The Young Rule The Atlanta Falcon Secondary

by Dave Choate on Jul 12, 2008 10:31 PM EDT in Falcons News

There's an interesting yet short story up at at the Atlanta Falcons official site right now which gives you a glimpse at just how young the secondary really could be next year. With each of these stories, it becomes increasingly clear that at least one of the young guys at corner--Chris Houston, Brent Grimes, Chevis Jackson, David Irons, Antoine Harris, and Wilrey Fontenot--is not going to make the team. My money is still on Harris, with Fontenot finishing a strong second, but that's neither here nor there.

What's really interesting about the youth movement is the opportunity this team has to completely rebuild. The only older corner still kicking around is Von Hutchins, who the team can fall back if Houston has a problem. If at least three of these guys really take off, though, the Falcons could have a young, capable secondary for the next four or five years. Imagine not having to turn to Jason Webster or even Hutchins to be the second or third corner, and you can see why I'm so damn excited about the mere chance that it might go down like that.

While you're on that page, by the way, check out some of the one-on-one interviews. It's worth getting to know some of these guys on the off-chance that they turn out to be the next big thing in Atlanta.

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Here's to the future

One can only hope that the secondary ends up coming through for us in the future, slowly growing into a cohesive unti that puts a little fear into offensive coordinators around the league. I’m slightly optimistic on the fact that it will happen if only for what has already been mentioned; they are extremely young, but more importantly, they are young together.

My only concern is with the level of improvement that will occur. Sure, there is plenty of potential, but how high is that ceiling? There is a reason most of these guys are all late round draft picks or went undrafted completely. Granted two were picked in the second round (Houston/Milloy) and two were in the third round, but as for the rest we all have to hope that they play up to their potential. I think it’s a serviceable crew for sure, but it is definitely going to be bad before it gets good.

You can clearly count me as one who favors the big time corner or safety like D-Hall. I do believe that a team is clearly better defensively when you have someone of that talent level on your side. But I also recognize that you don’t really need it so long as the whole DB squad is sound. Sure, you won’t have that one person who can shut down the big time WR’s just about every Sunday, but you also won’t sell yourself out at the other positions to attain that superstud player’s services either.

With that being said, and after doing a little reading on the play of our guys so far, I am reasonable optimistic about the potential outcome. I guess we’ll see how far I change my tune after week one huh? HA!

by Jesse28 on Jul 14, 2008 2:11 PM EDT reply actions