"We are pleased to have Brian join our team, " said Falcons general manager Thomas Dimitroff.

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The older Dimitroff also was around for Newsome's opening five years in the Browns' scouting department.

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"We certainly have been in similar dark periods, " said Marilyn Dimitroff, a financial adviser in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan.

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