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Reminisce about the Falcons of old Jordan Miller Atlanta Falcons Jersey , this time ws Podcast on The FalcoholicContact The FalcoholicFalcons StoriesScheduleRosterStatsYahoo Falcons NewsYahoo Falcons Team PageYahoo Falcons ReportYahoo Falcons Depth ChartYahoo Falcons TransactionsYahoo Falcons PhotosOdds About Masthead Community Guidelines StubHub 鉁旻alcons Throwback Thursday: Remembering former DE Claude HumphreyNew,15commentsReminisce about the Falcons of old, this time with a Hall of Famer. EDTShareTweetShareShareFalcons Throwback Thursday: Remembering former DE Claude HumphreyHey Falcoholics, I’m back with another edition of The Falcoholic’s Throwback Thursday series. This weekly segment highlights a former Atlanta Falcons player and discusses their life and what they did for the franchise.Whether you’ve been a fan since the inaugural season, or just became a fan recently, this series will give insight on players from the past. This week we will be focusing on defensive end Claude Humphrey.Claude B. Humphrey was born on June 29, 1944 in Memphis, Tennessee. Humphrey attended Lester High School where he excelled at both football and basketball. He had the opportunity to attend such schools as Nebraska and Illinois, but felt more comfortable at a predominately black university, and attended Tennessee State University. At Tennessee State, Claude Humphrey was on the 1965 and 1966 teams that went undefeated. He was named an All-American and also attended the Senior Bowl. With the 3rd overall pick in the 1968 AFL/NFL Draft, the Atlanta Falcons selected Claude Humphrey. He joined the Falcons during their 3rd season in franchise history, and the team went 2-12. Regardless, Humphrey had a solid season which earned him the honor of being the league’s Rookie of the Year.His career with the Falcons was an impressive one, as he was named a First-team All-Pro five times, and a Second-team All-Pro three times. From 1970-1974, and in 1977 he was named to the NFL Pro Bowl. In 1976 Womens Jordan Miller Jersey , he was named to the Second-Team All-NFC for having an unofficial 15 sacks. Humphrey anchored the Falcons legendary “Gritz Blitz” which set a 14-game record in 1977 for allowing only 129 total points. He made the Pro Bowl six times in his career, After spending 10 seasons in Atlanta, the Falcons traded Claude Humphrey to the Philadelphia Eagles for two 4th round picks. In 1980, the Philadelphia Eagles earned a spot in Super Bowl XV, with the help of Humphrey’s 14 陆 sacks. In 1981, Claude Humphrey retired from the NFL, with an unofficial 126 陆 career sacks. A year later, the NFL officially started recording sacks in 1982.In his post football life, Claude Humphrey was inducted into the Georgia Hall of Fame and the Tennessee Hall of Fame. His jersey number has also been retired at both Lester High School and Tennessee State University. In 2008, Humphrey joined fellow Falcons’ great Mike Kenn in entering the Atlanta Falcons Ring of Honor.After being a finalist in 2003, 2005, 2006 and a senior finalist in 2009, Claude Humphrey was elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2014. “I was aggressive, very aggressive. I tried to play the game to the point where when I walked off the field, there was nothing that I didn’t cover. I tried to play all out. I didn’t take any prisoners. I just tried to do my job.” — Claude HumphreyAside from the three seasons he spent with the Philadelphia Eagles, Humphrey was a Falcon for a decade. He is one of the best defensive ends in Atlanta Falcons history, and one of the better defensive linemen to ever play the game. Fans that are old enough to have watched him Black Grady Jarrett Jersey , know his impact on the franchise. He’s one of the few Falcons representing in Canton, hopefully he’s joined in the future by other Falcons’ legends. Let me know in the comments below some of your favorite Claude Humphrey memories. As always, you can find me on Twitter @EvanBirchfield. Additionally, make sure to follow @The_Falcoholic on Instagram for up-to-date news and information. Thanks for reading, Falcoholics. Let’s hear from the fans!"WhiteFanposts Fanshots Library FalcFans Podcast on The FalcoholicContact The FalcoholicFalcons StoriesScheduleRosterStatsYahoo Falcons NewsYahoo Falcons Team PageYahoo Falcons ReportYahoo Falcons Depth ChartYahoo Falcons TransactionsYahoo Falcons PhotosOdds About Masthead Community Guidelines StubHub ✕The Falcoholic’s Falcons Fan Spotlight: Michael AvilezNew,16commentsLet’s hear from the fans!EDTShareTweetShareShareThe Falcoholic’s Falcons Fan Spotlight: Michael AvilezGreetings, Falcoholics, I’m back with another edition of The Falcoholic’s “Fan Spotlight.” This segment highlights Atlanta Falcons fans from around the globe and shares how they became a fan of the team and their thoughts on the franchise.This week’s Fan Spotlight is on Michael Avilez. Michael’s a father of two, and currently works at T-Mobile, with a plan to return to school soon and obtain a bachelor’s in business. When he was growing up, Michael always played football every day out in the streets, after doing his homework of course. He then started watching football and admired how Michael Vick would break ankles, and that’s how he became a fan. I asked Michael some questions on the state of the franchise and some of his more personal stories as an Atlanta Falcons fan. Let’s get started.Who is your favorite Atlanta Falcons player of all-time? Wow, that’s tough, honestly, so I might have to list two, and of course Michael Vick is one of them. Michael Vick is a big reason why I became a fan of the Atlanta Falcons; his ability to make plays was truly amazing to watch. Matt Ryan is the second on my list and it’s pretty obvious why. We really lucked out with him Grady Jarrett Jersey 2019 , one of the most accurate quarterbacks in the league right now, and I think when it’s all said and done, he’s going to be a top 5-10 quarterback of all-time.What’s your favorite Atlanta Falcons moment? My favorite moment was the 2012 playoffs against the Seattle Seahawks. We were up for most of the game and as soon as the Falcons gave up the lead all my friends were making fun of me, telling me all kinds of things about the Falcons, and I’m from Jersey City, New Jersey — you don’t get a lot of Falcon fans around here. But it was not pretty, and I was at work very upset listening to the radio of the game. With 30 seconds left, I didn’t want to say anything to anyone until after the game. With two passes Matt Ryan saved us, and so did Matt Bryant (btw I love all @EvanBirchfield’s tweets on the Matt Bryant release haha!). I called all my friends, and probably one picked up the phone to congratulate me.Thoughts on the 2019 NFL Draft? Honestly, I was really skeptical on our picks in the draft, but then I started thinking this is exactly what we need! Matt Ryan was sacked about 42 times and had 100 QB hits. I know he was sore throughout the season, the protection was horrible! Even with all of that I still thought we (would go) defensive line but that’s okay, we have protection for Matt Ryan. If you also look into our other draft picks, these are players who can surprise people and make an impact. But overall, I give us a B in the draft.What’s your favorite Atlanta Falcons memorabilia? Honestly all I have is a Matt Ryan jersey that I cherish, a Julio Jones shirt Black Brian Poole Jersey , and a Falcons key-chain. One day I would like to have Matt Ryan’s autograph, and maybe a conversation or two.What’s your outlook/prediction for the 2019 season?I think we have tremendous upside, I can see us going 11-5 and of course going deep into the playoffs. Our offense is stacked for years to come, and we could keep up with any team offensively. Defensively however, we have the pieces! We can have a productive defense if we stay healthy. My main concern is our defensive line, we need to apply pressure, maybe blitz more too. But our defensive line is going to be key, if we get the pressure going we are going to the Super Bowl.Anything you want to say to your fellow Atlanta Falcons fans?I’ll always be in Jersey City, New Jersey, unless I end up moving to Georgia, which I have contemplated for so long. But you can also catch me in Indianapolis watching the Falcons play the Colts in the Week 3 matchup. Pretty excited about that, so hopefully us Falcon fans can take over that stadium! But to all my Falcon fans, we shall rise up and take what was ours, and hopefully I can go to my first home game and scream in the stadium with all of you. It’s honestly something I will work towards. Definitely something that’s on my bucket list.I appreciate Michael for sharing his thoughts on the Falcons and for being the focus of this week’s ‘Fan Spotlight’ article. You can find him on Twitter @Mike_avilez79.If you’d like to be considered for a future ‘Fan Spotlight’ or know of someone who deserves to be, let me know on Twitter @EvanBirchfield. Thanks for reading!