{"id":1141,"date":"2008-03-01T11:24:30","date_gmt":"2008-03-01T16:24:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2008\/03\/01\/falcons-free-agent-moves-day-one-sitting-on-the-sidelines\/"},"modified":"2008-03-01T11:25:46","modified_gmt":"2008-03-01T16:25:46","slug":"falcons-free-agent-moves-day-one-sitting-on-the-sidelines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2008\/03\/01\/falcons-free-agent-moves-day-one-sitting-on-the-sidelines\/","title":{"rendered":"Falcons Free Agent Moves (Day One &#8211; sitting on the sidelines)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Atlanta\u2019s biggest splash in day one of free agency was resigning Chris Redman to a two year deal.  I think this is good news.  Not that Chris is the end-all-be-all QB for the Falcons, but Redman could be a decent \u2013 serviceable \u2013 QB, allowing the Falcons to pursue a QB in the later rounds of this year\u2019s draft.  I do not think the Falcons should bust their 2008 draft by taking a QB with the number three pick.<\/p>\n<p>What does this mean for Joey Harrington?  I am surprised that the Falcons have not already cut Joey, but I assume it has something to do with waiting unit the right time for salary cap reduction.  I am not sure what will happen with D.J. Shockley.  I hope Shockley has a chance to move into the backup slot (assuming he is healthy this year).<\/p>\n<p>So while the Falcons sat tight on day one of free agency, big news may be coming.  According to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ajc.com\/sports\/content\/sports\/falcons\/stories\/2008\/02\/29\/newfalconsburst_0301.html\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/www.ajc.com\/sports\/content\/sports\/falcons\/stories\/2008\/02\/29\/newfalconsburst_0301.html', 'ajc.com');\" target=\"new\">ajc.com<\/a>, the Falcons are hot and heavy after Michael Turner (San Diego):<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>That the Falcons are trying to sign Turner (228 carries, 1,257 yards, 6 TDs in his career) points to the expected release of Warrick Dunn, the team\u2019s main ball carrier and goodwill ambassador for the past six seasons. If a deal is completed, Dunn likely will be cut immediately to clear nearly $3 million in cap space and to allow him to catch on with another team.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>This would be a great move.  Dunn has done a great job for the Falcons, and seems to be a terrific guy off the field \u2013 an all around good guy.  The problem is that Dunn is getting old, and is not worth $3 million per year.<\/p>\n<p>Hopefully Falcons fans will have something to cheer about before the weekend is over.  Lord knows suffering Falcons fans need some good news.<\/p>\n<div class=\"addtoany_share_save_container addtoany_content_bottom\"><div class=\"a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_ addtoany_list a2a_target\" id=\"wpa2a_1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share', '');\" class=\"a2a_dd addtoany_share_save\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/add-to-any\/share_save_171_16.png\" width=\"171\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Share\"\/><\/a>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\nif(wpa2a)wpa2a.script_load();\n\/\/--><\/script>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Atlanta\u2019s biggest splash in day one of free agency was resigning Chris Redman to a two year deal. I think this is good news. Not that Chris is the end-all-be-all QB for the Falcons, but Redman could be a decent \u2013 serviceable \u2013 QB, allowing the Falcons to pursue a QB in the later rounds &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2008\/03\/01\/falcons-free-agent-moves-day-one-sitting-on-the-sidelines\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Falcons Free Agent Moves (Day One &#8211; sitting on the sidelines)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"addtoany_share_save_container addtoany_content_bottom\"><div class=\"a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_ addtoany_list a2a_target\" id=\"wpa2a_2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share', '');\" class=\"a2a_dd addtoany_share_save\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/add-to-any\/share_save_171_16.png\" width=\"171\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Share\"\/><\/a><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1141","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-archive"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1141","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1141"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1141\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1141"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1141"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1141"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}