Busy Falcons News Afternoon

by Adam Schultz on Aug 6, 2009 5:08 PM EDT Comment 13 comments

The Good: The Falcons have signed Robert Ferguson to a one year contract. Hopefully we'll get some form of use out of him. Thanks to user Pregame with Pabst for the link and heads up.

The Bad: William Moore is gone for up to four weeks. While it's nice that it's only four weeks and not the season, this will likely keep Moore out of the starting lineup until at least October. Thanks to MentallyMIA for the heads up.

I know little about Ferguson besides what orang3b has been able to tell us.

[Ferguson o]nly had 3 receptions last year in Minny, and was buried on the depth chart (he only played in one game after their bye week). Whether that was injury or ineffectiveness, I do not know. 2007 he had 32 receptions, though. I certainly think he has more of a chance to contribute than Marvin Harrison, for instance…

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He’s definitely just "a guy". The last (and only) time he was good was 2003. Since then his DVOA (value over average) has been negative, and his Catch Rate right around 50%.

As for Moore, him missing up to a month will hurt his chances of getting an early start this season. I personally felt, even after just seeing him during minicamp, that he was primed to start from day one. Still, I think DeCoud will make a fine starting safety.

What a day, what a day...

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Signing a guy like this tells me they plan on having a few rookies make the team...

White, Jenkins, Finneran, Kelly, Wheems….I don’t think he makes it. He’s just a vet to push the young guys in camp…

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by NaGaNole on Aug 6, 2009 6:12 PM EDT reply actions

This is when I start wishing real footbll was like Madden

Nobody ever gets hurt in the offseason, you never make a pointless signing, and if somebody does get seriously injured during a game…you quit and play it again lol

by FLA_Falcon on Aug 6, 2009 6:27 PM EDT via mobile reply actions

Yep - and the rookies on your team are guaranteed to be good.

Along those lines – we could switch Roddy’s position to Defensive Tackle, drop his OVR to about 40… resigning him would be a little easier.

by NeedATicketToTheGame on Aug 6, 2009 10:47 PM EDT up reply actions

Today just sucks.

Period.

Aaron Kelly is going to stand out this year. Ive looked into him, and he looks impressive.

by FlyYouFalcons on Aug 6, 2009 7:34 PM EDT reply actions

Falcons signed Marty Booker...

Matt Jones is still out there….(sigh)

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by NaGaNole on Aug 6, 2009 8:27 PM EDT reply actions

Yup

Here’s a link. He fell out of favor in Chicago last year too, with only 3 receptions after the bye week (and 3 games where he didn’t play). If you look at his standard stats from 2003-2007, they look pretty similar (50 receptions for an average of 670 yards), but looking at his FO stats, he was only really good in 2006. Actually, he was pretty darn great in 2006: They had him as the #21 WR that year, and he had a Catch Rate of 61%. Sadly, that looks like a fluke, because the few years before and since 2006, he’s been at or below 50% Catch Rate, with a negative DVOA (value over average). By the way, Booker just turned 33, and Ferguson is 29 (turns 30 in December).

I guess once you strike guys that are too old (Marvin Harrison) or guys that like to bury their faces in huge piles of cocaine (Matt Jones), these are the kinds of players that are freely available in training camp…

by orang3b on Aug 7, 2009 8:55 AM EDT up reply actions

I was thinking Matt Jones earlier too, problem is if he’s not in jail….

by Jon Cushman on Aug 6, 2009 9:41 PM EDT reply actions

DeCoud's going to win the starting job now

Obviously, I know. But if he plays well, Moore’s probably out that job for the entire year. Shame it happened this way…

by Dave Choate on Aug 6, 2009 11:51 PM EDT reply actions

trying to see the cup half full here

Rod Woodson just did a piece on NFL Network where he stated that football is 90% mental, everyone is big and everyone is fast… perhaps it will do Moore good to develop his mental game for a while before showing his skillset on the field.

In the mean time, I’m comfortable with DeCoud back there.

know what you believe in and why you believe in it

by MentallyMIA on Aug 7, 2009 12:43 AM EDT up reply actions

Some quotes from an ESPN article I just read

“White is seeking a package comparable to the four-year, $40 million deal recently signed by Larry Fitzgerald of the Arizona Cardinals, according to the report. White’s agent, Jonathan Feinsod, declined comment on Tuesday’s talks with the Falcons, the newspaper reported.”

—Hey Roddy, I love you, but you are not Larry Fitzgerald…

“In other Falcons news, rookie safety William Moore is expected to miss two to four weeks following arthroscopic surgery on his left knee. The Falcons’ second-round pick from Missouri was playing behind Erik Coleman at free safety before hurting his left knee on Tuesday. Moore also had a chance to compete with Thomas DeCoud at strong safety.”

—Working at FS? Does that mean DeCoud was that impressive at SS, or is the team preparing for the departure of Coleman? I peronally thought DeCoud was more the FS type and Moore the SS.

by FLA_Falcon on Aug 7, 2009 8:36 AM EDT via mobile reply actions

ESPN gets it wrong sometimes...

Moore is a SS….

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by NaGaNole on Aug 7, 2009 8:58 AM EDT up reply actions

Not necessarily wrong...

I’m not sure, but I think they were working Moore at both safety positions. Coach Smith made a reference to this in this interview (it’s toward the end, around the 6.5 minute mark). As we always hear, Smitty likes to cross train his guys, so it would make sense.

by TomQ on Aug 7, 2009 11:23 AM EDT up reply actions

Moore and DeCoud

Eric Coleman plays well, but I think at some point in time in the next couple of years barring injury we’ll see DeCoud at FS and Moore at SS.

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by Pregame with Pabst on Aug 7, 2009 9:37 AM EDT reply actions