Tony Gonzalez Rumors & News

2012 was by no means a bust for the Falcons. It was undoubtedly Matt Ryan's best campaign. It was a season where we saw Julio Jones come into his own. Despite all scientific odds, Tony Gonzalez continued to defy age, gravity, and the space-time continuum. And yet San Francisco cheated their way to a Superbowl bounced the Falcons out of the playoffs. What does that mean? It means something didn't go right. Blame is a funny thing in football. We can blame one player or one unit. We can blame one particular play. We can just blame Dave, because he's responsible for world hunger, bird flu,...

Michael Palmer was a nice story in 2010, and a solid player every year since he arrived in the league. It's not often a former UDFA winds up being the backup to Tony Gonzalez. That era has come to an end. We weren't sure what happened to Palmer, given that he was listed as an RFA coming into 2013, but it appears the Falcons never tendered him. Instead, he's landed with the New York Giants, who will add him to an already competitive group of tight ends. The writing was on the wall for Palmer, really. The Falcons have Gonzalez, they added Levine Toilolo and Chase Coffman is intriguing en...

In an NFL filled with former collegiate dual-sport-stars such as Antonio Gates, Tony Gonzalez, and Jimmy Graham he Baltimore Ravens hope to add another name to the list of basketball players who transformed into football-stars by signing Ole Miss power forward, Murphy Holloway. Murphy is a 6-7, 250lb physical specimen who averaged close to a double-double last year for Ole Miss. Due to being undersized for a power forward he's received very little attention for a future in the NBA. His height and athleticism has made him an extremely tantalizing prospect for NFL scouts, however. The on...

The Arizona Cardinals announced on Wednesday that they traded fullback Anthony Sherman to the Kansas City Chiefs for cornerback Javier Arenas. Arenas was selected in the second round of the 2010 NFL Draft, with the pick that the Chiefs acquired by trading Tony Gonzalez. But...who is he and what do Chiefs fans think of him? I caught up with Arrowhead Pride's Joel Thorman, who gave me a little insight about Arenas. It turns out he was likely in the same situation as Sherman was with the Cardinals -- a player that probably was not going to make the team. "The Chiefs took Arenas in the se...

With the final pick of the fourth round, the Atlanta Falcons drafted tight end Levine Toilolo out of Stanford, fulfilling Thomas Dimitroff's promise that his team would draft the position this year. Toilolo is a monster of a pass-catcher, measuring in at 6'8 and 260 pounds, whose combination of size, decent speed (4.79 40-yard dash) and reliable hands make him an intriguing prospect to groom behind starter Tony Gonzalez in 2013. Many consider Toilolo to be something of a project. Though he was a featured weapon in the Cardinal's offensive attack, he also played second fiddle to Zach Er...

This pick could have gone in a lot of different directions. With the releases of OT Tyson Clabo, DE John Abraham and RB Michael Turner, and the uncertainty surrounding the return of TE Tony Gonzalez, there were a lot of holes to fill on a team that is built to win now. Those questions marks were addressed in pretty rapid fire -- the return of Gonzalez, the signing of former St. Louis workhorse Steven Jackson at RB, and the signing of Osi Umenyiora at DE (although the latter may be a situational player only). This franchise is desperate to win it all now-MDR21 One train of thought...

The Falcons have priorities. They need a secondary help, help along the defensive and offensive fronts, and they need to find Tony Gonzalez's replacement. Those are the most oft-cited needs the Falcons are expected to address in this week's draft. But make no mistake, if they know what's good for them, they will also draft a returner. The current returning corps isn't spectacular. With Dominique Franks returning punts, we averaged just 9.3 yard per punt return in 2012's regular season, the 19th best average in the league. Franks also fair caught the ball 23 times, 8th most in the leagu...

Tight end is basically the wide receiver position on steroids. There's a Hall of Famer at the top of the depth chart, and then the depth chart ends up looking more like a shallow chart. Guffaw. Tony Gonzalez is one of the best of all time at his position, and he remains effective at the age of 37. After that, the Falcons have Chase Coffman and some guys who have little more than practice squad experience. Gonzalez is only going to play one more year, more than likely, and the Falcons have no one to groom after him. That's a little terrifying. If you want to understand why the Falcons ...