FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. (AP)—The Atlanta Falcons have signed general manager
Thomas Dimitroff to a new contract, the team announced Wednesday.
Financial terms and length of the deal were not disclosed.
Early last month, the Falcons signed coach Mike Smith(notes) to a contract
extension through the 2014 season.
Atlanta owner Arthur Blank hired Dimitroff as GM on Jan. 13, 2008, a couple
of weeks after the team ended a 4-12 season that included the imprisonment of
quarterback Michael Vick(notes) and the sudden departure of first-year coach Bobby
Petrino.
Ten days after he took the GM job, Dimitroff hired Smith. The Falcons
drafted franchise quarterback Matt Ryan(notes) in April 2008 and since have reached the
playoffs twice, won an NFC South title and achieved consecutive winning records
for the first time in franchise history.
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