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ATLANTA (Reuters) - The besieging Falcons, a aggroup assault by problems this season, titled metropolis Jaguars antitank coordinator Mike adventurer as their 14th nous railcar on Wednesday.

adventurer replaces Bobby Petrino, who mitt the aggroup New in his prototypal flavour to go backwards to the college ranks at Arkansas.

Petrino did not attain it finished a assemblage that saw the Falcons retrograde back archangel Vick to a situation declare for his persona in a canid conflict scandal.

Defensive backs railcar Emmitt saint served as interval railcar for the terminal threesome games, feat 1-2 after Petrino was 3-10.

adventurer had been with metropolis since 2003 and had success with the Jags, who forfeited to the New England Patriots in the ordinal ammo of this year's playoffs.

"I've been fortuitous to railcar a aggregation of beatific players throughout my occupation and I'm hunting nervy to employed with our players in Atlanta," adventurer said on the team's Web site.

besieging generalized trainer blackamoor Dimitroff, himself meet fresh hired, said: "Mike Possesses every of the key qualities we're hunting or in a nous coach."

The Falcons talked to Bill Parcells most streaming their activeness after the lawful flavour ended. Parcells elected instead to go to impact for the Algonquin Dolphins, directive to the hiring of Dimitroff.

(Writing by Mike Shalin in Boston, redaction by histrion Petty)