="The Burn Unit" src="http://blogs.ajc.com/atlanta-falcons-blog/files/2009/12/The-Burn-Unit.JPG" alt="Tyson Clabo (right), Harvey Dahl and Todd McClure and Justin Blalock (Sam Baker not pictured) received kudos from Coach John Madden last season. Clabo, Blalock and Dahl could all be free agents under a new collective bargaining agreement. (Curtis Compton, ccompton@ajc.com) " width="500" height="380" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Tyson Clabo (right), Harvey Dahl and Todd McClure and Justin Blalock (Sam Baker not pictured) received kudos from Coach John Madden last season. Clabo, Blalock and Dahl could all be free agents under a new collective bargaining agreement. (Curtis Compton, ccompton@ajc.com) </p></div>
<p>ESPN is reporting some of the proposed details of a collective bargaining agreement that the league shared with the NFL Owners.</p>
<blockquote><p>Details of a proposed collective bargaining agreement being pitched to NFL owners Tuesday, according to sources:</p>
<p>• Players get 48 percent of &#8220;all revenue.&#8221;</p>
<p>• Players&#8217; share will never dip below 46.5 percent, under new formula being negotiated.</p>
<p>• Teams required to spend close to 100 percent of the salary cap.</p>
<p>• Rookie wage scale part of deal but still being &#8220;tweaked.&#8221;</p>
<p>•<strong> Four years needed for unrestricted free-agent status. Certain tags will be retained, but still being discussed.</strong></p>
<p>• 18-game regular season designated only as negotiable item and at no point is mandated in deal.</p>
<p>• New &#0133;</p></blockquote>]]></description>
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		<title>NFL high school 7-on-7 tournament at Grady High</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jun 2011 21:30:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>D. Orlando Ledbetter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<div id="attachment_7556" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 522px"><img class="size-full wp-image-7556" title="Shoes" src="http://blogs.ajc.com/atlanta-falcons-blog/files/2011/06/Shoes1.JPG" alt="Shoes" width="512" height="337" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Falcons assistant strength and conditioning coach Billy &#34;White Shoes&#34; Johnson, right, a former Pro Bowl player, shows he still has a little left in the tank as he steps in to cover Falcons wide receiver #84 Roddy White as he runs a pass route drill during morning practice at Flowery Branch, Monday, August 6, 2007. (PHOTO BY CURTIS COMPTON/staff)</p></div>
<p><strong>BIRDLAND</strong> –  Eight Georgia high school teams will participate in the NFL&#8217;s high school player development program&#8217;s  seven-on-seven regional tournament at 4 p.m. Thursday at Grady  High School.</p>
<p>The tournament is sponsored by the National Guard through the NFL Youth Football Fund. It’s free and open to the public.</p>
<p>&#8220;One thing that the National Guard does well is focus on teamwork and what better way to do that than to partner with the NFL? It&#8217;s a great deal, truthfully,  because they both stress the importance of this principle and maximize both teamwork and character development within their programs,&#8221; Former Falcons player and executive &#0133;</p>]]></description>
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		<title>Q&amp;A: Matt Ryan believes workouts have been a success</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jun 2011 18:00:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>D. Orlando Ledbetter</dc:creator>
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<div id="attachment_7552" class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 235px"><strong><strong><img class="size-medium wp-image-7552" title="ryan" src="http://blogs.ajc.com/atlanta-falcons-blog/files/2011/06/ryan-225x300.jpg" alt="Falcons quarterback Matt Ryan talking with the media after Tuesday's seven-on-seven practice. " width="225" height="300" /></strong></strong><p class="wp-caption-text">Falcons quarterback Matt Ryan talking with the media after Tuesday&#39;s seven-on-seven practice. </p></div>
<p><strong>BUFORD </strong>– The Falcons are set to wrap up “Camp Exile” with their final seven-on-seven practice on Wednesday.</p>
<p>A core group of 20 to 35 players have been working out twice-a-week since May 10 about 10 miles from the team’s facilities.</p>
<p>Last year, the organized team activities concluded on June 18, so the players-only workouts have gone a few days over.</p>
<p>Quarterback <strong>Matt Ryan</strong>, linebacker <strong>Curtis Lofton</strong> and player representative <strong>Coy Wire</strong> have been instrumental in getting the players together.</p>
<p>Ryan spoke with The Atlanta Journal-Constitution about what he thinks the team achieved this offseason after Tuesday’s workout. (We’ll get Lofton’s take after tomorrow’s practice.)</p>
<p><strong>Q: Did you all take advantage of this dead time and make something good happen?</strong></p>
<p><strong>A:</strong> I think obviously with the lockout and the situation that we were in, it was not a great situation in order to get prepared for next season. &#0133;</p>]]></description>
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		<title>Roddy White&#8217;s top 5 wide receivers in the NFL</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jun 2011 14:00:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<div id="attachment_7538" class="wp-caption alignright" style="width: 310px"><img class="size-full wp-image-7538" title="Andre-Johnson" src="http://blogs.ajc.com/atlanta-falcons-blog/files/2011/06/Andre-Johnson.jpg" alt="Andre Johnson (Associated Press)" width="300" height="410" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Andre Johnson (Associated Press)</p></div>
<p><strong>BIRDLAND </strong>– Falcons All-Pro wide receiver <strong>Roddy White</strong> gave his list of the top five players at his position when he appeared on the NFL Network’s Total Access show on Monday.</p>
<p>In a classy move, he omitted himself from the group.</p>
<p>Here’s his top five:</p>
<p>5. <strong>DeSean Jackson</strong>, Philadelphia</p>
<p>4. <strong>Reggie Wayne</strong>, Indianapolis</p>
<p>3. <strong>Calvin Johnson</strong>, Detroit</p>
<p>2. <strong>Larry Fitzgerald</strong>, Arizona</p>
<p>1. <strong>Andre Johnson</strong>, Houston</p>
<p><strong><a href="http://www.nfl.com/videos/nfl-countdowns/09000d5d82067e48/Roddy-s-top-5-wide-receivers">Check out the video.</a></strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;">&#8211;D. Orlando Ledbetter, <strong><a href="../feed/">The Atlanta Falcons beat blog</a></strong></p>
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		<title>Roddy White: Falcons to have Greatest Show on Turf, Part II</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jun 2011 09:00:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<div id="attachment_5460" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 510px"><img class="size-full wp-image-5460" title="Roddy working it" src="http://blogs.ajc.com/atlanta-falcons-blog/files/2010/11/Roddy-working-it.jpg" alt="Falcons wide receiver Roddy White (left) tries to avoid St. Louis Rams cornerback Jerome Murphy after catching a pass for an 8-yard gain during the fourth quarter. White led the league in receptions with 115 in 2010. (Associated Press) " width="500" height="350" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Falcons wide receiver Roddy White (left) tries to avoid St. Louis Rams cornerback Jerome Murphy after catching a pass for an 8-yard gain during the fourth quarter. White led the league in receptions with 115 in 2010. (Associated Press) </p></div>
<p><strong>BIRDLAND </strong>– Falcons All-Pro wide receiver <strong>Roddy White </strong>sported a nice brown suit and did a good job on the NFL Network’s Total Access show on Monday night.</p>
<p>He’s excited about the club adding wide receiver <strong>Julio Jones</strong> in the draft.</p>
<p>“It’s going to be special,” White said.</p>
<p>With the addition of Jones, White said the Falcons&#8217; offense is going to remind fans of the old St. Louis Rams attack which was known as “The Greatest Show on Turf.” <strong><a href="http://www.nfl.com/videos/nfl-network-total-access/09000d5d82067dd8/32-in-32-Falcons">Check out the video. </a></strong></p>
<p>He noted that Green Bay was so tough to defend because they had three or four top receivers and he attributed the team’s playoff beatdown to its relative youth.</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">&#8211;D. Orlando Ledbetter, <strong><a href="../feed/">The Atlanta Falcons beat blog</a></strong></p>
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