Falcons fans not to be worried about quiet offseason

by Ryan Ebert

The Atlanta Falcons haven't made any big news this offseason, and have only signed LB Lofa Tatupu and G Vince Manuwai. Falcons owner Arthur Blank said in a statement "my team is on the field."

"I went back and studied this over a long period of time in the NFL and studied the great teams," Blank said. "Consistency is very important in terms of leadership with coaches and players. The great teams, what they have done is they've kept their head coaches for a longer period of time, kept their general managers for a longer period of time and they identified early enough their core players and they extended them. The football staff has done a great job of identifying the players that can help us and keep them."

The players Atlanta has resigned are DE John Abraham, RB Jason Snelling, and 35-year old C Todd McClure.

Head coach Mike Smith entering his fifth season with in Atlanta will be tested with two new coordinators as Dirk Koetter will take charge of the offense, and Mike Nolan to take charge of the defense.

Smith told ESPN.com the team pored over the roster to craft the offense for 2012: "We've spent a lot of time identifying the strengths and weakness of all our guys and what they do well and what they don't do well, and we want to put together an offense that accentuates their strengths."

The team is only one season removed from it's NFC South crown. Though they've had three playoff losses in four seasons which some see as missing talent in some positions. Arthur Blank says, "It's a matter of who is delivering the message and whether the players are hearing it or not."