Falcons NFL Combine Preview: What Will Raheem Morris & Terry Fontenot Reveal?

The Atlanta Falcons are heading to Indianapolis for the NFL Combine. Here's how to watch both the on- and off-field festivities.
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INDIANAPOLIS -- The 2024 NFL Scouting Combine is set to begin Tuesday, when head coaches and general managers from nearly all 32 teams meet with reporters at the Indiana Convention Center.

For the Atlanta Falcons, it marks the next step in the first draft process for general manager Terry Fontenot and new head coach Raheem Morris, who's been on the job for just over a month.

Fontenot and Morris have stressed collaboration, and they'll get a chance to spend considerable time practicing it over the next five days in the Circle City.

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Here's a look at the schedule for the NFL Combine ...

Press Conferences

Fontenot and Morris will both meet with reporters Tuesday. Fontenot is scheduled to speak at 10:15 a.m. ET while Morris is slated for 10:45 a.m. ET at the same podium.

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Last year, Fontenot spoke at the Combine, but then-head coach Arthur Smith didn't, marking the first time in several years Atlanta's head coach didn't take the stage in Indianapolis.

The Falcons' YouTube channel has live-streamed Fontenot's press conference each of the past two years.

Feb 5, 2024; Atlanta, GA, USA; Raheem Morris address the media after being introduced as the new head coach of the Atlanta Falcons at Mercedes-Benz Stadium / Credit: John David Mercer-USA TODAY Sports

On-Field Activities

Thursday, Feb. 29 - Defensive Linemen & Linebackers: 3-8:30 p.m. ET

Friday, March 1 - Defensive Backs & Tight Ends: 3-8:30 p.m. ET

Saturday, March 2 - Quarterbacks, Wide Receivers & Running Backs: 1-8:30 p.m. ET

Sunday, March 3 - Offensive Linemen: 1-4:30 p.m. ET

Off-Field Interviews

Wednesday - Defensive Linemen & Linebackers: 8-11 a.m. ET

Thursday - Defensive Backs & Tight Ends: 9-12 a.m. ET

Friday - Quarterbacks, Wide Receivers & Running Backs: 8-11 a.m. ET

Saturday - Offensive Linemen & Specialists: 8:30-11 a.m. ET

How to Watch

NFL Network will have live coverage of the on-field activities each day at Lucas Oil Stadium.

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SI's Falcon Report will be in Indianapolis, providing news and stories from Morris and Fontenot's press conferences, what the prospects are saying and who the Falcons are meeting with.


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Daniel Flick
DANIEL FLICK

Daniel Flick is an accredited NFL writer for Sports Illustrated's FanNation. Daniel has provided boots-on-ground coverage at the NFL Combine and from the Atlanta Falcons' headquarters, among other destinations, and contributed to the annual Lindy's Sports Magazine ahead of the 2023 offseason. Daniel is a co-host on the 404TheFalcon podcast and previously wrote for the Around the Block Network and Georgia Sports Hospitality Media.