Five Storylines Entering Falcons Camp
Curiously, a report in the Philadelphia Inquirer on Friday indicated that former Eagles coach Andy Reid felt that Samuel was “in steep decline” – the reporter’s words, not Reid’s – and that Samuel no longer suited the scheme. (Samuel responded via Twitter by saying, “I just finished reading the story on coach Andy Reid! All I can say is WoW! #fueltothefire #riseup.) Remember that Reid seemed to be clairvoyant in dumping former quarterback Donovan McNabb on Washington, a team in the same division, when McNabb’s time had passed and that the Falcons paid a small price for Samuel with a seventh-round pick.
This guy just received some extra motivation
ProFootballTalk ranks the Falcons 12th in the League
This is the year to do it, as players such as Tony Gonzalez, Michael Turner and John Abraham are at or near their functional end, and because of the aggressive moves they’ve made such as draft-day trades, the roster skews ...
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PLAYERS:
Andy Reid,
Donovan McNabb,
Tony Gonzalez,
John Abraham,
Kroy Biermann,
Stephen Nicholas,
Asante Samuel,
Thomas DeCoud,
Sean Weatherspoon,
Lofa Tatupu,
Akeem Dent,
Vance Walker
TEAMS: Atlanta Falcons, Philadelphia Eagles, Minnesota Vikings
TEAMS: Atlanta Falcons, Philadelphia Eagles, Minnesota Vikings
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