March 7, 2010 by
Rick Bridges |
2010 ATLANTA FALCONS PREVIEW,
atlanta falcons,
BRENT GRIMES,
BRIAN WILLIAMS,
CHEVIS JACKSON,
CHRIS HOUSTON,
Detroit Lions,
Dunta Robinson,
NFL draft,
NFL TRADE
See what happens when you're a cornerback that can't turn your head to play the ball?
According to Schefter, the Lions have agreed to swap picks in the 5th round of the 2010 draft and also surrender their 6th rounder for Falcons cornerback Chris Houston.
Houston is a talented guy who could be a very solid cornerback in the NFL. His problem is he simply cannot play the ball. Due to that inability, it seems Houstons worn out his welcome. He missed the last five games of the 2009 season due to injury. At the time, I felt it was a nice way of moving rookie Chris Owens into the lineup while allowing Houston to keep his dignity. It's possible I was correct based on Schefters tweet.
It's not surprising with the aquisition of Dunta Robinson this weekend. It left an odd man out with Chris [...]
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Well, after much speculation and rumors coming from every talking head in the media it's official, Robinson is a Falcon.
As much as any other Falcons fan, I wanted to see them upgrade the secondary. I held out hopes for Chris Owens and Brent Grimes. They stepped it up at the end of the season but adding Robinson creates some much needed depth. Now when you have an injury in the secondary you can rely on either Grimes, Owens, Brian Williams or Chris Houston to be game ready. For a very young secondary, there is a lot of veteran experience now.
But what price did the Falcons pay to sign Robinson? Did they break the [...]
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March 2, 2010 by
Lars Hanson |
2010 NFL Draft,
Antrel Rolle,
Arizona Cardinals,
Chester Taylor,
Darren Sproles,
Deion Branch,
Deon Grant,
Dunta Robinson,
ESPN,
Free Agency,
John Schneider,
Jordan Babineaux,
LaDainian Tomlinson,
Matt Hasselbeck,
Patrick Kerney,
Pete Carroll,
Seahawks,
Sean Jones,
Thomas Jones,
TJ Houshmandzadeh,
Walter Jones
This isn't Pete Carroll's first go around as an NFL head coach but it is his first off season as a NFL head coach AND executive vice president. Not only is Carroll the EVP and head coach but if there is a discrepancy between Carroll and new general manager John Schneider, Pete Carroll would win the coin flip 100 percent of the time.
According to Seahawks CEO Tod Leiweke the team will be built around both Carroll and Schneider but should their be a discrepancy about a trade/signing/draft pick Carroll would be awarded his decision because the team is going to be built around Carroll's philosophy.
Now as [...]
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Or how to talk to Dunta!
With training camp only days away and most of the Texans key pieces signed I thought we should look at Dunta Robinson and the contract situation. By now everyone knows that Dunta is not happy with the franchise tag.
While I agree that Dunta is a big part of our defense, especially the secondary, I do not agree that he is worth the top money for CB's that he and his agent seem to think he is worth. Dunta showed that he is a better than average corner last year when he came back from a possibly career ending injury and played very well for the most part. He brings a lot of attitude to the secondary and is the leader back there however he is not the shutdown corner that he thinks he is.
Here are Dunta's career stats: gms 68, total tackles 332, sacks [...]
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