With the NFL draft and free agency period behind us, the official countdown to the 2025 season has begun. Week 1 is just 100 days away and NFL teams around the league are getting back to work. On Tuesday, 20 different teams, including the Atlanta Falcons, arrived for the start of organized team activities.

While the coverage surrounding the NFL draft tends to get overblown, there's no overstating the impact that the right prospect can have on a franchise. In 2008, the Atlanta Falcons selected Matt Ryan with the third overall pick and were rewarded with a decade of competitive football and a trip to the Super Bowl.

Falcons tight end Kyle Pitts was drafted in the first round in 2021 because of his potential to make explosive plays in the passing game, but there haven't been as many of them as the team hoped to get.

Atlanta Falcons offensive coordinator Zac Robinson dished on Michael Penix Jr., Kirk Cousins, Kyle Pitts, and more in a recent appearance on the 33rd Team Podcast.

The team lost starting center Drew Dalman in free agency, but 10 of 11 offensive starters will return in 2025. The tight end position is largely unchanged. Former top-five pick Kyle Pitts will look to recapture the magic from his Pro Bowl rookie season with young Michael Penix Jr. throwing him the football.

The deadly avian flu killing falcons in other states hasn't hit here, but biologists still worry about Maine's peregrine population because it's so small.

Pro Football Focus has delivered their offseason grades for all 32 teams including the Atlanta Falcons. PFF evaluated each team’s offseason performance based on four key categor