| Projections | | matchup | PA | YdsA | Sck | Int | DFR | FPTS | | Week 17 () - Average | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Week 17 () - Dave Richard | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Week 17 () - Jamey Eisenberg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Week 17 () - Nathan Zegura | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 2012 Season - Average | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 2012 Season - Dave Richard | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 2012 Season - Jamey Eisenberg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 2012 Season - Nathan Zegura | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Recent Trades | | Date | Traded | Traded For | | 05/03/2013 | Vincent Jackson, WR TB
Garrett Graham, TE HOU
Ryan Fitzpatrick, QB TEN
Carson Palmer, QB ARI
Aaron Rodgers, QB GB
Shayne Graham, K CLE
Owen Daniels, TE HOU
| Stephen Gostkowski, K NE
Victor Cruz, WR NYG
Dwayne Bowe, WR KC
Peyton Manning, QB DEN
Marshawn Lynch, RB SEA
Antonio Gates, TE SD
| | 04/29/2013 | Andre Johnson, WR HOU
| Mike Wallace, WR MIA
Malcom Floyd, WR SD
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Falcons re-stock secondary in draft: The Falcons spent Top-60 picks on Washington's Desmond Trufant and Southeastern Louisiana's Robert Alford, replacing Dunta Robinson and Brent Grimes with some young cornerbacks. Trufant was impressive at the Senior Bowl following a nice career and comes from a family of NFL cornerbacks. Alford has pretty good speed and ball skills. We suspect both will get a good amount of playing time in 2013. The Falcons also took defensive end Malliciah Goodman from Clemson, TCU defensive end Stansly Maponga, safeties Kemal Ishmael (UCF) and Zeke Motta (Notre Dame).
(Updated 5/2/13) |
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| Fantasy Analysis |
No one should sweat the Falcons secondary just yet but their pass rush remains a major issue. The team's current pass rushers are Giants cast-off Osi Umenyiora (31 years old, 15 sacks over the last two seasons), second-year man Jonathan Massaquoi, versatile veteran Kroy Biermann and Goodman, who has incredible size but not explosive speed to get to the quarterback. That lack of pass rush could limit the Falcons' defense this season and their lack of a quality return game keeps the entire DST unit from being worthy of a pick on Draft Day. We suspect the Falcons DST will serve as a great one-week replacement off waivers during the year.
(Updated 5/2/13). |
| While the Falcons offense went wild in 2012, the DST unit was weak. For the second year in a row the special teams couldn't produce even a single touchdown. The defense scored two times while notching just 29 sacks to go with 20 interceptions and 15 fumbles recovered. But in what could only be considered progress, the Falcons held opponents to 299 points in the regular season, down from 350 points in 2011. The Falcons spent draft picks rebuilding their secondary, not their pass rush, and it could come back to haunt them. They made a step toward fixing the D-line with the addition of ex-Giant pass rusher Osi Umenyiora, but with 15 sacks in his last two seasons he might not be enough. Save for a big trade, expect the Falcons DST to go undrafted in your league. Instead, use them as a one-week replacement during the season when they have a good matchup against potentially the Rams, Cardinals, Jets and Bills. (Updated 5/15/13) |
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