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News for December 24The Atlanta Falcons closed the 2000 campaign with a 29-13 victory over the Kansas City Chiefs. Tim Dwight didn't catch any passes, but did return 3 punts for 23 yards and 2 kickoffs for 47 yards. Dwight is now a restricted free-agent, meaning that the Falcons can match any offer another team makes. Hopefully Dwight goes where he feels the most comfortable, and Falcon fans would love to see him stay. The Falcons close the season with a record of 4-12, looking to rebuild for the future.News for December 18The Falcons lost to the New Orleans Saints 23-7 yesterday, and are one step closer to finishing a debacle of a season. Tim Dwight caught zero passes, and IF he chooses to re-sign with the Falcons next season, hopefully he'll see the ball more than 25 times all year on offense. Dwight returned 3 kickoffs for 58 yards, and 2 punts for 16 yards. The Falcons close the season at home again st the Kansas City Chiefs next week.News for December 3The Falcons lost again, this time to the Seattle Seahawks by a final score of 30-10. Tim Dwight caught 2 passes for 37 yards, and returned 1 kickoff for 20 yards. The Falcons have an open date next week, and then finish out the season with games against the New Orleans Saints and the Kansas City Chiefs. The high draft pick is getting closer...News for November 28The Falcons were dominated in every aspect of the game by the Oakland Raiders on Sunday, and lost by a score of 41-14. Tim Dwight had his worst game as a pro, catching 2 passes for negative 1 yard, and returning 1 punt for no yards. This was by far his lowest yardage total in games where he has been active in his 3 year career. The Falcons, who are spiraling out of control, host the Seattle Seahawks next Sunday.News for November 20The Falcons offense remained dormant as they lost to the San Francisco 49ers by a score of 16-6. Tim Dwight rushed once for 2 yards, caught 2 passes for 29 yards, and returned 2 punts for 26 yards. The Falcons stand at 3-9, with remaining games against Oakland, Kansas City, New Orleans and Seattle. At least the Falcons will have a high draft pick....News for November 13The Falcons lost a heartbreaker to the Detroit Lions on Sunday by a score of 13-10. The Falcons held the lead into the fourth quarter, but could not hold on. Tim Dwight caught 2 passes for 27 yards, returned a career-high in a single game 8 punts for 34 yards, and returned 4 kickoffs for 85 yards. The Falcons are really struggling right now, and hopefully the offense can pick it up soon. The Falcons travel to San Francisco next week to take on the 49ers.News for November 6The Tampa Bay Buccaneers prevented any kind of winning streak by the Falcons yesterday as they defeated Atlanta 27-14. Tim Dwight caught 3 passes for 41 yards, returned 4 punts for 33 yards, and returned 3 kickoffs for 39 yards. Hopefully, Dwight gets the ball more in the future. He is a proven playmaker, but yet he doesn't see much of the ball on offense. The Falcons travel to Detroit next week to take on the Lions.News for November 2Tim Dwight is now posting a weekly diary at atlantafalcons.com entitled 'The Dwight Stuff.' In the diary, he will share his thoughts on the previous week of his life, including both football and non-football activities. You can check out the inaugural diary entry buy clicking here.News for October 29The Atlanta Falcons finally won a game yesterday, defeating the Carolina Panthers by a final score of 13-12. It was not a pretty game, but at this point for the Falcons a win is a win. Tim Dwight caught 3 passes for 37 yards, and returned 3 punts for 23 yards. This game was a milestone of sorts for Dwight, who surpassed 1,000 yards receiving in his career during the game. The Falcons will try to keep the momentum next week as they host the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, who are coming off a thrashing of the previously undefeated Minnesota Vikings. Kickoff time is set for 1 p.m. EST.News for October 22The Atlanta Falcons lost their fifth consecutive game of the season to the New Orleans Saints by a score of 21-19. Tim Dwight had 3 catches for 85 yards, including a 52 yard touchdown catch. All of Dwight's receptions came in the first half. The Falcons still have a long way to go in the season, but it is slowly slipping away from them. The Carolina Panthers travel to Atlanta to take on the Falcons next week, as the Falcons try to get back on track.News for October 20Tim Dwight recently shot a segment for NFL Under the Helmet. You can access the video footage by clicking here, and you can read an interesting interview with Tim by going right here.News for October 15The Atlanta Falcons hung with the defending Superbowl champion St. Louis Rams, but eventually lost by a score of 45-29. Despite playing with a fractured rib Tim Dwight caught 3 passes for 35 yards, which included a 16 yard touchdown in the 4th quarter. Dwight also returned 3 kickoffs for 56 yards. Next week, the New Orleans Saints come to Atlanta for a NFC West division battle, as the Falcons try to get back on track.News for October 8The Atlanta Falcons offense was once again non existent in the team's 13-6 loss to the New York Giants. Tim Dwight caught only one pass for one yard, and rushed twice for one yard. He also returned 2 kickoffs for 50 yards and 2 punts for -2 yards. The offense continued to struggle, and failed to move the ball all day against the Giants. Hopefully, they find their groove very soon. The Falcons travel to St. Louis next week to face the Rams.News for October 1Tim Dwight, who was visibly sluggish after coming off an appendectomy just two weeks ago, scored a touchdown on a punt return in the Atlanta Falcons 38-10 loss to the Philadelphia Eagles. Dwight missed the last two contests while recovering from the aforementioned appendectomy. Dwight caught 3 passes for 55 yards, returned 5 kickoffs for 102 yards and returned 3 punts for 85 yards, including a 70 yard touchdown return, and had 242 all-purpose yards. The Falcons next game is against the New York Giants next Sunday, with a 4:15 kickoff scheduled.News for September 10The Falcons lost to the Denver Broncos by a score of 42-14. Denver dominated almost every aspect of the game, and the Falcons were out of the game before they could get anything going. Tim Dwight had an above average game. He caught 2 passes for 60 yards, which included a 35 yard touchdown. Also, he rushed twice for 5 yards, returned 6 kickoffs for 149 yards and 3 punts for 50 yards. In total, Dwight had 264 all-purpose yards, but most came on kickoff returns, which is never a good sign. Dwight also fumbled one kickoff, and the turnover led to a Denver field goal early in the game. Next week, the Falcons hope to get back on the right track when they travel to Carolina to take on the Panthers. Kickoff is scheduled for 1 P.M. EST.News for September 3The Atlanta Falcons opened the 2000 season the same way they ended the 1999 campaign, with a win over San Francisco. The final score saw the Falcons beat the 49ers 36-28 and also saw new additions WR Shawn Jefferson and CB Ashley Ambrose both score touchdowns. Tim Dwight, who is nursing a sprained ankle, saw action on offense in the Falcons three and four wide receiver sets, but did not catch a pass. However, he did return 3 kickoffs for 74 yards, and 2 punts for 21 yards. The game also saw the return of Jamal Anderson to Atlanta's offensive attack, and he finished the contest with 77 yards rushing. The Falcons travel to Denver to take on the Broncos next weekend, with kickoff being slated for 4:15. Check your local listings.News for August 19The Atlanta Falcons lost their first pre-season game to the San Diego Chargers on August 19, falling by a score of 28-14. Tim Dwight again played quite well, and caught a 62 yard touchdown pass from Chris Chandler in the 2nd quarter. Dwight added another catch for 21 yards, giving him a total of 2 catches for 83 yards on the night. The Falcons, now 3-1 in pre-season action, travel to Jacksonville, Florida on Thursday, August 25to take on the Jaguars in their final pre-season game. Kickoff is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. EST. The Falcons open the regular season at home against the division rival San Francisco 49ers on September 3.News for August 11Tim Dwight led all Falcon receivers with 4 catches for 75 yards in Atlanta's 31-16 pre-season victory over the Cincinnati Bengals. With the win, the Falcons ran their pre-season record to 3-0. Once again, the starters and immediate back-ups played the majority of the first half, and then sat out the second half. This game marked the return of Jamal Anderson to the field, and it was a welcome sight. Hopefully Jamal can come back from his devastating knee injury, and give the Falcons the running game that they lacked throughout the 1999 campaign. The Falcons next game is Friday, August 18 when the San Diego Chargers travel to Atlanta. Kickoff is slated for 7:30 p.m. EST.News for August 5The Atlanta Falcons won their second consecutive pre-season game on August 5, 2000 by defeating the Dallas Cowboys 20-9 in the American Bowl, which was played in Tokyo, Japan. Tim Dwight, along with many of the other Falcon regulars, saw very limited action. Dwight played sparingly in the first half, and ended up catching one pass for 12 yards. Dwight did not return any punts or kicks. The Falcons next game is Friday August 11, when the Cincinnati Bengals come to Atlanta in the Bird's home opener. Kickoff is slated for 7:30 EST.News for July 29The Atlanta Falcons won their preseason opener over the Indianapolis Colts on July 29, 2000, with the final score being 20-13. Most of the starters and immediate backups did not see much time during the game. Tim Dwight finished the night with 1 catch for 13 yards in limited action. Dwight suffered a cut on one of the toes of his left foot in Friday's practice, and had a hard time putting a shoe on the foot. Winslow Oliver handled the punt return duties due to Dwight's minor injury.News for May 15The latest edition of Tim Dwight's journal has been posted at his official website. You can access the site by clicking here. It reads as follows:I'm having a tough day today. I woke up, took my agent Jack Bechta to work, and came back here to lie in the California sun. It's rough! I've got to live it up before I don't have any freedom for seven or eight months, you know. It is so beautiful out here in La Jolla. We don't have any mini-camps. We just had a rookie mini-camp two weeks after the draft. We have passing camp all through June just 4 days a week. Then we have a mini-camp at the end of June because we start so early. We've got 5 pre-season games that start July 13th, which is smack-dab right on my birthday. We've been out since January so I'm ready to get back to work. Right now is kind of my down time. The last two weeks I really haven't trained as hard as I was earlier after the season because I was getting kind of tired. I couldn't really figure out why I was so tired, but then I realized I've been training twice a day for the last three months. Plus the fact that I spend my free time participating in firefighter drills and going back to Iowa and entering the track meet and getting my butt kicked! I did a race in Iowa back in Feb and I also ran a Twilight meet for the university. I ran the 200 meters and, boy, was that a long way! Your first couple races when you're just starting the track season, you're supposed to go out easy. Well, this was my first and last 200 so I figured I might as well go out hard. The last 70 meters they just all caught me and ran me down. It was fun just to go back and see the guys and watch a meet. Now I've got to go back again for the Big 10 Championships and see my nephews and nieces again. I'm going to be in Orlando for the Rookie Supreme Shoot. I get to walk around with a microphone and interview all the young guys and get the predictions on how they're going to do and what they're going to do with all their money they've got now, especially these first-rounders, since I have SO much experience being a first-round pick. Yah! I just got back from LA yesterday. I did this little gig for Sega. I got my butt kicked from some guy they pulled out of the crowd. We played their Y2K -1, which is their new NFL football game. It's phenomenal, unbelievable! I couldn't really see half the screen because it was dark and they had these lights shining on us, so I got beat! I was the Bucs and I got my butt kicked 13-0 in ONE quarter. People were booing me and stuff and I was like, "I'll be back! All you Oakland fans, I'll be back!" It was pretty cool. Get this, during this big show with Play Station, Sega and Nintendo - the 3 big major makers of video games - they were having a big super show. All these new games that I saw aren't out yet, so it was cool. Not only was I playing these games, but I also got a chance to watch Mike D., spin master for the Beastie Boys, perform for about 45 minutes on the turntables. It was just VERY cool and my roommate will be very jealous because he's starting to learn to do that. He was rocking, man. Towards the end of this month my buddies and I are going to drive down to Panama City and stay at a humble, little hotel near the beach. We'll just kick back and enjoy ourselves. Well, I think we're going to head out to Palm Springs here shortly and enjoy the weather out there. Then we'll come back to Diego and maybe go to Pacific Beach. They're having a big block party from 9 AM to 6 PM. There will be about 40 bands and everything is closed off at P.B. I played in Sean Salisbury's golf tournament this past Monday. It was really cool because I got to rub elbows with Stewart and some of the other guys. Salisbury put on a great tournament. He had food at EVERY hole. They had crab and shrimp and hotdogs and all sorts of food. Now THAT's a tournament. They had a contest, actually, where you had to weigh in before the tournament and then after and whoever gained the most weight, won something. It was great. They had a professional long driver there and on a Par 4 300 yards straight up, he'd put it on the green every time. He was unbelievable. The tournament was held at Stone Ridge Country Club in San Diego. The money he raised from the tournament goes to his charity, which is for scholarships. For kids to get the scholarships, they have to write an essay why they should receive the scholarship and stuff about their lives. The stories are amazing! They narrow it down to a certain amount of kids who have to have and maintain a 3.0 G.P.A. or better. The kids pick their own school and the money gets saved for the scholarship for 4 years. It's a really neat charity. So it was fun to participate in that. I'm always up to something. Get back at you later News for May 8Former Iowa Hawkeye football and track all-American and current Atlanta Falcons wide receiver Tim Dwight competed in the 200 meter dash at the Iowa Twilight Invitational May 6 at Francis X. Cretzmeyer Track in Iowa City, Iowa. During the meet, an awards presentation ceremony was held at which time Dwight received his all-America, Big Ten Conference and team awards from last season. Dwight placed 10th in the 200 meters with a time of 22.42.News for April 12The latest edition of Tim Dwight's journal has been posted at his official website. You can access the site by clicking here. It reads as follows:How's it going? I have been running around everywhere. I'm back in Atlanta right now and I can't figure out where all these people came from. I don't remember the highway being so busy. Maybe it's just me. I was back home in Iowa for a while to see my family and friends. I had a good time, but there's not a whole lot to do there. What do people do there? I was out in Tahoe skiing. It's so beautiful out there. You're up on top of a mountain taking it all in. You feel so much energy! You look to one side and see the deserts in Nevada and then look to the other side and see nothing but white. It's definitely an experience worth having. I was out in Diego training, which is where I usually go. I tried this thing called Pilotti. It's a lower abdominal workout. I went to this hour-long class and I was the only guy there. It was all females. They thought I was crazy, but it was a pretty intense workout. I was actually asked to do some kind of workout video with a trainer. We'll see - it might be something I'll work on next off-season. Right now I'm working on some hats of my own that I want to get out on the market. I'll be selling them on my website here. I'm still trying to find the right people to do it so they come out as good as I have in mind. Well, I think I'm staying put for a while. Jamal Anderson just called. He wants me to go out with him and the boys tonight but I don't know. I might go to Florida for a long weekend in a few weeks, but that's about it. Have a good weekend.
News for February 27Tim Dwight competed in the 60 meter dash at the International Superstars of Track & Field Invitational on February 27, 2000. The meet was held at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls, Iowa. Dwight ran well, but only managed a 5th place finish. However, he clearly led the field in signing autographs. Dwight, who was a high school teammate of Joey Woody, the man who directed the meet and a world class hurdler in his own right, in Iowa City at City High, threw five footballs into the crowd and punted another to the fans after his race. He had this to say following the meet: "People have a hard time understanding that track and football are completely different sports. Football guys aren't quite as fast when we go out on a track with these guys."The same meet will reportedly be held again next year, and Tim told reporters that he wants to do it again. Be sure to keep an ear open next year for the date and time of the meet.... Here are the results:
1 Tony McCall, Reebok RC, 6.67 seconds News for January 3Tim Dwight had a career night at wide receiver tonight in the Atlanta Falcons season ending victory over the San Francisco 49ers, with the final score being 34-29. He caught 7 passes for 162 yards, including touchdown catches of 5 and 60 yards, respectively. Also, he returned two punts for 79 yards, including a dazzling 70 yard touchdown, the first punt return touchdown of his NFL career. The Falcons end the season 5-11, and go into the offseason on an upswing, something that couldn't have been said a few weeks ago. |
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