Atlanta Falcons Milestones

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How the Atlanta Falcons history timeline works

Falcons milestones fill this deck, each one with a short description, and you sort them by the year they happened. The deck opens with one card on the line, year visible. Place each new card in a gap. Right calls reveal the year; wrong placements still move the card to its real spot but cost you one of three lives.

The Falcons have had plenty of high points without a championship, and the deck is full of memorable seasons, quarterback eras and painful playoff collapses. Quarterback cards are the main trap, since the team has built around several very different passers. Stadium and ownership cards give you a frame. Some headlines are very short, so lean on the description when one reads like a riddle.

Want a longer game? On the deck tree you can tick this deck alongside any other one measured in release years and dates, and they shuffle into a single timeline together.

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Here are 28 of the 28 cards you might be dealt. Their values stay hidden until you place them.

Franchise awarded to Atlanta Rankin Smith paid a then-record $8.5 million for the NFL's newest expansion team
Played the first Falcons season Linebacker Tommy Nobis, the expansion team's first-ever draft pick, won Rookie of the Year during the 3-11 debut
First winning season Norm Van Brocklin's squad finished 7-6-1 in the franchise's sixth year
Drafted Steve Bartkowski first overall Atlanta used the top pick on the strong-armed California quarterback
The Grits Blitz defense Atlanta allowed just 129 points over a 14-game season, still the NFL's fewest per game in the modern era
First playoff appearance and first playoff win Two fourth-quarter Bartkowski touchdown passes beat the Eagles 14-13 in a December wild-card game
Won the first division title in franchise history A 12-4 run claimed the NFC West before a crushing late playoff collapse against Dallas
Drafted Deion Sanders Prime Time went fifth overall and returned a punt for a touchdown in his very first game
Drafted Brett Favre Atlanta grabbed the Southern Miss quarterback in the second round, then dealt him to Green Bay the following winter
The Georgia Dome opened Jerry Glanville's Falcons moved indoors the season after trading away Brett Favre
The Dirty Bird season Jamal Anderson's end-zone dance became a craze during a 14-2 regular season
Reached Super Bowl XXXIII Morten Andersen's overtime kick stunned the 15-1 Vikings in the NFC title game before a January loss to Denver
Drafted Michael Vick first overall Atlanta traded up with San Diego to land the electrifying Virginia Tech quarterback
Arthur Blank bought the team The Home Depot co-founder purchased the franchise ahead of Michael Vick's first season as the full-time starter
Snowy playoff stunner at Lambeau Michael Vick led a January upset in Green Bay, handing the Packers their first home playoff loss ever
Vick rushed for 1,039 yards No quarterback had ever run for 1,000 yards in a season until he did it
Michael Vick's Falcons career ended The star quarterback pleaded guilty in the dogfighting case, and coach Bobby Petrino quit before the season was over
Drafted Matt Ryan Matty Ice went third overall and, with new coach Mike Smith, delivered an 11-5 Rookie of the Year debut
Traded up for Julio Jones Atlanta sent Cleveland five draft picks to move to sixth overall for the Alabama receiver
Blew a 17-0 lead in a home NFC Championship The 49ers rallied in the Georgia Dome to leave the top-seeded Falcons one win short of the Super Bowl
Hired Dan Quinn The Seahawks' defensive coordinator took over days after Seattle's last-second Super Bowl loss to New England
Matt Ryan's MVP season Ryan threw 38 touchdowns and led the league's highest-scoring offense in the Georgia Dome's farewell campaign
28-3 Atlanta's huge Super Bowl LI lead over New England evaporated in the first overtime in Super Bowl history
Traded Julio Jones The franchise's all-time leading receiver went to Tennessee weeks after tight end Kyle Pitts was drafted fourth overall
Traded Matt Ryan The franchise passing leader was dealt to Indianapolis after fourteen seasons in Atlanta
Drafted Bijan Robinson The star Texas running back went eighth overall
Signed Kirk Cousins, then drafted Michael Penix Jr. Atlanta gave the veteran $180 million in March, then shocked the league by taking a quarterback eighth overall weeks later
Double-dipped on edge rushers in round one Atlanta took Jalon Walker 15th, then traded back into the first round for James Pearce Jr.