Von Hutchins News

Cathedral honored former standout Von Hutchins at halftime of their game against Mount Olive.

Cathedral has had only one of its graduates go on to play at the highest level of professional football.

Tight end Ben Hartsock and defensive back Von Hutchins, members of the highly touted 2008 free agency class, were released by the Falcons on Tuesday.

Falcons coach Mike Smith was clearly displeased with the defense's play against San Diego.

The Falcons return home to spend the last two weeks of the preseason playing on familiar turf.

"It felt excellent," said Moore, the team's second-round draft pick. "I got back out there.

FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. - Chris Owens isn't kidding about the informational overload facing most NFL rookies.

A Hold on CB Spot? One of the more surprising moves of the off-season came with Thomas Dimitroff allowing Dominique Foxworth to walk into Free-Agency without as much as a hint of attempting to resign him.

The Atlanta Falcon squad that takes the field this fall should be better than the team that surprised the league last year.

Nearly one year later, Von Hutchins still is not the same. But he's getting closer every day.

Defensive end John Abraham made his first appearance at Organized Training Activities [OTAs] on Wednesday.

Time for a quick trip through the mailbag. Matt in Athens, GA writes: Pat, I gotta know, depending on how well the Falcons do this year , how much longer can this team hold together their superstar coaching staff? You've got Musgrave and Mularkey, and any Dawg fan worth their salt knows Coach Van Gorder is a superstar waiting to to explode on to ...

While on blog-cation, we'll try to find the perfect Palm tree to sit up and watch the sunset.

Once you take a look around the Atlanta Falcons training facility in Flowery Branch, it's pretty obvious who the new face in town is.

The Atlanta Falcons are the final stop in our series of team-by-team mailbags. LR in Warner Robins, Ga., writes: Who you think will be the Atlanta Falcons starting Strong Safety, DeCoud or Moore? Pat Yasinskas: Too early to tell right now.

The Falcons opened their organized team activities with a couple of key veterans and a draft pick missing Wednesday.

Second-year man Curtis Lofton calling signals in the defensive huddle at mini-camp. . OTAVILLE a ' Took a little post-draft, post-mini-camp break.

The Atlanta Falcons are the final stop on our tour of team-by-team mailbags. Brett in Atlanta writes: Hey Pat, i read this blog alot but this is my first time sending a question.

Top draft pick Peria Jerry suffered an injury during recent Falcons' mini-camp. The rumblings about Falcons PRE-preseason injuries have already started - where else? - in the Falcons Vent.

Defensive end John Abraham and kicker Jason Elam were absent Friday morning when the Falcons began their weekend mini-camp. Abraham and Elam, joined defensive back Von Hutchins , offensive lineman Alex Stepanovich and cornerback David Irons on the list of players being held out.