{"id":2484,"date":"2010-02-28T08:23:22","date_gmt":"2010-02-28T13:23:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/?p=2484"},"modified":"2010-02-28T08:23:22","modified_gmt":"2010-02-28T13:23:22","slug":"sunday-falcons-news-notes-and-mock-drafts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2010\/02\/28\/sunday-falcons-news-notes-and-mock-drafts\/","title":{"rendered":"Sunday Falcons News, Notes, and Mock Drafts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>First up, the Falcons <a href=\"http:\/\/sports.espn.go.com\/nfl\/draft10\/news\/story?id=4948083\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/sports.espn.go.com\/nfl\/draft10\/news\/story?id=4948083', 'secured the 19th position');\" target=\"_blank\">secured the 19th position<\/a> in the 2010 draft; Texans get the 20th spot via coin toss.  In the middle of the draft one spot may not matter a whole lot, but with the loss of their 2nd round pick, I think every spot does in fact matter.<\/p>\n<p>NFL.com analyst Bucky Brooks has put together his latest <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nfl.com\/draft\/story?id=09000d5d8166b4a7&template=with-video-with-comments&confirm=true\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/www.nfl.com\/draft\/story?id=09000d5d8166b4a7&amp;template=with-video-with-comments&amp;confirm=true', 'mock draft');\" target=\"_blank\">mock draft<\/a>, which has the Falcons taking a linebacker.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>19. Atlanta Falcons<br \/>\nNavorro Bowman, LB, Penn State<\/p>\n<p>Mike Smith needs a playmaker at the weak-side linebacker spot, and Bowman\u2019s athleticism makes him a perfect fit in the Falcons\u2019 scheme.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I do not know much about Bowman; I think it is critical for the Falcons to get help on the d-line and in the secondary.  If DT Peria Jerry is expected to make a full recovery, the Falcons could go in a different direction, but I think the first pick has to be an impact player on defense that can start right away.<\/p>\n<p>The official Falcons site has an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.atlantafalcons.com\/News\/Articles\/2010\/02\/21-28\/Smith_Dimitroff_offer_thoughts_on_past_and_future.aspx\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/www.atlantafalcons.com\/News\/Articles\/2010\/02\/21-28\/Smith_Dimitroff_offer_thoughts_on_past_and_future.aspx', 'article');\" target=\"_blank\">article<\/a> with some quotes from GM Thomas Dimitroff and Head Coach Mike Smith.  Nothing really earth shattering, but worth a read during the long buildup to the draft.<\/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>First up, the Falcons secured the 19th position in the 2010 draft; Texans get the 20th spot via coin toss. In the middle of the draft one spot may not matter a whole lot, but with the loss of their 2nd round pick, I think every spot does in fact matter. NFL.com analyst Bucky Brooks &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2010\/02\/28\/sunday-falcons-news-notes-and-mock-drafts\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Sunday Falcons News, Notes, and Mock Drafts<\/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-2484","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\/2484","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=2484"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2484\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2485,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2484\/revisions\/2485"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2484"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2484"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2484"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}