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Welcome to Falcon Reporter and I am your reporter Tim Love. This blog is dedicated to the Atlanta Falcons, whom for forty years have never been able to pull off back-to-back winning season, but have managed to capture the hearts of this great city.

Since their inception into the league in 1966, the Falcons have won three division titles (1980, 1998 and 2004) and one conference championship (1998). As mentioned before, the team has yet to win back-to-back titles, but I have a feeling that we are about to have some good fortune.

On January 1, 2007, Arthur Blank probably made one of his best decisions since buying the team from the Smith Family back in 2002 by firing Jim Mora Jr. as the head coach.

Blank and General Manager Rich McKay hired Louisville head coach Bobby Petrino on Jan. 7. Petrino is regarded as an offensive guru as his Louisville squad averaged 457.3 yards per game in total offense (2nd in the nation) in 2006 while hanging an average of 37.8 points per game (4th in the nation). Petrino will now bring his “power spread” offense to Atlanta and try to get the most out of QB Michael Vick.

Over the next few days, I will break down the squad from head coach to place kicker as the team gears up for training camp, which is scheduled to begin on Thursday, July 26, at the Falcons’ Flowery Branch headquarters.

I would like to encourage anyone that has feedback or comments regarding the team to please post and let your opinion be expressed.

Here’s to the 2007 season. A new beginning (yet again) for our Atlanta Falcons. There are plenty of reasons to be optimistic and throughout this blog I will shed some light on that. Game 1 is Sunday, Sept. 9 at Minnesota. Anybody remember the magic that happened the last time the Birds invaded the Metrodome?