Falcons Staff to Coach in All-Star Draft Showcase Game

The Atlanta Falcons’ season has come to an in depth following a 7-10 document and final place end within the NFC South – however coach Arthur Smith’s job is not executed but.

Smith and the remainder of the Falcons’ employees shall be teaching within the East-West Shrine Sport, set to happen in Las Vegas, Nevada on Feb. 4. Apply begins Jan. 28 and runs by means of Feb. 2. Atlanta shall be teaching its personal group whereas the New England Patriots take over the opposite.

Regardless of shedding defensive coordinator Dean Pees to retirement, the Falcons had been deemed probably the greatest suits to teach the sport as a result of a scarcity of general turnover amongst the teaching employees.

The Shrine Sport is an annual occasion that welcomes a few of faculty soccer’s prime seniors; among the many massive names on this 12 months’s roster embrace Boston School receiver Zay Flowers, LSU cornerback Mekhi Garner and TCU cornerback Tre’Vius Hodges-Tomlinson, who received the Jim Thorpe Award yearly given to the game’s prime defensive again.

The Falcons have drafted 5 gamers from the Senior Bowl in every of the previous two years, with Smith and basic supervisor Terry Fontenot each in attendance, however have but to pick out anyone from the Shrine Sport.

Now set to have a hands-on expertise with over 100 gamers, it is definitely potential Atlanta dips its toes into the Las Vegas pool for the primary time this 12 months.

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