Peria Jerry Returns, Set To Start Friday Night Against Dolphins
by Dave Choate on Aug 26, 2010 11:20 AM EDT
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Peria Jerry is finally back, ready to start and hopefully wreck a few Dolphins on his way. Up to this point, the Falcons have "enjoyed" a pre-season that's been marred by injuries and deliciously vanilla scheming, which is about what you should probably expect from a team as secretive as the Falcons. But while plain schemes and ineffective play during pre-season are something we have to live with, injuries are still evil. It's good to have our starting defensive line—John Abraham, Jonathan Babineaux, Jerry and Kroy Biermann/Jamaal Anderson—together again.
Oh, and in that same article from D. Orlando Ledbetter, we find out Jerious Norwood is coming back. So the Falcons are really getting healthy right around the right time.
So what should you expect from Jerry and Norwood come tomorrow night?
Mike Smith is dialing down immediate expectations, as is his wont:
"It'll be an opportunity for us to evaluate what Peria is.....This will be his first really full-speed action. He's worked extremely hard to get back into this position."
For my part, I find it hard to believe that Jerry could be anything less than 95% with his long recovery time and the caution the team has shown with him. What's less clear is how rusty he'll be after nearly a year away from the game, and with him starting, we should get a chance to find out very quickly.
Ideally, when healthy, Jerry offers us the Babineaux skillset of a penetrating defensive tackle with some run-stopping skills, but to a lesser degree than Babs. With time and experience, he could become something truly special, but all we need right now is for him to be good. I don't doubt he can do that, as long as he can stay on the field.
My expectations for Norwood are more muted. I recognize that last season was really his first one with major injury issues, but he's muddled through pre-season thus far and I am concerned he's not going to hold up to a pounding. We need him this year to take pressure off Turner and give defenses a different look, so expect the team to ease him in against the Dolphins so as not to aggravate anything.
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Great news!
It’s hard to think of PJ as a starter just yet. He’s been out for so long I’m sure is play will need some time to develope. Depth is the key word here. We are ready for a grueling season.
P.S. The Colts have the worst preseason record in the last 3 yrs and one of the best post season records in the same time period.
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by Ball Hawk on Aug 26, 2010 11:35 AM EDT via mobile reply actions
They always lose all their games in the preseason.
And usually they aren’t very close. Then Peyton’s like “Oh.” and leads the Colts to infinity 4th quarter wins and they post a 10-12 win season every year.
I can only pray and hope that we become like that very, very soon.
"Ryan, under center. Single receiver set, to either side. Ryan, gonna throw. First professional pass.....CAUGHT!! Jenkins! 30! 25! 20! 15! 10! 5! He lives in Atlanta!!!" -Wes Durham
Really can't measure preseason
Yet you have to wonder. Since 2006 at least they haven’t been this bad on defense in the preseason. In every game they’ve given up at least 34 or more points to each team including the anemic Buffalo Bills. Last time they did that was in 2005 in the final two preaseason games though even then they flirted with being undefeated.
But you have to wonder, Texans could be licking their chops week one. Hope to watch that game.
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by brotherbrown on Aug 27, 2010 1:19 AM EDT up reply actions
You undershot
It’s 12+ for seven years in a row (and counting)
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This is great news...
Can’t have too much depth on the line. Here’s to a great season, Peria.
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Per Jer
sounds like Purjury.
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by brotherbrown on Aug 27, 2010 1:20 AM EDT up reply actions
What do I expect? Cautious play and another patented Norwood Hip Flexor(tm)!!
I have no vampire experience, but I have hunted werewolves. I shot one once, but by the time I got there, it had turned back into my neighbor's dog.
Hip flexor™
I like it.
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by Ball Hawk on Aug 26, 2010 9:54 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions 1 recs
Or HipFlexor ®
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by Ball Hawk on Aug 26, 2010 9:56 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Hi Billy Mays here for the HipFlexor!
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by brotherbrown on Aug 27, 2010 1:20 AM EDT up reply actions
Hey Falcon Fans...Phin Phan here.
Let’s hope for a good injury free game. Oh…and Peria will be going up against his younger brother John…should be an interesting battle.
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Interesting...
brother vs brother battle in the trenches. At 3/4 speed. Maybe we should find out which demon Wes welker sacrificed a she goat to to come back from his knee injury so quickly.
it might get so intense...
That it might end up like that final fight scene from Metal Gear Solid 4 with Solid Snake and Liquid Ocelot.
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by brotherbrown on Aug 27, 2010 1:22 AM EDT up reply actions
norwoody
is gonna tear his v@g*na andbe out for the season
Weatherspoon1stFalconsPick???
by JJWatt1stfalconspick on Aug 26, 2010 3:23 PM EDT reply actions
great news
him and norwood limited. Are Williams and Moore playing too? Nervous about playing Robinson
by DEMBIRDZCUZ! on Aug 26, 2010 3:33 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
great news
him and Norwood limited. Nervous about playing Robinson. Are Williams and Moore playing too?
by DEMBIRDZCUZ! on Aug 26, 2010 3:34 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
There's only one way I like to do that
too another woman of course.
But man that sounds painful
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by brotherbrown on Aug 27, 2010 1:23 AM EDT up reply actions
Peria is going to eat Chad Henne's femur, and then go to the sidelines for a nap.
I think Norwood will wait until game 3 before he strains/tweaks/sprains/tears anything too vital.
I think William Moore has already been pre-certified at the Hughston Clinic for the week before Game 1.
Great news!
What time is the game? And is it on tv anywhere besides atl local stations?
by FLA_Falcon on Aug 26, 2010 5:01 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
Great news!
What time is the game? And is it on tv anywhere besides atl local stations?
by FLA_Falcon on Aug 26, 2010 5:04 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
You are from FL, right?
Even if your up north somebody should show it.
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by Ball Hawk on Aug 26, 2010 5:58 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Yeah I'm from fl
Can’t find the game on the guide. Oh well, looks like I’ve got an excuse to get away from the house and spend a ridiculous amount of money at the bar lol
by FLA_Falcon on Aug 26, 2010 6:27 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
WFOR
Is the local station in FLA
Otherwise you have to have satellite or find internet streams at atdhe.net. howtowatchfootball.com or firstrow.net
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by brotherbrown on Aug 27, 2010 1:26 AM EDT up reply actions
Just saw on NFL network
Antonio Bryant will be released by the Bengals. If he is healthy enough to play do you think it’s a possibility that we bring him in for a year?
by FLA_Falcon on Aug 26, 2010 5:13 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
If I may be so bold, I shall direct you here.
"Ryan, under center. Single receiver set, to either side. Ryan, gonna throw. First professional pass.....CAUGHT!! Jenkins! 30! 25! 20! 15! 10! 5! He lives in Atlanta!!!" -Wes Durham
Nah, smoke and mirrors.
He also said we couldn’t do anything in way of WR signing until after the 53 man cut. That leads me to believe it’s something they are exploring. This staff is smart enough to keep every option open until a player solidifies the spot, which we only have one for sure at WR right now.
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by Ball Hawk on Aug 26, 2010 5:46 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Yeah I remember that post
But football teams keep more secrets and lie more than the government. But Wasn’t that story out before Meier got hurt? I am probably wrong but I think we will do something to address the WR position at some point before the trade deadline
by FLA_Falcon on Aug 26, 2010 6:23 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Yes if him and Coach could make up.
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by Ball Hawk on Aug 26, 2010 5:35 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Bryant
Well so far he’s been nursing a knee the whole pre season. He has a history of injury and he has had a very inconsistent career. 2 good seasons, 5 different teams 2 tours with 2 of the same teams. Honestly I’d be more worried about our D right now than signing an ok receiver w/a huge contract.
I could see him on our team
If they office is interested enough, and we could use him.
We did get Matt Bryant.
If we do get him it might be later on when no one claims him, but some other team has to want him…like the Rams after Donnie Avery’s injury…I think he may be out for the season.
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by brotherbrown on Aug 27, 2010 1:27 AM EDT up reply actions
I want no part of Bryant
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Aren't we supposedly talking to Vincent Jackson?
I really hope his whiny ass does not come here.
by thisistherevolt on Aug 26, 2010 8:32 PM EDT reply actions
For the price he's asking, he won't
He wants more than Brandon Marshall….who only, um, caught 100 passes last year.
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Yeah, but...
Marshall had 33 more Receptions, but Jackson still had more yards… Either he is worth close to what he is asking (at least in the ballpark), or Norv Turner is the best passing game coordinator of all-time.
I still don’t want him here, though.
"Statistics are like bikinis. What they reveal is suggestive, but what they conceal is vital." - Aaron Levenstein
I say 2 sacks for Jerry
He’s always open. He catches a lot of balls. He’s un-guardable, no matter how old he is
Sounds like a LifeTime movie
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by Dave Choate on Aug 26, 2010 9:57 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Let's just hope he doesn't do this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBdn-DBIDT4&feature=youtube_gdata_player
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by Ball Hawk on Aug 27, 2010 12:03 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
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