Falcons sign TE Marquez Branson to practice squad
Marquez Branson (85) caught an 11-yard touchdown pass in front of Detroit Lions linebacker Zack Follett (49) during the first half of a preseason NFL football game Saturday, Aug. 21, 2010, while a member of the Denver Broncos. (AP Photo/Chris Schneider)
FLOWERY BRANCH — The Falcons signed tight end Marquez Branson to the practice squad and placed tight end Robbie Agnone on injured reserve with a foot injury today.
Branson, 6-3, 247 pounds, was originally signed by the Denver Broncos as a rookie free agent following the 2009 NFL Draft.
Branson spent his rookie season on the Broncos practice squad after playing in 23 games in two seasons at Central Arkansas.
The Starkville, Mississippi native totaled 82 career receptions for 1,236 yards (15.1 avg.) while at Central Arkansas. His 18 touchdowns ranked fifth in school history and in his senior season he posted 45 catches for 737 yards and 11 touchdowns, which earned him All
Tight end Robbie Agnone making a catch at for the Delaware Blue Hens.
Southland Conference honors.
Agnone, 6-6, 260 pounds, was injured in practice on Wednesday. He was originally signed as a rookie free agent by the Washington Redskins in 2009. The Falcons signed him on July 31, 2010 after spending the 2009 season on the New England Patriots practice squad. He was signed to the Falcons practice squad after being waived as part of the final roster cut downs.
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Sid
October 30th, 2010
8:20 am
Wash in ATL October 27th, 2010 1:11 pm
Sid are you ok, WTH does 4th down conversions prove that your developing QB can’t move the ball on the first 3 downs, & that he’s having trouble executing the gameplan WOW great observation !!!!!
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I have been out of pocket since then and wanted to respond with some stats since you never back up your crap with any. Not that I think you will be able to comprehend it but it does speak for itself.
The Atlanta Falcons are #1 in the NFL in 3rd down conversions
The Redskins are ranked 31st, that be damn near last.
Sid
October 30th, 2010
8:23 am
Bye the way, after Detroit takes Washington out to the shed I can’t wait to see how much further the Falcons have separated themselves from the bottom feeder ’skins.
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Don’t feed the trolls boys, it is the only thing they do that they feel good about themselves………
Sid
October 30th, 2010
8:25 am
Hey Wash, did you know that Ryan had the highest Wunderlic score ever recorded in the NFL scouting combine.
Now, I know that for you, Wunderlic is a whole different thing………..and thanks, I’ll pass, but the Wunderlic I’ll exlplain for you is an intelligence test, Marcus Vick had one of the lowest ever recorded.
SeenThisB4
October 30th, 2010
9:35 am
Here’s the best stat of all:
Super Bowl Victories: Saints1 for 1; falcan’ts 0 for 1.
GEAUX SAINTS! OUR TME!!
truth
October 30th, 2010
9:52 am
Shut up Seen…….go vist your pathetic aints boards for a change. You keep coming back and proving you have no self pride. Dang boy take off the paper bag you need oxygen. Pathitic loser.
GEAUX SAITNTS???? OUR TIME???? Translation: GO AINTS and get your butts handed to you again. OUR TIME to head on down back to the bottom of the NFC south.
truth
October 30th, 2010
9:53 am
Silly little aints fans.
Falcon Jim
October 30th, 2010
11:14 am
Taints Bleaux ! ! ! !
Sid
October 30th, 2010
2:33 pm
Guess you aren’t going to follow up on your story about the Fed Ex player of the week………….
Matt Ryan – Fed Ex Air winner
SawThat1nce
October 30th, 2010
2:35 pm
GO FALCONS!!!!!!
SawThat1nce
October 30th, 2010
2:37 pm
SAINTS SeaUX!
THEIR TIME, CAME AND GONE!
SawThat1nce
October 30th, 2010
2:39 pm
One and DONE, No More Fun.
The’re headed back to the bottom.
SawThat1nce
October 30th, 2010
4:52 pm
Browns 30 – saints 17….ha ha
SawThat1nce
October 30th, 2010
5:03 pm
What is the all-time record for Falcons vs saints?
SawThat1nce
October 30th, 2010
5:07 pm
Whatever happened to that turd, hiramsaint?
Falcon Jim
October 30th, 2010
7:44 pm
All-time record:
Falcons…..46
Taints……..37
Falcon Jim
October 30th, 2010
7:53 pm
hiram is o.k.
Falcon Jim
October 30th, 2010
7:53 pm
I mean hiram is an o.k. guy.
SawThat1nce
October 31st, 2010
3:18 am
hiramsaint, R.I.P.
Falcon James
October 31st, 2010
11:22 am
i have been a big falcons fan for years. back in 98, i went to the super bole and saw it live. i dont think we need to support the falcons this season, and until we fans pull all together, the owners will not give us what we want. it all make some cents now. while we taking naps at the wheel, the falcon management staff is look to replace my main man tony G. i think it a shame when we our reel need is QB. we are not nothing until we get our QB situation in hand. what we should focus on is getting a reel QB like mike vick instead of some puppet with string like we have now. ryan look like a third string QB and chokes when the opposite team puts any preasure on him at all. what happened to our punter? he is a shame to all us loyal falcons fans. and now we need to also get us a backup RB to help out what used to be a burner. dont get me wrong. snelling is OK but if we had someone like vick, we would not be in the situation we are in running the ball. vick is a all around QB who can also catch the ball as well as; running the ball. he probably has the strongest arm in the world. next season he is going to be free agent and we could sign him back, then watch out, we going to play in the super bole. but then what will do with ryan you might ask? we will trade him to the raiders for a third and forth round pick because that is all he worth. we need to get his some real time DB in the backfield. we make som huge mistakes by letting deaangelo and big play ray leave. now our only hope is to get dante robinson healthy, because grimes can’t cover my grandmother. so wake up and lets try salvnage the season and get on or two wins. if we can get to 500, i will be happy. then we can look and fixing our mistakes in the offseason.
Falcon James
October 31st, 2010
11:51 am
we need to be more agressive on both sides of the ball and on offence and defence. if we had vick, we could easily be 5 and 2 instead we look like the jets of old struggling just to run on field at the start of the game. we need to hold our heads up and be proud.
Falcon Tim
October 31st, 2010
12:14 pm
Falcons James, you seem to be struggling with what you trying to say, but I completly agree with you. What we really need to do is get some top quality players in order to take this to the next level and be a real contendor. Names that come mind is
Julius Peppers
DeAngell Hall
Terrell Owens
Packman
Micheal Vick
Clinton Portes
Reggie Bush
Vince Young
Wes Walker
Andrean Peterson
Roy Williams
Deuce McAllister
Aaron Stecker
Falcon Jim
October 31st, 2010
1:21 pm
Wow…….I mean WOW. That’s about all I can say………………….
SawThat1nce
October 31st, 2010
1:59 pm
Falcons James……another stupid idiot, that has changed his handle on the AJC blogs.
Chipload
October 31st, 2010
3:07 pm
Hey Wash in ATL. Have you checked the scoreboard today? Your beloved Skins are losing to Detroit. Get a life and a real team!
Chipload
October 31st, 2010
3:13 pm
Come on James…are you really still hung up on Vick? It doesn’t matter how good he is. He can’t help the team sitting on the bench with an injury. He will never make it through an entire season without an injury. What do you mean we could be 5 and 2? We are 5 and 2.
Sid
October 31st, 2010
4:23 pm
Matthew Stafford, 4 TD Passes, nice game kid…………!!!
Sid
October 31st, 2010
4:30 pm
Suh gets in the scoring for Detroit………..!! Grossman put in for McNabb, are you serious?
Falcon Jim
October 31st, 2010
4:41 pm
Wash in ATL…………………….bye.
Don’t go away mad……………….just go away.
And don’t let it hit ya where the Good Lord split ya.
Sid
October 31st, 2010
4:44 pm
Falcon Jim
It’s just a real nice day, ain’t it. What could be better? Yep, Aint’s going down in flames tonight…….
SawThat1nce
October 31st, 2010
4:46 pm
Wash in ATL……..How about those Lions?
Redskins are .500, 4-4.
What have you got to say about that?
Probably nothing.
Falcon Jim
October 31st, 2010
5:53 pm
Sid,
Nice…………………….
(Hope the Bucs lose, it’s close right now.)
Falcon James
October 31st, 2010
6:19 pm
Sawthat1nce, why is it that when someone makes a intellegent comment some georgia back woods red kneck has to pass a insult. you should just dont say nothing and keep your mouth shut if you dont have anything nice you can say.
Falcon Jim
October 31st, 2010
6:46 pm
Oh boy, jeez. Another incarnation of seenb4. Crap !
SawThat1nce
October 31st, 2010
7:21 pm
I didn’t see a intellIgent comment from you, Falcon James (or Falcons Sorry, or hiramsaint, or Joe Tess, or Camaro Bob, or whatever).
SawThat1nce
October 31st, 2010
7:25 pm
Too bad, that the Falcons don’t play the Cowboys this season.
Used to be a Cowboy fan or two that would pollute these blogs, like the saints trolls used to do.
SawThat1nce
October 31st, 2010
7:26 pm
Lets see what the saints can do with the Stealers, tonight.
mo's gator s'wich ta geaux
October 31st, 2010
8:00 pm
dat falcant’s jamis guy seems lik mi kinda guy. is ya gay?
Falcon Jim
October 31st, 2010
8:03 pm
It would have been nice if the Bucs had lost. The Cards are not that good, so I’m not scared of the Bucs.
GO STEELERS. Beat those Taints ! ! ! !
Falcon Jim
October 31st, 2010
8:05 pm
Looks like mo has a new boyfriend. Good for you, Falcon James.
OHIOdirtybird
October 31st, 2010
8:54 pm
only thing that will make up for a boring bye week is watching the Aints getting there rear ends handed to them…..can’t wait lol….RISE UP!!!
Falcon Jim
October 31st, 2010
10:00 pm
Chris Collingsworth must have visited mo’s. He is very far up the Taint’s arse. Unbelievable.
How can a network analyst be so, well, biased and wrong?
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October 31st, 2010
10:03 pm
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mo's gator s'wich ta geaux
October 31st, 2010
10:45 pm
mi siants bi lukin gud ya tink.
Falcon Jim
October 31st, 2010
11:19 pm
Just shut-up. Don’t want to hear it, idiots.
SeenThisB4
November 1st, 2010
7:02 am
I hope you girls enjoyed watching last night’s preview of this year’s Super Bowl match up! I did.
Hey Sid: Greg William’s second season slump is laughing at your stats….
GEAUX SAINTS! OUR TIME!!
SawThat1nce
November 1st, 2010
8:16 am
saints got lucky again. The only way they will be at the Super Bowl this year, is as spectators.
It will be many, many, years before they will play in another SB.
SeenThisB4
November 1st, 2010
8:48 am
SawThat1nce: Is that what has happened to the falcan’ts?! Ah, ha, ha, ha!
GEAUX SAINTS! OUR TIME!!
Sid
November 1st, 2010
9:26 am
Seen, it was a pretty good game, congrats, you’ll make it thru the week, sadly for us.
But neither of those teams will get to the big dance……………….seriously, neither.
Brees seemed to get back on track against the Steelers “24th” ranked pass defense. Ain’ts defense looked great against the Steelers offense ranked 27th in yards, 29th in passing. Little Ben is still rusty, what, only his 2nd game back from suspension. 5-3 is not awful at all and the fact is if they lose “any” of their next 5 games they are only pretenders, not contenders. Polamalu didn’t grade out like he usually does, he actually seemed slow last night. The Aint’s still don’t have a running game, maybe the Heisman loser will be back next week. Anyway, I am sure you are jumping around in your skirt and all giddy, no doubt we will hear about it all week.
Sid
November 1st, 2010
9:42 am
By the way, here are your top Tight Ends in the NFL
1 Jason Witten DAL
2 Antonio Gates SD
3 Chris Cooley WAS
4 Dallas Clark IND
5 Brandon Pettigrew DET
6 Zach Miller OAK
7 Vernon Davis SF
8 Jeremy Shockey NO
8 Benjamin Watson CLE
8 Kellen Winslow TB
11 Tony Gonzalez Atl
SeenThisB4
November 1st, 2010
9:53 am
Sid: As you yourself have said, Stats don’t mean much, just ask the Chargers.
I will concede one thing to ya, Sid, and that’s regarding Reggie who is nursing his 25 year old fibula with a hairline crack for six weeks, Pierre Thomas who is nurturing his 25 year old sprained ankle for five weeks, Porter who is pampering his 24 year old nicked up knee for four weeks to date and Greer who is babying his 28 year old shoulder for the third week.
NONE OF THEM HAVE THE GUTS THAT 41 YEAR BRETT FAVRE HAS, and I am NO Brett Favre fan! 41 year old Brett Favre starts on a double fractured ankle, and these boys are sitting on the sidelines. Something wrong with that picture. And then, they talk about giving 110% during the week!! LOL! Yeah right! Wanna make a bet on who is in uniform next week and who isn’t?
Saints won on defense last night, and special teams. The offense showed up for the second half, but that was about it.
BUT, I see them using this game as a rallying point, and should win out.
The Saints only have one legitimate contender left on their schedule, and that’s a road game, should be able to handle the rest with ease. They have only one tough road game left, gonna be difficult to get that W, and that’s against the Ravens in December.
GEAUX SAINTS! OUR TIME!!