The Falcons report to training camp Wednesday and conduct their first practice Thursday. Looking back, few people would have thought in the aftermath of the Falcons’ loss to the 49ers in the NFC Championship game in January 2013 that the team would fail to rise above .500 in the next three seasons.

That’s where the team sits 51 days until their season opener against Tampa Bay at 1 p.m. Sept. 11, having gone 18-30 the past three seasons. Coach Dan Quinn and his team will try to build on the steady improvement that saw the Falcons’ victory totals rise from four to six to eight during that time.

Here are some articles published by our Falcons beat writer D. Orlando Ledbetter since the end of minicamp. They provide a chance to catch up on the offseason and prepare for the start of training camp:

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Cornerback Keith Taylor was signed to the practice squad by the Falcons on Tuesday. (Atlanta Falcons Twitter)

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Fulton DA Fani Willis (center) with Nathan J. Wade (right), the special prosecutor she hired to manage the Trump case and had a romantic relationship with, at a news conference announcing charges against President-elect Donald Trump and others in Atlanta, Aug. 14, 2023. Georgia’s Supreme Court on Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2025, upheld an appeals court's decision to disqualify Willis from the election interference case against Trump and his allies. (Kenny Holston/New York Times)

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