Falcons release depth chart for Miami game
Tyson Clabo (right), Harvey Dahl and Todd McClure are back to anchor the offensive line. (Curtis Compton, ccompton@ajc.com)
FLOWERY BRANCH – Offensive lineman Blake Schlueter moved up on the depth chart to the slot vacated by the traded Quinn Ojinnaka. The depth chart was released on Monday for Friday’s game at Miami.
Schlueter is listed as the No. 2 left guard behind Justin Blalock. Offensive lineman Mark Ortmann was signed after the depth chart for the Miami game was released.
The Falcons hope to play their starters for 30 to 35 snaps against the Dolphins.
However, if it rains, which is always a possibility in south Florida in the summer, the play-count will be reduced. Miami leaves it dirt baseball infield in place until the Marlins season is over. Rain makes for muddy conditions.
With the addition of Ortmann the Falcons have 79 players on the roster. They will have to cut down to 75 by next Tuesday, so this will be the last game for at least four players.
The Falcons have until Sept. 4 to cut down to the final 53.
HERE’S A LOOK AT THE DEPTH CHART
OFFENSE
WR 12 Michael Jenkins 86 Brian Finneran 14 Eric Weems 11 Troy Bergeron 17 Brandyn Harvey 16 Tim Buckley
LT 72 Sam Baker 74 Will Svitek
LG 63 Justin Blalock 69 Blake Schlueter
C 62 Todd McClure 66 Brett Romberg 61 Joe Hawley 67 Rob Bruggeman
RG 73 Harvey Dahl 79 Mike Johnson 65 Jose Valdez
RT 77 Tyson Clabo 75 Garrett Reynolds
TE 88 Tony Gonzalez 87 Justin Peelle 89 Keith Zinger 81 Michael Palmer 48 Robbie Agnone
WR 84 Roddy White 83 Harry Douglas 19 Ryan Wolfe 15 Andy Strickland
QB 2 Matt Ryan 8 Chris Redman 4 John Parker Wilson
RB 33 Michael Turner 32 Jerious Norwood 44 Jason Snelling 35 Antone Smith 30 Dimitri Nance
FB 34 Ovie Mughelli 49 Dan Klecko
DEFENSE
RE 55 John Abraham 90 Lawrence Sidbury 96 Emmanuel Stephens 64 Maurice Lucas
DT 95 Jonathan Babineaux 91 Corey Peters 97 Trey Lewis
DT 94 Peria Jerry 93 Thomas Johnson 99 Vance Walker
LE 98 Jamaal Anderson 92 Chauncey Davis 71 Kroy Biermann
OLB 54 Stephen Nicholas 56 Sean Weatherspoon 52 Coy Wire 43 Weston Johnson
MLB 50 Curtis Lofton 59 Spencer Adkins 45 Bear Woods
OLB 53 Mike Peterson 56 Sean Weatherspoon 51 Robert James
RCB 23 Dunta Robinson 21 Christopher Owens 24 Dominique Franks 37 Dominique Daniels
LCB 20 Brent Grimes 29 Brian Williams 22 Chevis Jackson 38 Gabe Derricks
S 26 Erik Coleman 25 William Moore 36 Rafael Bush 42 Eric Brock
S 28 Thomas DeCoud 27 Matt Giordano 39 Shann Schillinger
SPECIALISTS
K 3 Matt Bryant
KO 9 Michael Koenen 3 Matt Bryant
P 9 Michael Koenen 3 Matt Bryant
KR 14 Eric Weems 24 Dominique Franks
PR 14 Eric Weems 83 Harry Douglas
LS 82 Joe Zelenka
H 9 Michael Koenen
*T Mark Ortmann was signed after the release of the depth chart
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75 comments Add your comment
BULLDOGMANIAC
August 24th, 2010
5:10 pm
Coach S…Are you crazy!
The BEERMAN should be the #1 LDE not 3rd on the depth chart!! He has already proved to be better than any other DE on the team!
Loyal Falcon
August 24th, 2010
5:54 pm
@Grant
Amen brother!
hiramsaint
August 24th, 2010
6:14 pm
@ got to upgrade- i don’t know . chase daniels looked pretty good against the texans. he could be up and comer
GTMustang
August 24th, 2010
6:21 pm
Dawgdad,
You should probably just watch the games on TV and NOT comment on here. So you are going to make a bold prediction based on the Patriots PRESEASON game? You do realize our players watched ZERO tape of the Patriots prior to that game, right? It means they don’t care to win. They are working on their own stuff.
So, let’s say the Falcons went undefeated in preseason play. Would you suspect we’d go 0-16 in the regular season? See the 2008 Lions for your answer. Undefeated in preseason, winless in the regular season play.
I am not sure what you can take out of preseason if anything at all. What we are seeing is a skeleton of the team. They play base formations, they run vanilla plays, they enter the game in a totally different mindset. Based on that, you can take nothing from the preseason. When regular season starts, you won’t hear mention of preseason wins and losses again.
I know it’s the only thing we have seen so far, but for Christ sakes keep it in perspective.
RationalFan
August 24th, 2010
6:26 pm
As others have posted… Don’t put too much weight into this depth chart. It has not hardly changed since training camp began. In two weeks you’ll know what the coaches are really thinking.
SuperBird
August 24th, 2010
6:42 pm
BREAKING NEWS….All of you that are lobbbying for the BEERMAN to start at DE need to cool your jets and sit down lets have conversation.I am, as most of you, see the progress that he has made and he has become a little beast. Notice that word little, meaning he is way too small to be a three down DE, if you watched the game against the Patriots he was man handled on running downs, he is better suited for strictly 3rd down pass rushing specialist.
DePlane
August 24th, 2010
9:31 pm
You guys put way too much stock in a preseason game depth chart. The coaches are move some stuff around to give these guys a chance to play and to compensate for injuries to try to stay healthy. They know what they are doing. Can’t say as much for some posters comments that indicate they believe this is a true depth chart…c’mon it’s evaluation time…not the first game of the season!
robdawg08
August 24th, 2010
10:18 pm
So who would win a fight between Bear Woods & Tiger Woods ? Bear or Tiger ? Hmm…
robdawg08
August 24th, 2010
10:20 pm
Why so many centers ? and no-name WR’s ?
D. Orlando Ledbetter
August 25th, 2010
12:17 am
Ezcofalconfan — I’m not sure. Haven’t finished my roster analysis.
D. Orlando Ledbetter
August 25th, 2010
12:19 am
BringbackDJ — I think we’ll see some major depth chart changes next week. We’ll definitely see that going into the opener.
D. Orlando Ledbetter
August 25th, 2010
12:20 am
Jim — Zinger is catching the ball and is a solid blocker. (Pssst: Palmer might end up on the practice squad).
DR. FALCON
August 25th, 2010
12:31 am
I LOVE OUR DEPTH CHART! I NEED OUR FIRST TEAM OFFENSE TO SCORE TDS IN THIS 3RD GAME. I ALSO WANT TO SEE HOW PERIA JERRY REACTS TO GAME CONDITIONS AFTER HIS ACL. THE PATRIOTS RAN ALL OVER US, SO, I HOPE THE D-LINE GETS A LIFT WITH JERRY RETURN
Reggie
August 25th, 2010
4:13 am
Jen
August 24th, 2010
4:31 am
Y’all take preseason waaaaaaaaaaaay to seriously.
Yes the WR corp is weak but we dont exactly have a Manning,Brees,Rodgers or Favre at the QB spot either
REALLY???….go look and compare Matt Ryan’s stats to those formentioned’s first 2 years.
Who said anything about stats? You can do the ol “check the stats” line with any third year QB cause nobody is passing for 4000 yds in there first 2 seasons. Im talking about the “it” factor that you could see in the other QB’s…im a huge Falcon fan and im sorry I just dnt see it in Matt Ryan…the lack of arm strength, the happy feet when he feels pressure, the constant throwing the ball out of bounds instead of trying to make a play not to mention whenever the other team jumps offsides he takes the snap and takes a knee..umm hello thats know as a “free play” make a play Ice. I love my birds and I hope he proves me wrong but I just dnt see it.
Kroy
August 25th, 2010
9:48 am
Why isn’t Biermann starting? He’s much better than Anderson!
Benny Birds
August 25th, 2010
10:09 am
BT, you got to be on dope. Bierman is our second best passrusher on the team. Him and Jonnny are going to be great bookend. 1st cut Jamaal Anderson, a wasted pick. Second worst since Bruce. Don’t draft another SEC player in the 1st Round.
Benny Birds
August 25th, 2010
10:35 am
BREAKING NEWS for SuperBirds,6′1 268lbs (Freeny) & 6′2 245lbs (Mathis) and 6′6 270lbs (Alan)& 6′5 268lbs Edwards are the Vikes and Colts DE’s and our Birds 6′4 265lbs (Ham) & 6′3 265lbs (Bierman) you do the math. That’s was just preseason and 1 game. Check out last year game films on the Beerman, tell me what you see.
FalconsFan284
August 25th, 2010
10:37 am
All this doom and gloom for what? A depth chart that isn’t set yet? We are still in the preseason people! Take it easy!
Nichols should be the weak side backer and Weatherspoon should be on the strong side. Biermann will be the pass rushing specialist the Falcons drafted him for this season and he has looked very capable of doing that job so far. Abraham is doing very well and getting qb’s to head towards other players. He’s looked good while he’s been in there. My only real concern is getting Jerry back into game shape and allowing him to get push up the middle.
The two things we learned from the New England game were that the Falcons played un-inspired football and our fourth and fifth best corners are not good enough to hold the Pats out of the endzone! There, there is your gloom and doom people!
We should be more worried if the Falcons struggle against Miami. Let’s see Dunta against Brandon and Abe against Long. And let’s see the young and talented Dolphins defense against our offense. We should have a better idea of how good or questionable we are following this game as opposed to the last.
Hiram—-Kudos on Chase Daniels. He is a good young player with little to no chance of ever playing for the Saints. I’m sure the Rams of the world will love him playing on their team! It should bother you that the rest of the team is not playing nearly as well as they did last season but you are probably still in denial.
hunt6060
August 26th, 2010
8:16 am
I would like for the falcons to sign a better back up QB. Wilson is not any good. How about Zac Champion. He was release by the BC Lions in the CFL and has a cannon and can run like he stole something. He only got released because he was a backup and would be making the most money from his contract in his final year. What do yall think. He tore it up at LaTech.
ryan
August 26th, 2010
6:14 pm
Sources out of the SD sports media is that the Falcons will ask about Vincent Jackson’s contract these are just rumors but the Falcons are looking to deal for WR Jackson .
Mr. Blank
August 26th, 2010
9:27 pm
Hunt6060. Who let you out of the asylum? This is the NFL Where do you think our last 3rd string quarterback went to attempt to play football????? And, I can’t sign Vincent Jackson. He doesn’t pass our strict character tests. We’ll go with what we got, and we’ll go, maybe, 7-9. Got to keep the fans hungry. Too much, too soon, is bad for business…..
Saints LSU
August 27th, 2010
9:49 am
@ D.Money I Agree with you man about the NFC I love my Saints but Green Bay worry me man
Falcon57
August 27th, 2010
10:14 am
Can someone, anyone, PLEASE tell me where to get some up to date articles covering the Falcons!!!!???? I can’t believe the lack of coverage from this sports section!!! Hell I’d love to have this job, just go hang out with the players, coaches, use my expense account and just have a good old time doing nothing!!!!
MountainDawg
August 27th, 2010
1:10 pm
Contract money & draft selection need to be prioritize ON THE FIELD EXECUTION…thus Kroy needs to be starting (opposite Abraham). Anderson needs to be moved to DT. Also, Bergeron should be ahead of Weems on the depth chart.
MountainDawg
August 27th, 2010
1:15 pm
***Update to last comment***
Contract money & draft selection need to be prioritized (after) ON THE FIELD EXECUTION