{"id":2497,"date":"2010-03-03T21:53:59","date_gmt":"2010-03-04T02:53:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/?p=2497"},"modified":"2010-03-03T21:53:59","modified_gmt":"2010-03-04T02:53:59","slug":"falcons-attempt-to-keep-ufas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2010\/03\/03\/falcons-attempt-to-keep-ufas\/","title":{"rendered":"Falcons Attempt to Keep UFAs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>According to the <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.ajc.com\/atlanta-falcons-blog\/2010\/03\/03\/tyson-clabo-michael-koenen-receive-tender-offers\/?cxntfid=blogs_atlanta_falcons_blog\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/blogs.ajc.com\/atlanta-falcons-blog\/2010\/03\/03\/tyson-clabo-michael-koenen-receive-tender-offers\/?cxntfid=blogs_atlanta_falcons_blog', 'AJC');\" target=\"_blank\">AJC<\/a>, the Falcons have tendered several offers to their unrestricted free agents.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The team has made tender offers to right tackle Tyson Clabo, right guard Harvey Dahl, running back Jerious Norwood,  punter Michael Koenen and offensive lineman Quinn Ojinnaka, according to their representatives.<\/p>\n<p>Clabo, Norwood and Dahl all have four accrued NFL seasons and received first round tenders. With the first round tender their salary for 2010 will be $2.521 million or 110 percent of their 2009 salary, whichever is greater.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I doubt anyone will take any of these guys in exchange for a first round pick, but if they do, it is really a win-win situation for Atlanta.  They either get to keep some decent players, or they get high draft picks in return.  Seems like a joke because no one is going to give up a first round pick for a change of pace back (Norwood) or a second round pick for a punter (Koenen).<\/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>According to the AJC, the Falcons have tendered several offers to their unrestricted free agents. The team has made tender offers to right tackle Tyson Clabo, right guard Harvey Dahl, running back Jerious Norwood, punter Michael Koenen and offensive lineman Quinn Ojinnaka, according to their representatives. Clabo, Norwood and Dahl all have four accrued NFL &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2010\/03\/03\/falcons-attempt-to-keep-ufas\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Falcons Attempt to Keep UFAs<\/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-2497","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\/2497","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=2497"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2497\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2498,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2497\/revisions\/2498"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2497"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2497"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2497"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}