These are interesting times for Arthur Blank. His NFL team — the Falcons, who are coming off a non-playoff season — begins a new year Sunday in Minnesota. His MLS club, Atlanta United, won the league championship in only its second season and is starting to get its footing after a few bumps under new coach Frank de Boer.



In his personal life, Blank went through a divorce from his third wife, Angela, and recently overcame a recurrence of prostate cancer, which he initially battled in 2016.



Blank sat down Tuesday with The Athletic to discuss all of those issues, as well as ongoing contract negotiations with Julio Jones, which appear to be nearing resolution; the futures of Dan Quinn and Thomas Dimitroff; criticism some NFL owners are receiving for supporting President Trump; and mandating PSLs for all tickets sold at Mercedes-Benz Stadium.



When we set up this interview, my assumption was the Julio Jones contract would be done.



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