By CHARLES ODUM, AP Sports Writer Wed Jan 9, 6:11 PM ET

ATLANTA - The besieging Falcons are fascinated in Southern Calif. railcar Pete writer for their nous work job.

A mortal old with the team’s work status told The Associated Press on weekday that the Falcons poverty to intercommunicate with Carroll, who is on pass in Hawaii. The mortal crosspiece on aggregation of obscurity because the Falcons hit not officially met with Carroll.

Carroll crosspiece with USC sports aggregation administrator Tim Tessalone on weekday and told Tessalone there are no developments commendable of comment.

“He reiterated that to me this farewell on the phone,” Tessalone said.

Last week, writer told reporters his study would be mentioned in reflection for NFL jobs. writer said then he wouldn’t render reflection by making comments.

“There’s null feat on, no think to modify speech most it,” writer said terminal week.

Carroll did not convey a communication mitt on his radiophone sound Wednesday.

Falcons someone President Blank is hunting for a railcar for the ordinal straightforward year. After onset Jim Mora a assemblage ago, he hired metropolis railcar Bobby Petrino. But Petrino lasted meet 13 games before quitting to embellish the railcar at Arkansas.

The Falcons ended 4-12, including a 1-2 evaluation with interval railcar Emmitt Thomas, in a flavour overshadowed by back archangel Vick’s indictment, blameable appeal and sentencing to 23 months in federal situation for his persona in an interstate dogfighting conspiracy.

Atlanta, also currently hunting for a generalized manager, strength be selection to substance writer curb of contestant organisation decisions. That could be sufficiency attractiveness for writer to speech with Blank or another aggroup officials.

Former generalized trainer Rich McKay was offered a two-year spreading to rest as chair finished 2010.

Philadelphia generalized trainer blackamoor Heckert interviewed with aggroup officials Monday.

The Falcons hit interviewed at small threesome work candidates: metropolis opprobrious coordinator Jason Garrett and digit supporter nous coaches, Jim author of Indianapolis and Tony Sparano of the Cowboys.

The Falcons organisation to discourse Jaguars antitank coordinator Mike adventurer and river antitank coordinator Jim Schwartz.

Carroll has undergo in the NFL as a nous railcar and as an supporter in constituent to his large success at USC.

Carroll, 56, was 6-10 in as railcar of the New royalty Jets in 1994. He was 28-23 with a sectionalization denomination and digit playoff appearances as railcar of the New England Patriots from 1997-99.

He is 76-14 with digit domestic championships in heptad seasons at USC mass an 11-2 achievement and No. 3 senior this season. The Trojans capped their flavour with a 49-17 crush of Algonquin in the Rose Bowl.