Kroy Biermann News

The Falcons were a pretty good defense last season when they blitzed, but they couldn't get pressure on the quarterback with a standard four-man rush.

Football Outsiders is doing a league-wide series of posts called "Red Flags," which take a look at the biggest remaining issue facing each team.

The Falcons haven't always drafted well, and not every signing has been a brilliant one.

Former " Real Housewives of Atlanta " star Sheree Whitfield dropped by " Watch What Happens: Live ," where she got a chance to respond to comments made about her on the same show by her former co-star, NeNe Leakes .

Thomas Dimitroff dropped breadcrumbs for weeks before the NFL draft. The Falcons general manager hinted that a first-round trade was coming, and he didn't disappoint, swapping Atlanta's 30th overall pick and a third- and sixth-rounder with the St.

While many fans enjoy following the NFL offseason because of the hope and optimism that it often generates for the coming year, the free-agency period and the draft can be nerve-racking for veteran NFL players and their families.

Let's take a look at some odds and ends from around the division: ATLANTA FALCONS John Manasso throws out the possibility of defensive end Kroy Biermann getting some playing time at outside linebacker, particularly when the Falcons use a 3-4 set.

"The Real Housewives of Atlanta " star Kim Zolciak has been on the show since the very beginning and she received her own spin-off show, "Don't Be Tardy for the Wedding," when she married her husband, Kroy Biermann.

We're still about two months away from the start of training camp in July, but as we all know, there's no real "offseason" in the NFL .

Malliciah Goodman wasn't surprised to be asked about his long arms after his first practice with the Atlanta Falcons.

Let's have a little fun and look back at the latter stages of the NFL draft. I'm going to pick one player from each team who was drafted after the third round that might end up getting significant playing time as a rookie.

The Atlanta Falcons kept their focus on defense Saturday, adding defensive ends Malliciah Goodman of Clemson and Stansly Maponga from TCU on the third day of the NFL draft.

There's been a lot of chatter about re-signing John Abraham. On some level, it seems necessary, now that the Falcons have foregone the top tier of draftable defensive ends.

Based on a little bit of knowledge and a lot of projection, a closer look at what we can expect from the Atlanta Falcons in the 2013 NFL Draft.