Falcons Talked With Mariucci

[Gunzlingr]

Falcons | Talked With Mariucci - posted at KFFL (http://nfl.kffl.com)
22:57 PT: Terence Moore, of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, reports Atlanta Falcons owner Arthur Blank talked with current Detroit Lions head coach Steve Mariucci, just after he was fired by the San Francisco 49ers, at the Super Bowl in San Diego. "I called Steve, because I had heard several days after he was fired by the 49ers that he was going to take a year off," Blank said. "At the same time, Dan (Reeves) had made it very clear repeatedly to me that every year he checks with his body and with his wife. He told me that he felt fine, and that he wanted to keep coaching, and that he would tell me at some point in the future if that was not the case."

[The_Philster]

Timing wasn't right for Falcons, Mariucci

It is time to expound on the Steve Mariucci whispers. Not the ones involving how the Detroit Lions stiff-armed the NFL rules by not interviewing at least one minority as a coaching candidate. They signed Mariucci after he was fired by the San Francisco 49ers.

We're talking about the ones involving how Mariucci nearly joined the Falcons.

This is how those whispers go: Before Mariucci took his considerable gifts to the Lions in February, he got a call from Falcons owner Arthur Blank. In fact, they huddled in San Diego during this year's Super Bowl week at the home of Falcons executive Bobby Beathard....

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