Arthur Blank's time as Falcons owner
Dan Reeves and Arthur Blank pose with a Falcons helmet after NFL owners had voted unanimously to allow Blank to buy the team in 2002 from the Smith family, which has owned the team since it was founded by Rankin Smith Sr. in 1965. During the conference, Blank said that he would extend Reeves' contract for three years. BEN GRAY / AJC
