The Atlanta Falcons 53 Man Roster Open Thread

by Dave Choate on Sep 4, 2010 11:30 AM EDT in Events

UPDATE: The Falcons released Bear Woods, Jose Valdez and Rafael Bush. All three are believed to have invitations to the practice squad.

The deadline to cut down to the final 53 man roster is at 6 p.m. today.

Along the way, a lot of pre-season Falcons are going to have to get the boot. Use this thread to predict, mull and pontificate on the cuts before they happen, and perhaps to put forth your own preferred final roster. For the record, I'm sticking with my picks outside of a couple quick changes to the practice squad, which I'll reproduce after the jump.

I'll be off and on the computer all day, but I'll have a cuts wrapup by the end of it. In the meantime, if you guys can write front-page worthy FanPosts about the rounds of cuts, I'll pop 'em up.

Enjoy!

QB Matt Ryan
QB Chris Redman
QB John Parker Wilson
RB Michael Turner
RB Jerious Norwood
RB Jason Snelling
RB Antone Smith
FB Ovie Mughelli
WR Roddy White
WR Michael Jenkins
WR Harry Douglas
WR Brian Finneran
WR Eric Weems
TE Tony Gonzalez
TE Justin Peelle
TE Michael Palmer
T Tyson Clabo
T Sam Baker
T Garrett Reynolds
T Will Svitek
G Justin Blalock
G Harvey Dahl
G Mike Johnson
C Todd McClure
C Joe Hawley
DE John Abraham
DE Kroy Biermann
DE Lawrence Sidbury
DE Chauncey Davis
DE/DT Jamaal Anderson
DT Peria Jerry
DT Jon Babineaux
DT Vance Walker
DT Corey Peters
DT Trey Lewis
OLB Stephen Nicholas
OLB Sean Weatherspoon
OLB Mike Peterson
MLB Curtis Lofton
MLB Spencer Adkins
LB Coy Wire
CB Dunta Robinson
CB Chris Owens
CB Brent Grimes
CB Dominique Franks
CB Chevis Jackson
FS Thomas DeCoud
SS Erik Coleman
SS William Moore
S Shann Schillinger
K Matt Bryant/Kris Brown
P Michael Koenen
LS Joe Zelenka

PRACTICE SQUAD

S Rafael Bush
RB Dmitri Nance
WR Dezmon Briscoe
LB Bear Woods
WR Ryan Wolfe
TE Keith Zinger
OL Blake Schlueter
Some guy another team released

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There is no way Chevis makes the 53.

by cm011 on Sep 4, 2010 12:05 PM EDT reply actions

he didn't

by svene on Sep 4, 2010 2:19 PM EDT up reply actions

clarification

Can IR guys be cut? Like Mier?

by ramsjigga on Sep 4, 2010 12:16 PM EDT via mobile reply actions

Yeah, they won't be cutting him

by Dave Choate on Sep 4, 2010 1:42 PM EDT up reply actions

Yeah that's the only good thing about IR

For players that are good.
You can’t cut them and they don’t count against the 53 man roster.

Feeding the Monster since 1984

by brotherbrown on Sep 4, 2010 1:47 PM EDT up reply actions

I think they would have to work out an injury settlement.

by cm011 on Sep 4, 2010 12:17 PM EDT reply actions

I know this gets a bit old..BUT

Tell the insurance company YOU MEAN BUSINESS

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by brotherbrown on Sep 4, 2010 1:51 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs

Very nice. I howled when I saw this. +1

by Duff_Man on Sep 4, 2010 2:19 PM EDT up reply actions

RB Dmitri Nance
WR Dezmon Briscoe
LB Bear Woods
WR Ryan Wolfe

Man, that’s one hell of a practice squad

I’m not sure if Trey Lewis makes it
Maybe JPW can play practice squad. I don’t see him playing a down anyway barring injury, so why keep him on the active roster when another guy could be more useful.

I don’t think we sign Kris Brown

Feeding the Monster since 1984

by brotherbrown on Sep 4, 2010 1:47 PM EDT reply actions

Disappointed.......

…..Valdez couldn’t knock Svitek off the roster, but I assume that they didn’t want to risk having only one ‘pure’ OT backup (Reynolds)…..hopefully Valdez will make it through to the practice squad and perhaps be a late bloomer ala Dahl & Clabo.
….interesting how we used to wait nervously for the team announcements on cuts…..now its agents on Twitter with the latest news !

by jkaflagg on Sep 4, 2010 2:08 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs

I think Valdez will replace Svitek by next year, if they keep him around

I’m not that impressed with Svitek.

by Dave Choate on Sep 4, 2010 2:14 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs

Whoa

I’ll get a post up now

by Dave Choate on Sep 4, 2010 2:15 PM EDT reply actions

Cuts....

No big surprises…..kept all the DTs, wonder if that might change after week 1 when Babineaux becomes active….Too bad for Jackson, but you have to be awfully talented to make up for a lack of speed in the NFL…….

by jkaflagg on Sep 4, 2010 2:18 PM EDT reply actions

More cuts.....

Palmer over Zinger…..little surprised, since Zinger was the only “road-grader” blocking type among the group; thought they’d take Palmer over Peele…..Smith over Nance…..little surprised they kept 5 backs, expect that Smith may have a lot of games not dressed….Nance has more talent but he’s a fumbler (going back to ASU), and that’s tough to get around…..No real issues with the other cuts, assume we will be able to sneak a few of the more interesting ones (Woods, Wolfe, Valdez) through to the practice squad

by jkaflagg on Sep 4, 2010 2:29 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs

Mostly agreed

I think Palmer is Peelle’s long-term replacement, but the team probably felt Palmer could block well enough that he deserved to stick around. His value as a pass catcher is pretty high.

by Dave Choate on Sep 4, 2010 2:42 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs