2016 Atlanta Falcons season
Appearance
2016 Atlanta Falcons season | |
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Owner | Arthur Blank |
Head coach | Dan Quinn |
General manager | Thomas Dimitroff |
Home field | Georgia Dome |
Results | |
Record | 11–5 |
Division place | 1st NFC South |
Playoff finish | Won Divisional Playoffs (vs. Seahawks) 36–20 Won NFC Championship (vs. Packers) 44–21 Lost Super Bowl LI (vs. Patriots) 28–34 (OT) |
Pro Bowlers | Selected but did not participate due to participation in Super Bowl LI: LB Vic Beasley K Matt Bryant RB Devonta Freeman WR Julio Jones C Alex Mack QB Matt Ryan |
AP All-Pros | 4
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Uniform | |
The 2016 Atlanta Falcons season was the franchise's 51st season in the National Football League (NFL) and the second under head coach Dan Quinn.
Free agents
[change | change source]Position | Player | Tag | 2016 Team | Notes |
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S | Ricardo Allen | Atlanta Falcons | ||
DE | Kroy Biermann | UFA | Buffalo Bills | |
G | Chris Chester | UFA | Atlanta Falcons | |
DE | Adrian Clayborn | Atlanta Falcons | ||
S | Charles Godfrey | Atlanta Falcons | ||
PK | Shayne Graham | UFA | None | Retired |
C | Gino Gradkowski | Carolina Panthers | ||
T | Bryce Harris | UFA | Atlanta Falcons | |
T | Jake Long | Minnesota Vikings | ||
TE | Tony Moeaki | UFA | Chicago Bears | |
T | Ryan Schraeder | Atlanta Falcons | ||
LB | Nathan Stupar | New Orleans Saints | ||
TE | D.J. Tialavea | Atlanta Falcons | ||
LB | Philip Wheeler | UFA | Atlanta Falcons | |
LB | Paul Worrilow | Atlanta Falcons |
Draft
[change | change source]2016 Atlanta Falcons draft | |||||
Round | Pick | Player | Position | College | Notes |
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1 | 17 | Keanu Neal * | SS | Florida | |
2 | 50 | Deion Jones * | OLB | LSU | |
3 | 81 | Austin Hooper * | TE | Stanford | |
4 | 115 | De'Vondre Campbell | OLB | Minnesota | |
6 | 195 | Wes Schweitzer | G | San Jose State | |
7 | 238 | Devin Fuller | WR | UCLA | |
Made roster † Pro Football Hall of Fame * Made at least one Pro Bowl during career |
Notes
- The Falcons did not select a player in the fifth round:
- The team forfeited their fifth-round selection as the punishment for piping artificial crowd noise into the Georgia Dome during the 2013 and 2014 seasons. If the Falcons receive multiple fifth-round selections, the team will forfeit its first fifth-round selection;
- The Falcons traded their sixth-round selection (No. 193) to the Tennessee Titans in exchange for guard Andy Levitre and a future undisclosed selection. They subsequently acquired Pick No. 195 from the New York Jets.
Staff
[change | change source]Front office
Head coaches
Offensive coaches
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Defensive coaches
Special teams coaches
Strength and conditioning
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Final roster
[change | change source]Preseason
[change | change source]Schedule
[change | change source]The Falcons preseason opponents and schedule were announced on April 7, 2016.
Week | Date | Opponent | Result | Record | Venue | Recap |
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1 | August 11 | Washington Redskins | W 23–17 | 1–0 | Georgia Dome | Recap |
2 | August 18 | at Cleveland Browns | W 24–13 | 2–0 | FirstEnergy Stadium | Recap |
3 | August 11 | at Miami Dolphins | L 6–17 | 2–1 | Camping World Stadium (Orlando, Florida) | Recap |
4 | September 1 | Jacksonville Jaguars | W 17–15 | 3–1 | Georgia Dome | Recap |
Regular season
[change | change source]Schedule
[change | change source]Week | Date | Opponent | Result | Record | Venue | Recap |
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1 | September 11 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | L 24–31 | 0–1 | Georgia Dome | Recap |
2 | September 18 | at Oakland Raiders | W 35–28 | 1–1 | Oakland Alameda Coliseum | Recap |
3 | September 26 | at New Orleans Saints | W 45–32 | 2–1 | Mercedes-Benz Superdome | Recap |
4 | October 2 | Carolina Panthers | W 48–33 | 3–1 | Georgia Dome | Recap |
5 | October 9 | at Denver Broncos | W 23–16 | 4–1 | Sports Authority Field at Mile High | Recap |
6 | October 16 | at Seattle Seahawks | L 24–26 | 4–2 | CenturyLink Field | Recap |
7 | October 23 | San Diego Chargers | L 30–33 (OT) | 4–3 | Georgia Dome | Recap |
8 | October 30 | Green Bay Packers | W 33–32 | 5–3 | Georgia Dome | Recap |
9 | November 3 | at Tampa Bay Buccaneers | W 43–28 | 6–3 | Raymond James Stadium | Recap |
10 | November 13 | at Philadelphia Eagles | L 15–24 | 6–4 | Lincoln Financial Field | Recap |
11 | Bye | |||||
12 | November 27 | Arizona Cardinals | W 38–19 | 7–4 | Georgia Dome | Recap |
13 | December 4 | Kansas City Chiefs | L 28–29 | 7–5 | Georgia Dome | Recap |
14 | December 11 | at Los Angeles Rams | W 42–14 | 8–5 | Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum | Recap |
15 | December 18 | San Francisco 49ers | W 41–13 | 9–5 | Georgia Dome | Recap |
16 | December 24 | at Carolina Panthers | W 33–16 | 10–5 | Bank of America Stadium | Recap |
17 | January 1 | New Orleans Saints | W 38–32 | 11–5 | Georgia Dome | Recap |
Postseason
[change | change source]Schedule
[change | change source]Playoff round | Date | Opponent (seed) | Result | Record | Game site | NFL.com recap | ||
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Wild Card | First-round bye | |||||||
Divisional | January 14, 2017 | Seattle Seahawks (3) | W 36–20 | 1–0 | Georgia Dome | Recap | ||
NFC Championship | January 22, 2017 | Green Bay Packers (4) | W 44–21 | 2–0 | Georgia Dome | Recap | ||
Super Bowl LI | February 5, 2017 | vs. New England Patriots (A1) | L 28–34 (OT) | 2–1 | NRG Stadium | Recap |
Standings
[change | change source]Division
[change | change source]NFC South | |||||||||
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W | L | T | PCT | DIV | CONF | PF | PA | STK | |
(2) Atlanta Falcons | 11 | 5 | 0 | .688 | 5–1 | 9–3 | 540 | 406 | W4 |
Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 9 | 7 | 0 | .563 | 4–2 | 7–5 | 354 | 369 | W1 |
New Orleans Saints | 7 | 9 | 0 | .438 | 2–4 | 6–6 | 469 | 454 | L1 |
Carolina Panthers | 6 | 10 | 0 | .375 | 1–5 | 5–7 | 369 | 402 | L2 |
Conference
[change | change source]# | Team | Division | W | L | T | PCT | DIV | CONF | SOS | SOV | STK |
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Division leaders | |||||||||||
1 | Dallas Cowboys | East | 13 | 3 | 0 | .813 | 3–3 | 9–3 | .471 | .440 | L1 |
2 | Atlanta Falcons | South | 11 | 5 | 0 | .688 | 5–1 | 9–3 | .480 | .452 | W4 |
3 | Seattle Seahawks | West | 10 | 5 | 1 | .656 | 3–2–1 | 6–5–1 | .441 | .425 | W1 |
4 | Green Bay Packers | North | 10 | 6 | 0 | .625 | 5–1 | 8–4 | .508 | .453 | W6 |
Wild Cards | |||||||||||
5 | New York Giants | East | 11 | 5 | 0 | .688 | 4–2 | 8–4 | .486 | .455 | W1 |
6[a] | Detroit Lions | North | 9 | 7 | 0 | .563 | 3–3 | 7–5 | .475 | .392 | L3 |
Did not qualify for the postseason | |||||||||||
7[a] | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | South | 9 | 7 | 0 | .563 | 4–2 | 7–5 | .492 | .434 | W1 |
8 | Washington Redskins | East | 8 | 7 | 1 | .531 | 3–3 | 6–6 | .516 | .430 | L1 |
9 | Minnesota Vikings | North | 8 | 8 | 0 | .500 | 2–4 | 5–7 | .492 | .457 | W1 |
10 | Arizona Cardinals | West | 7 | 8 | 1 | .469 | 4–1–1 | 6–5–1 | .463 | .366 | W2 |
11[b] | New Orleans Saints | South | 7 | 9 | 0 | .438 | 2–4 | 6–6 | .523 | .393 | L1 |
12[b] | Philadelphia Eagles | East | 7 | 9 | 0 | .438 | 2–4 | 5–7 | .559 | .518 | W2 |
13 | Carolina Panthers | South | 6 | 10 | 0 | .375 | 1–5 | 5–7 | .518 | .354 | L2 |
14 | Los Angeles Rams | West | 4 | 12 | 0 | .250 | 2–4 | 3–9 | .504 | .500 | L7 |
15 | Chicago Bears | North | 3 | 13 | 0 | .188 | 2–4 | 3–9 | .521 | .396 | L4 |
16 | San Francisco 49ers | West | 2 | 14 | 0 | .125 | 2–4 | 2–10 | .504 | .250 | L1 |
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