2016 Atlanta Falcons season

2016 Atlanta Falcons season
Owner	Arthur Blank
General manager	Thomas Dimitroff
Head coach	Dan Quinn
Home field	Georgia Dome

The 2016 Atlanta Falcons season will be the franchise's upcoming 51st season in the National Football League and the second under head coach Dan Quinn. It will also mark the team's 25th and final season playing their home games at the Georgia Dome, as the Falcons will move into the new Mercedes-Benz Stadium in 2017.

Free Agents

Number	Player	Position
37	Ricardo Allen	Safety
71	Kroy Biermann	Defensive end
65	Chris Chester	Guard
99	Adrian Clayborn	Defensive end
30	Charles Godfrey	Free safety
6	Shayne Graham	Kicker
66	Gino Gradkowski	Center
72	Bryce Harris	Offensive tackle
75	Jake Long	Offensive tackle
81	Tony Moeaki	Tight end
73	Ryan Schraeder	Offensive tackle
54	Nathan Stupar	Linebacker
86	D.J. Tialavea	Tight end
51	Philip Wheeler	Linebacker
55	Paul Worrilow	Linebacker

Draft

Main article: 2016 NFL draft

2016 Atlanta Falcons Draft

Round	Selection	Player	Position	College
1	17
2	50
3	81
4	TBD
7	TBD

Notes

• The Falcons currently do not have selection in the fifth or sixth rounds:
  • 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 to the Tennessee Titans in exchange for Guard Andy Levitre and a future undisclosed selection.
• Exact numbers of the selections from rounds 4–7 will be determined when compensatory selections are awarded at the NFL's annual spring owners' meetings in March.

Schedule

Preseason

The Falcons' preseason opponents and schedule will be announced in the spring.

Regular season

2016 opponents

Listed below are Falcons' opponent for 2016. Exact dates and times will be announced in the spring.

Category	Home	Away
Division opponents (NFC South)	Carolina Panthers New Orleans Saints Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Conference opponents (NFC West)	Arizona Cardinals San Francisco 49ers	St. Louis Rams Seattle Seahawks
Conference opponents (based on 2015 division placement)	NFC North (team TBD)	Philadelphia Eagles
Interconference opponents (AFC West)	Kansas City Chiefs San Diego Chargers	Denver Broncos Oakland Raiders

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