{"id":778991,"date":"2026-02-27T03:05:24","date_gmt":"2026-02-27T03:05:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/778991\/"},"modified":"2026-02-27T03:05:24","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T03:05:24","slug":"falcons-receive-high-marks-for-ownership-training-staff-in-nflpa-report-card-espn-report-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/778991\/","title":{"rendered":"Falcons receive high marks for ownership, training staff in NFLPA report card, ESPN report says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | article-text\">ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) \u2014 Falcons owner Arthur Blank was one of many points of praise the Falcons received on the 2026 NFLPA report card, a report by ESPN said. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">ESPN <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/story\/_\/id\/47987931\/nfl-2026-report-cards-nflpa-32-teams\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/story\/_\/id\/47987931\/nfl-2026-report-cards-nflpa-32-teams\">published the results<\/a> Thursday. The NFLPA did not make the results public after the NFL filed a grievance saying the report cards violated the collective bargaining agreement. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">According to ESPN, the results were compiled from 1,759 responses. Every player on a roster at the time of the survey was eligible to respond. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The Falcons received their highest marks for team owner Arthur Blank, defensive coordinator Jeff Ulbrich, strength coaching, food and training. All received an A grade. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Blank\u2019s A grade is a decline from last year\u2019s A+. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The team\u2019s lowest marks were for offensive coordinator Zac Robinson and Mercedes-Benz Stadium, which received C- grades. The \u201cHome Game Field\u201d category was new to the survey. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The full results can be found below.<\/p>\n<p>Treatment of Families: B+Home Game Field: C-Food\/Dining Area: A-Nutritionist\/Dietician: ALocker Room: BTraining Room: A-Training Staff: AWeight Room: AStrength Coaches: APosition Coaches: B+Offensive Coordinator: C-Defensive Coordinator: ASpecial Teams Coordinator: B+Team Travel: B+Head Coach: B+General Manager: B+Team Ownership: A<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The Miami Dolphins reportedly finished with the best grades. The Pittsburgh Steelers reportedly finished with the worst. <\/p>\n<p class=\"copyright |\">Copyright 2026 WANF. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) \u2014 Falcons owner Arthur Blank was one of many points of praise the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":778992,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2074],"tags":[6321,23809,97681,223,254,6320,6318,2554,224,110334,110335,7,2662,6337,6,11244,110333,82804,110336,7422],"class_list":{"0":"post-778991","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-atlanta-falcons","8":"tag-anf","9":"tag-arthur-blank","10":"tag-arthur-blank-falcons","11":"tag-atlanta","12":"tag-atlanta-falcons","13":"tag-atlanta-news","14":"tag-atlanta-news-first","15":"tag-atlantafalcons","16":"tag-falcons","17":"tag-falcons-report-card","18":"tag-falcons-report-card-nflpa","19":"tag-football","20":"tag-jeff-ulbrich","21":"tag-mercedes-benz-stadium","22":"tag-nfl","23":"tag-nflpa","24":"tag-nflpa-report-cards","25":"tag-nflpa-survey","26":"tag-nflpa-survey-controversy","27":"tag-wanf"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116140385042893286","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/778991","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=778991"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/778991\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/778992"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=778991"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=778991"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=778991"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}