The Bears hope to remove the references to Sid Luckman as their last drafted franchise quarterback when they are expected to take USC’s Caleb Williams No. 1 overall. But they’ll have to do something they haven’t done in generations: develop a young QB.

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Second Falcons signing today 👇🏻

Played in 55 games for Washington with 27 starts on the DL. Seven career sacks. He was a full-time starter in 2022.

Antonio Hamilton’s 1-yr Falcons contract: $1.21 million base salary with $985k of it guaranteed.

Signing bonus of $167,500. Cap hit: $1,377,500.

Eddie Goldman’s 1-yr Falcons contract is $1.21 million base, cap hit of $985k — no signing bonus.

Per Roster Management System

Falcons sign former Packers CB Kevin King.

Played in 51 games for Green Bay with 42 starts from 2017-21 with seven interceptions and 30 passes defended.

He played under Atlanta DC Jimmy Lake at University of Washington & Jerry Gray with the Packers.

Happy 52nd birthday to our friend Vaughn! There isn't a day where he's not thought about by many people.

In honor of Vaughn's birthday, please drop below a favorite story, or memory you may have of him, and take some time to remember him today.

Having added to offense, Falcons need to focus on defense -- and can in a multitude of ways:

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Y’all! That call gets called ALL THE TIME with that Pistol action! All the time! She moved to set the rescreen. I think Geno screamed the way he did because he wish he could have that play back. Lawd I’ve been there! Tough way to go out. One hell of a job by the Huskies!

#Falcons QB Kirk Cousins said Kyle Pitts was willing to give up his #8, but the NFL told him he’d need to purchase all the current jerseys in stock, which would cost hundreds of thousand of dollars—something no one was willing to do.

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From ⁦Josh Weinfuss⁩ on Desmond Ridder’s reboot in Arizona espn.com/nfl/story/_/id…

The Falcons are sending a sizable group to Seattle to conduct a private workout with Washington QB Michael Penix today, per sources. HC Raheem Morris and GM Terry Fontenot are among those in the traveling party, which left this morning.

Atlanta holds the eighth overall pick.

Tight end MyCole Pruitt has agreed to terms with the #Steelers , per source. Reunited with Arthur Smith from their Tennessee and Atlanta days.

Falcons sign cornerback Antonio Hamilton. The 31-year-old played eight seasons -- the last three with Arizona.

He's appeared in 98 games with 18 starts, all but two with the Cardinals. He has 172 career tackles, 25 passes defensed & two interceptions.

Eddie Goldman is back with the Falcons for the third straight year — the question will be whether or not he plays this time. espn.com/nfl/story/_/id…

Looks like Eddie Goldman and the Falcons are trying this again. The Falcons announced Goldman’s signing today.

Third straight year Goldman has been with Atlanta.

2022: Signed as a FA. Retired less than two weeks later.

2023: Came out of retirement. Left the team in camp.

Ahead of Wrestlemania XL, I wanted to find out more about former Georgia Tech defensive tackle Joe Anoa’i, who we all know today as Roman Reigns espn.com/college-footba…

Good stuff from Dan Murphy this morning on what could potentially happen in the future with the women's NCAA tournament:

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The Falcons released DL Ikenna Enechukwu. He was a UDFA last year, got hurt during training camp and had been on injured reserve all last season.

A look into Taylor Heinicke’s reworked Falcons contract espn.com/nfl/story/_/id…

The Falcons open their offseason activities today. A reminder that they get to go early because of the coaching change from Arthur Smith to Raheem Morris.

Today starts phase 1, which is only meetings, strength & conditioning and rehab work.

Also, a reminder, this is voluntary.

An NFL arbitrator ordered the Arizona Cardinals to pay $3 million to former team executive Terry McDonough for 'false and defamatory' statements the team made about him to the media, according to a decision filed in federal court on Monday. Full story: espn.com/nfl/story/_/id…