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The Falcons roster cuts could roll in at any time before the Saturday deadline, and this is where you’ll see them come through first, if we have anything to say about it. Keep your browser glued to our tracker.
Dan Quinn did say last night following the game that the cuts would likely come in waves, so you’ll probably see one today today and one tomorrow. The team has difficult decisions to make at cornerback, where depth is limited and Jalen Collins is going to miss four games, and at wide receiver, where Nick Williams, Eric Weems, and J.D. McKissic are battling for (at most) two spots. There’s intrigue elsewhere on the roster, as always, but those are the positions we’ll be watching most closely.
5:35 p.m.—Backup fullback Will Ratelle may end up on injured reserve, per Vaughn McClure of ESPN.
Per source, Falcons are working on injury settlement with FB Will Ratelle, who left Thursday night's game with a... https://t.co/eBEzrYKY33
— vaughn mcclure (@vxmcclure23) September 2, 2016
4:59 p.m. — Here’s the official list of eleven cuts from the Falcons, which doesn’t include Starr.
4:40 p.m. — Noooo Tyler Starr gone :-(
Also Corey Washington.
3:18 p.m. — Safety Damian Parms, who was competing at safety, has been cut, per D. Orlando Ledbetter.
#Falcons started making their cuts about 30 minutes ago. SS Damian Parms has been cut.
— D. Orlando Ledbetter (@DOrlandoAJC) September 2, 2016
3:05 p.m. — Shayne Graham has been cut.
1:59 p.m. — Rand Getlin reports that Malliciah Goodman will be one of the cuts, as expected.
I'm told the #Falcons will release DE Malliciah Goodman.
— Rand Getlin (@Rand_Getlin) September 2, 2016
What are the key dates?
Here’s the nuts and bolts:
September 3: Prior to 4:00 p.m., New York time, clubs must reduce rosters to a maximum of 53 players on the Active/Inactive List.
September 3: Simultaneously with the cut-down to 53, clubs that have players in the categories of Active/Physically Unable to Perform or Active/Non-Football Injury or Illness must select one of the following options: place player on Reserve/Physically Unable to Perform or Reserve/Non-Football Injury or Illness, whichever is applicable; request waivers; terminate contract; trade contract; or continue to count the player on the Active List.
September 4: Claiming period for players placed on waivers at the final roster reduction will expire at 12:00 noon, New York time.
September 4: Upon receipt of the Personnel Notice at approximately 1:00 p.m., New York time, clubs may establish a Practice Squad of 10 players. No club, including the player’s prior club, will be permitted to sign a player to a Practice Player Contract until all clubs have received simultaneous notification via the above Personnel Notice that such player’s prior NFL player contract has been terminated via the waiver system.
Use our Twitter feed below to keep track of the cuts as they roll in. We’ll have plenty of coverage once the team drops the axe.
Below, you’ll find my final 53 man roster projection. We’ll have a roundtable later today or tomorrow morning that includes the rest of the staff’s, and you’ll be able to see how closer (or much closer) they got.
Changed names are bolded, by the way.
Falcons 53 Man Roster Projection
QB Matt Ryan
QB Matt Schaub
RB Devonta Freeman
RB Tevin Coleman
RB Terron Ward
FB Patrick DiMarco
WR Julio Jones
WR Mohamed Sanu
WR Justin Hardy
WR Aldrick Robinson
WR Eric Weems
TE Jacob Tamme
TE Austin Hooper
TE DJ Tialavea
LT Jake Matthews
RT Ryan Schraeder
T/G Tom Compton
T Bryce Harris
LG Andy Levitre
RG Chris Chester
G Wes Schweitzer
C Alex Mack
C/G Ben Garland
DE/LB Vic Beasley
DE/DT Derrick Shelby
DE/DT Ra’Shede Hageman
DE/LB Dwight Freeney
DE Adrian Clayborn
DE Courtney Upshaw
DT Grady Jarrett
DT Jonathan Babineaux
DT Tyson Jackson
DT Joey Mbu
OLB Brooks Reed
OLB Philip Wheeler
LB De’Vondre Campbell
LB Sean Weatherspoon
MLB Deion Jones
MLB Paul Worrilow
MLB LaRoy Reynolds
CB Desmond Trufant
CB Robert Alford
CB Jalen Collins (suspended)
CB Akeem King
CB Brian Poole
CB C.J. Goodwin
FS Ricardo Allen
SS Keanu Neal (injured)
S Dashon Goldson
S Robenson Therezie
S Kemal Ishmael
K Matt Bryant
P Matt Bosher
LS Josh Harris
PRACTICE SQUAD
S Sharrod Neasman
QB Matt Simms
RB Brandon Wilds
CB Devonte Johnson
DE Nordly Capi
WR/KR J.D. McKissic
TE Josh Perkins
LB Tyler Starr
G Laurence Gibson
CB/WR Corey Washington