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The 2016 season was the Atlanta Falcons' 51st in the National Football League (NFL) and their second under head coach Dan Quinn.It also marked the team's 25th and final season playing their home games at the Georgia Dome, ahead of their move to the new Mercedes-Benz Stadium in 2017.
Freeman at Falcons training camp in 2016. Freeman and Tevin Coleman provided the Falcons with a solid running back combination to help pace a historic offense in 2016. [42] In Week 3, against the Saints, he had 14 carries for 155 yards and five receptions for 55 yards and a touchdown. [43]
Jacquizz "Quizz" Rodgers (born February 6, 1990) is an American former professional football player who was a running back in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Oregon State Beavers, and was selected by the Atlanta Falcons in the fifth round of the 2011 NFL draft.
Looking at five running back options for the Atlanta Falcons in free agency.
He was the fifth of 18 running backs to be selected that year. [32] On May 12, 2015, Coleman signed his rookie contract, a four-year contract worth $3,219,012, with a $745,244 signing bonus. [33] [34] On September 8, 2015, due to the injury of Devonta Freeman, Coleman was named the Falcons feature running back to start the season. [35]
The Falcons entered the 2023 seasons with heightened expectations after drafting Texas running back Bijan Robinson with the eighth overall pick of the 2023 draft and making significant improvements in free agency, including signing Jessie Bates and Calais Campbell to improve their defense. [129]
But it'd be best to avoid the Raiders' lead back this week. Denver's defense is becoming one of the better units in the league and just held the Falcons' running backs to 77 total yards on 25 touches.
Veteran Atlanta quarterback Taylor Heinicke kept checking down, hitting open Falcons running backs in the flat and letting them run as Atlanta racked up 406 yards, 6.3 yards per play and seven ...