{"id":2516,"date":"2010-03-09T07:25:49","date_gmt":"2010-03-09T12:25:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/?p=2516"},"modified":"2010-03-09T07:25:49","modified_gmt":"2010-03-09T12:25:49","slug":"chris-houston-experiment-ended","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2010\/03\/09\/chris-houston-experiment-ended\/","title":{"rendered":"Chris Houston Experiment Ended"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Thank goodness this one came to a <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.ajc.com\/atlanta-falcons-blog\/2010\/03\/08\/chris-houston-traded-to-the-detroit-lions\/\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/blogs.ajc.com\/atlanta-falcons-blog\/2010\/03\/08\/chris-houston-traded-to-the-detroit-lions\/', 'merciful close');\" target=\"_blank\">merciful close<\/a>; Houston has been shipped to Detroit.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Cornerback Chris Houston was traded to the Detroit Lions for a sixth round pick on Monday, the team confirmed.<\/p>\n<p>Also, as part of the deal, the Falcons will move up to the second pick overall in the fifth round and Detroit will pick 18th in fifth round<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nfl.com\/players\/chrishouston\/careerstats?id=HOU439651\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/www.nfl.com\/players\/chrishouston\/careerstats?id=HOU439651', 'Houston');\" target=\"_blank\">Houston<\/a> may have had some decent speed and athletic ability, but he was never a decent option; a nickel back at best.<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps better news is that the Falcons should give a few compensatory picks.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The Falcons are also expected to receive at least two compensatory picks during the league\u2019s meeting later this month in Orlando. Teams are awarded compensatory picks for the players they lose during free agency in the previous year. The Falcons lost linebacker Keith Brooking, linebacker Michael Boley, cornerback Domonique Foxworth and defensive tackle Grady Jackson last season.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Hopefully Brooking is worth something; he did have a decent year.  Boley and Foxworth are sure to be worth two picks, but I doubt the Falcons will receive squat for big ol\u2019 Grady.<\/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>Thank goodness this one came to a merciful close; Houston has been shipped to Detroit. Cornerback Chris Houston was traded to the Detroit Lions for a sixth round pick on Monday, the team confirmed. Also, as part of the deal, the Falcons will move up to the second pick overall in the fifth round and &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2010\/03\/09\/chris-houston-experiment-ended\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Chris Houston Experiment Ended<\/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-2516","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\/2516","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=2516"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2516\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2517,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2516\/revisions\/2517"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2516"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2516"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2516"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}