{"id":1428,"date":"2009-04-26T07:50:02","date_gmt":"2009-04-26T12:50:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2009\/04\/26\/falcons-day-one-grade-b\/"},"modified":"2011-01-11T07:24:45","modified_gmt":"2011-01-11T12:24:45","slug":"falcons-day-one-grade-b","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2009\/04\/26\/falcons-day-one-grade-b\/","title":{"rendered":"Falcons Day One Grade = B+"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The only reason I am saying B+ and not a slam dunk \u201cA\u201d is because I am not 100% certain that Moore is a day one starter.  I think that scenario is likely to be the case, but training camp will tell the story.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/myespn.go.com\/blogs\/nfcsouth\/0-10-136\/Falcons-get-an-immediate-starter.html\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/myespn.go.com\/blogs\/nfcsouth\/0-10-136\/Falcons-get-an-immediate-starter.html', 'ESPN NFC South Blog');\" target=\"new\">ESPN NFC South Blog<\/a> thinks the Falcons got the upper hand on the rest of the NFC South with the selection of Peria \u2026<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cThe Falcons stayed at No. 24 and selected Mississippi\u2019s Peria Jerry and \u2014 at least in the short term \u2014 they might be the winners of this draft for the NFC South. The Saints and Bucs both could have used Peria.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s no doubt Jerry will be starting next to Jonathan Babineaux on opening day. There\u2019s almost no doubt Peria would have started for the Saints or Bucs right away.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ll grade this draft in a few years. But, as of right now, the Falcons are the only NFC South with an absolute certain immediate starter.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>They also think that <a href=\"http:\/\/myespn.go.com\/blogs\/nfcsouth\/0-10-141\/Falcons-get-another-likely-starter.html\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/myespn.go.com\/blogs\/nfcsouth\/0-10-141\/Falcons-get-another-likely-starter.html', 'Moore is a likely starter');\" target=\"new\">Moore is a likely starter<\/a> \u2026<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cI\u2019ve said all along, the Falcons needed to get two immediate defensive starters out of this draft. I think they\u2019ve done that.<\/p>\n<p>The addition of Missouri safety William Moore in the second round should fill what was Atlanta\u2019s only real remaining hole in the starting lineup. The Falcons aren\u2019t about to give up on second-year pro Thomas DeCoud, but Moore\u2019s draft status and physical skills probably will make him the starter at strong safety.<\/p>\n<p>That spot was wide open when veteran Lawyer Milloy was released after last season. Moore is a physical player with a lot of upside and adding him was a very wise move because the Falcons are going to have to deal with tight ends like New Orleans\u2019 Jeremy Shockey and Tampa Bay\u2019s Kellen Winslow on a regular basis.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I have not looked around at the full complement of sites posting grades, winners and losers, but I thought it was interesting that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/nfl\/draft\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/nfl\/draft', 'CBS Sports');\" target=\"new\">CBS Sports<\/a> graded Peria and Moore as the second best player at their respective positions:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>DT<br \/>\n2. Peria Jerry<br \/>\n6-2, 299, Mississippi<\/p>\n<p>SS<br \/>\n2. William Moore<br \/>\n6-0, 221, Missouri\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>If we assume for a moment that Peria is a day one starter, and Moore wins Lawyer\u2019s old job, then Day One was actually an \u201cA\u201d for the Falcons.  Time will tell; hope I am selling ATL a little short.<\/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=\"https:\/\/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>The only reason I am saying B+ and not a slam dunk \u201cA\u201d is because I am not 100% certain that Moore is a day one starter. I think that scenario is likely to be the case, but training camp will tell the story. The ESPN NFC South Blog thinks the Falcons got the upper &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2009\/04\/26\/falcons-day-one-grade-b\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Falcons Day One Grade = B+<\/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=\"https:\/\/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-1428","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-archive","tag-atlanta-falcons","tag-nfl"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1428","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1428"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1428\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3374,"href":"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1428\/revisions\/3374"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1428"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1428"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1428"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}