{"id":1934,"date":"2010-01-13T07:44:31","date_gmt":"2010-01-13T12:44:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2010\/01\/13\/mini-falcons-update-%e2%80%93-2010-draft\/"},"modified":"2010-02-25T07:14:57","modified_gmt":"2010-02-25T12:14:57","slug":"mini-falcons-update-%e2%80%93-2010-draft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2010\/01\/13\/mini-falcons-update-%e2%80%93-2010-draft\/","title":{"rendered":"Mini Falcons Update \u2013 2010 Draft"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It is never too early to start thinking about the draft (reason for this update).  The Falcons will get the <a href=\"http:\/\/espn.go.com\/blog\/nflnation\/post\/_\/id\/16310\/2010-nfl-draft-order\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/espn.go.com\/blog\/nflnation\/post\/_\/id\/16310\/2010-nfl-draft-order', '19th or 20th pick');\" target=\"_blank\">19th or 20th pick<\/a>; a coin flip with the Texans will determine the order.  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fftoolbox.com\/nfl_draft\/index.cfm\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/www.fftoolbox.com\/nfl_draft\/index.cfm', 'Toolbox.com');\" target=\"_blank\">Toolbox.com<\/a> has a handful of mock drafts.<\/p>\n<p>The Falcons have to go defense with their first couple of picks; remember they traded away their 2nd round pick for Tony G.  I am not sure that this draft will have a shutdown CB; those are rare.  The Falcons will be in good shape if they can find a solid CB that can start right away and anchor the secondary for years to come.  The Falcons also have to get better on the d-line, speaking of which, it looks like <a href=\"http:\/\/espn.go.com\/blog\/nfcsouth\/post\/_\/id\/7197\/updating-peria-jerrys-recovery\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/espn.go.com\/blog\/nfcsouth\/post\/_\/id\/7197\/updating-peria-jerrys-recovery', 'Peria Jerry\u2019s rehab');\" target=\"_blank\">Peria Jerry\u2019s rehab<\/a> is going well.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>They say Jerry is taking part in a rigorous rehab routine at their facility virtually every day. He\u2019s mostly working on strength and flexibility. He is not running yet, but that appears to be the next step.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>It would be a huge win for the Falcons if Jerry can be back to full strength by the start of the 2010 season.<\/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>It is never too early to start thinking about the draft (reason for this update). The Falcons will get the 19th or 20th pick; a coin flip with the Texans will determine the order. Toolbox.com has a handful of mock drafts. The Falcons have to go defense with their first couple of picks; remember they &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2010\/01\/13\/mini-falcons-update-%e2%80%93-2010-draft\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Mini Falcons Update \u2013 2010 Draft<\/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":[12,29],"class_list":["post-1934","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-archive","tag-atlanta-falcons","tag-nfl"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1934","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=1934"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1934\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2343,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1934\/revisions\/2343"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1934"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1934"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1934"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}