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The Bow Tie Chronicles: How will Falcons adjust with no scouting combine?

Here are NFL scouts exchanging information on the official times from the Kennesaw State Pro Day drills at The Perch on Wednesday, April 11, 2020. (By D. Orlando Ledbetter/dledbetter@ajc.com)
Here are NFL scouts exchanging information on the official times from the Kennesaw State Pro Day drills at The Perch on Wednesday, April 11, 2020. (By D. Orlando Ledbetter/dledbetter@ajc.com)
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Updated Feb 24, 2021

In the 251st episode of The Bow Tie Chronicles podcast host D. Orlando Ledbetter (@DOrlandoAJC) lets you hear the plan from general manager Terry Fontenot and coach Arthur Smith for scouting without a combine because of the coronavirus pandemic. The team has divided up which Pro Days the scouts will attend and the ones the general manager and the coach will attend. We also discuss free agency, trading down in the draft, compensatory picks, Austin Hooper vs. Hayden Hurst and how defensive tackle Marlon Davidson and Matt Hennessy have a “clean slate” and a chance to “earn a job.”

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Honored by the Pro Football Hall of Fame in recognition of his "long and distinguished reporting in the field of pro football," D. Orlando Ledbetter, Esq. has covered the NFL 28 seasons. A graduate of Howard University, he's a winner of Georgia Sportswriter of the Year and three Associated Press Sports Editor awards.

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