2016 Atlanta Falcons season

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.

2016 Atlanta Falcons season
OwnerArthur Blank
Head coachDan Quinn
General managerThomas Dimitroff
Home fieldGeorgia Dome
Results
Record11–5
Division place1st NFC South
Playoff finishWon Divisional Playoffs (vs. Seahawks) 36–20
Won NFC Championship (vs. Packers) 44–21
Lost Super Bowl LI (vs. Patriots) 28–34 (OT)
Pro BowlersSelected 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
  • QB Matt Ryan (1st team)
  • WR Julio Jones (1st team)
  • EDGE Vic Beasley (1st team)
  • C Alex Mack (2nd team)
Uniform

Free agents
PositionPlayerTag2016 TeamNotes
SRicardo AllenAtlanta Falcons
DEKroy BiermannUFABuffalo Bills
GChris ChesterUFAAtlanta Falcons
DEAdrian ClaybornAtlanta Falcons
SCharles GodfreyAtlanta Falcons
PKShayne GrahamUFANoneRetired
CGino GradkowskiCarolina Panthers
TBryce HarrisUFAAtlanta Falcons
TJake LongMinnesota Vikings
TETony MoeakiUFAChicago Bears
TRyan SchraederAtlanta Falcons
LBNathan StuparNew Orleans Saints
TED.J. TialaveaAtlanta Falcons
LBPhilip WheelerUFAAtlanta Falcons
LBPaul WorrilowAtlanta Falcons

Draft
2016 Atlanta Falcons draft
Round Pick Player Position College Notes
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
2016 Atlanta Falcons staff
Front office
  • Owner/Chairman – Arthur M. Blank
  • President/CEO – Rich McKay
  • general manager – Thomas Dimitroff
  • Assistant general manager – Scott Pioli
  • Director of Pro Personnel – Joel Collier
  • Director, Football Operations – Nick Polk
  • Director of College Scouting – Steve Sabo
  • National Scout – Ruston Webster
  • National Scout – Phil Emery

Head coaches

  • Head coach – Dan Quinn
  • Assistant head coach/wide receivers – Raheem Morris
  • Assistant to the head coach – Steve Scarnecchia

Offensive coaches

  • Offensive coordinator – Kyle Shanahan
  • Quarterbacks – Matt LaFleur
  • Running backs – Bobby Turner
  • Tight ends – Wade Harman
  • Offensive line – Chris Morgan
  • Assistant offensive line – Keith Carter
  • Offensive assistant – Mike LaFleur
  • Offensive assistant – Mike McDaniel
 Defensive coaches
  • Defensive coordinator – Richard Smith
  • Defensive line – Bryan Cox
  • Linebackers – Jeff Ulbrich
  • Passing game coordinator – Jerome Henderson
  • Senior defensive assistant/secondary – Marquand Manuel
  • Defensive assistant/linebackers – Doug Mallory
  • Defensive assistant/defensive backs – Chad Walker

Special teams coaches

  • Special teams coordinator – Keith Armstrong
  • Assistant special teams – Eric Sutulovich

Strength and conditioning

  • Athletic performance manager – A.J. Neibel
  • Head strength and conditioning – Jesse Ackerman
  • Assistant strength and conditioning – Jonas Beauchemin

Final roster
2016 Atlanta Falcons final roster
Quarterbacks

Running backs

  • 26 Tevin Coleman
  • 24 Devonta Freeman
  • 28 Terron Ward

Wide receivers

  • 18 Taylor Gabriel
  • 16 Justin Hardy
  • 11 Julio Jones
  • 19 Aldrick Robinson
  • 12 Mohamed Sanu
  • 14 Eric Weems
  • 15 Nick Williams

Tight ends

  • 81 Austin Hooper
  • 82 Joshua Perkins
  • 86 D. J. Tialavea
  • 80 Levine Toilolo
 Offensive linemen
  • 65 Chris Chester G
  • 76 Tom Compton T
  • 63 Ben Garland C
  • 67 Andy Levitre G
  • 51 Alex Mack C
  • 70 Jake Matthews T
  • 73 Ryan Schraeder T
  • 71 Wes Schweitzer G

Defensive linemen

  • 95 Jonathan Babineaux DT
  • 93 Dwight Freeney DE
  • 77 Ra'Shede Hageman DT
  • 94 Tyson Jackson DT
  • 97 Grady Jarrett NT
  • 50 Brooks Reed DE
  • 91 Courtney Upshaw DT
  • 92 Joe Vellano DT
 Linebackers
  • 44 Vic Beasley OLB
  • 59 De'Vondre Campbell OLB
  • 45 Deion Jones MLB
  • 52 Josh Keyes LB
  • 53 LaRoy Reynolds MLB
  • 41 Philip Wheeler OLB
  • 55 Paul Worrilow MLB

Defensive backs

  • 23 Robert Alford CB
  • 37 Ricardo Allen FS
  • 32 Jalen Collins CB
  • 38 Dashon Goldson SS
  • 29 C. J. Goodwin CB
  • 22 Keanu Neal SS
  • 20 Sharrod Neasman FS
  • 30 Deji Olatoye CB
  • 34 Brian Poole CB
  • 33 Blidi Wreh-Wilson CB

Special teams

 Reserve lists
  • 99 Adrian Clayborn DE (IR)
  • 87 Devin Fuller WR (IR)
  • 36 Kemal Ishmael SS (IR)
  • 25 Akeem King CB (IR)
  • 74 Chris Mayes NT (IR)
  • 90 Derrick Shelby DE (IR)
  • 52 Tyler Starr OLB (IR)
  • 83 Jacob Tamme TE (IR)
  • 56 Sean Weatherspoon OLB (IR)
  • 21 Desmond Trufant CB (IR)


Practice squad

  • 61 Carter Bykowski T
  • 13 B. J. Daniels WR
  • 66 Kevin Graf T
  • 49 Darion Griswold TE
  • 98 Martin Ifedi DE
  • 64 Blake Muir G
  • 35 Jhurell Pressley RB
  •  4 Matt Simms QB
  • 56 Jimmy Staten DT
  • 38 Ryan White CB


Rookies in italics
 53 active, 11 inactive, 10 practice squad

Preseason

Schedule
Falcons players at training camp, July 2016.

The Falcons preseason opponents and schedule were announced on April 7, 2016.

Week Date Opponent Result Record Venue Recap
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

Schedule
Week Date Opponent Result Record Venue Recap
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

Schedule
Playoff roundDateOpponent (seed)ResultRecordGame siteNFL.com
recap
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

Division
NFC South
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
NFC
# Team Division W L T PCT DIV CONF SOS SOV STK
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[lower-alpha 1] Detroit Lions North 9 7 0 .563 3–3 7–5 .475 .392 L3
Did not qualify for the postseason
7[lower-alpha 1] 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[lower-alpha 2] New Orleans Saints South 7 9 0 .438 2–4 6–6 .523 .393 L1
12[lower-alpha 2] 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
Tiebreakers[lower-alpha 3]
  1. Detroit finished ahead of Tampa Bay for the No. 6 seed and qualified for the last playoff spot based on record vs. common opponents — Detroit's cumulative record against
    Chicago, Dallas, Los Angeles and New Orleans was 3–2, while Tampa Bay's cumulative record against the same four teams was 2–3.
  2. New Orleans finished ahead of Philadelphia based on better record vs. conference opponents.
  3. When breaking ties for three or more teams under the NFL's rules, they are first broken within divisions, then comparing only the highest ranked remaining team from each division.

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