Falcons' Jeff Ulbrich breaks silence on NFL fine, son's 'inexcusable' actions

Jeff Ulbrich's 2nd stint with the Atlanta Falcons has gotten disconnected to a unsmooth start.

His son, Jax Ulbrich, sparked contention aft helium retrieved Sheduer Sanders' telephone fig from his father's machine astatine immoderate constituent earlier past week's NFL Draft. 

Jax past dialed the fig to prank telephone Sanders during the draft.

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Linebackers manager Jeff Ulbrich of the Atlanta Falcons during a preseason crippled against the Miami Dolphins astatine Hard Rock Stadium Aug. 8, 2019, successful Miami, Fla. (Michael Reaves/Getty Images)

On Wednesday, the NFL fined the Falcons $250,000. Ulbrich, the Falcons' antiaircraft coordinator, was issued a $100,000 fine. Ulbrich admitted the past fewer days person been "difficult" connected a idiosyncratic level, but helium took afloat work for failing to unafraid the number.

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"It's thing that I brought upon myself and my lad brought upon himself, truthful it's 1 of those things wherever we got to instrumentality this connected the chin. And we perfectly are doing that and taking afloat responsibility, and I'm hopeful we'll turn and beryllium amended due to the fact that of it," Ulbrich said during a quality league Wednesday.

New York Jets caput manager Jeff Ulbrich gestures during the 2nd fractional of a crippled against the Miami Dolphin Dec. 8, 2024, successful Miami Gardens, Fla.  (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

Ulbrich said helium was unaware his lad was liable for the prank telephone until aft the draft, but helium was "shocked" erstwhile helium did larn of the development. The adjunct Falcons manager past made the squad alert of the concern and said Sheduer and his father, Deion Sanders, a legendary erstwhile Atlanta Falcons star, were "amazingly gracious" erstwhile helium contacted them.

Shedeur Sanders and Jeff Ulbrich (Imagn)

"Obviously not blessed and shocked," Ulbrich told reporters. "So, I made the Falcons alert of the situation. And our adjacent people of enactment was to effort to get ahold of the Sanders household truthful we could apologize successful person, which we were capable to do."

The NFL said the punishment stemmed from a nonaccomplishment "to forestall the disclosure of confidential accusation distributed to the nine successful beforehand of the NFL Draft."

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The Cleveland Browns selected Sanders successful the 5th circular Saturday. Shortly aft the selection, Sanders took to societal media to stock a abbreviated but affectional message: "Thank you GOD."

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