Tyson Clabo added to the NFC Pro Bowl team
Announcer Wes Durham, center Todd McClure and tackle Tyson Clabo. Wonder if this trio won the Karoke competition. (By Jimmy Cribb/Atlanta Falcons)
Falcons right tackle Tyson Clabo was added to the NFC Pro Bowl team on Thursday.
Clabo, who was the first alternate along the offensive line, will replace Philadelphia Eagles tackle Jason Peters. The Falcons will have eight players in the game. Also, head coach Mike Smith and the staff will coach the team.
Clabo will join teammates defensive end John Abraham, tight end Tony Gonzalez, fullback Ovie Mughelli, quarterback Matt Ryan, running Michael Turner, special teams specialist Eric Weems and wide receiver Roddy White in Hawaii on January 30, 2011.
The eight players is a league-high and franchise record.
In 2010, Clabo was part of an offensive line that averaged 341.1 yards of total offense per game and allowed just 23 sacks, which was the third fewest in the league.
Additionally, Ryan enjoyed his finest year as a pro throwing for 3,705 yards and 28 touchdowns with Clabo playing at right tackle.
–D. Orlando Ledbetter
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WreckingBall
January 21st, 2011
1:42 pm
Paul Warfield: I agree with you. If the OWNERS and MANAGEMENT had to do it over again and lets say they end up spending an extra $60 million dollars on an impact players salary, but that extra money RESULTS IN A VINCE LOMBARDY trophy for the city and the Falcons, do you think they would have been better off to spend the money, but instead be tightwads, pinch pennies and clutch their purses and instead get kicked out of the playoffs in the divisional round. I dont know if they think they would have been better off spending the money or not. I know that the Braves, Falcons, Hawks and Thrashers are all tightwads and cheap and they will never get anywhere until they learn to spend their money wisely.
RTR
January 21st, 2011
2:35 pm
D-LED:
We know that every other year Arthur likes to spend some money on Free Agents. I believe (dont hold me to it) that Big Play CJ will be a free agent out of Detroit. What are the chances we would go after him?
Roddy is getting older and Calvin will be in his prime. Hes an Atlanta boy who family still lives down here. I would be the first to buy his jersey if he came to town.
Sid
January 21st, 2011
2:37 pm
Yes, a free trip to Hawaii, that was the real prize.
DrJ
January 21st, 2011
3:06 pm
Congrats to Clabo!
Now we can display our talents at the Falcon Bowl in Hawaii. I sure hope that Ryan can display his arm strength with some perfect Long Ball strikes to Roddy.
I have heard so much about his arm that I can’t wait for him to show what he can or cannot do. If he does toss one out there, it better not go sailing or fluttering at the end. All in all, I hope our guys look good.
ShempHoward
January 21st, 2011
5:22 pm
I can think of only TWO reasons why the Falcons didnt win a superbowl this year and it was pointed out by several bloggers but not by just one. Reason #1:The Falcons should have hired one of the two premier offensive minds in the business, either Mike Martz OR Mike Shanahan to be their offensive coordinator; and 2:the Falcons should have signed former cornerback specialist and shut-down cornerback James Foxworth during the offseason, [WHO IN MY OPINION WAS THE SECOND BEST CORNERBACK THE CLUB HAS EVER HAD BESIDES DIONE SANDERS]. The Falcons failed in signing Foxworth when Foxworth’s agent was trying to work out a deal for his client. The Falcons decided it was too much money so the entire season got wasted: a #1 seed in the entire NFC, along with a wasted 13-3 record which meant nothing as the Falcons got stomped by Green Bay in the playoffs divisional round. Had the Falcons spent the money to lock down, in my opinion, the absolute best shut-down cornerback the team has ever had since Dione Sanders and the best one since Rowland Office, then the Falcons would have pushed past the Packers since the Falcons have a better overall roster than the Packers and the Falcons would have catapulted themseleves into the superbowl game once the Falcons disposed of the Bears in the NFC title game. Thank you Thomas Dimitroff for your infinite wisdom and recklessness in ruining our football team.
Thomas Cianfrogna
January 21st, 2011
5:29 pm
@PaulWalworth or however you spell that. I believe you are referring to Dominique Foxworth. Yeah, I wanted to retain him also. I do think he spent much of the season on the injured list if that lessens the pain. We desperately need a nickel back as we got owned in spread formations from GB. It really hurt that Williams was hurt for the game…really hurt.
I am sick of hearing how guys are competitors and how we are in a process. In big games, it just seems like we come up with excuses how the Gonzalez, Turner, and White were keyed on. Who cares? The great players perform under these conditions…I mean really perform. They were all absent near the end of the season. Roddy had a great game against Cincin because he was upset at what 85 and company were saying. Why couldn’t he do this during the playoffs? Look, he had a great season, I just don’t think Finneran, who I’m a huge fan of, should have been a prime target in the GB game..and he was. He was the only guy getting open.
Additionally…what about a speed back? Norwood can’t make it through a season…We need some speed in the backfield to help Turner out.
No hope now
January 21st, 2011
6:32 pm
@ paul warfield and shemphoward. YOU GUYS ARE OVERREACTING TO WHY DIMITROFF MADE THOSE DECESIONS. No. 1, The guy name isn’t JAMES FOXWORTH. Its dominquie foxworth, No. 2 FOXWORHT ISN’T A SHUTDOWN CB. See when your not used to have something and it shows a little flashes, YOU CAN’T LOOK AT IT LIKE ITS THE ONLY OPTION. Foxworth had a good year COMPARED TO THE OTHER CB’s on our roster at the time. But he didn’t have a lights out year. He wantd a big contract. Dimitroff let him walk and we got a 3rd rounder for him. No. 3, foxworth went to the ravens and his 1st year there LED THE NFL IN PI CALLS. Foxworth hasn’t had a good year with the ravens yet. And he didn’t play this year because he tore his ACL. For the money the ravens paid FOXWORTH HASN’T DELIVERED. That my friend is a good judgement call on TD parts.
No. 4, its a good thing we let him go because WE WOULDN’T HAVE BEEN ABLE TO SIGN DUNTA ROBINSON WHO IS BETTER THAN FOXWORTH. Foxworth WAS NOT AND IS NOT a shutdown CB. The same thing is about to happen to grimes, it wouldn’t surprise me if we let grimes go, BECAUSE HE JUST HAD A ARGUABLY PRO BOWL YEAR, and will want his money. We might as well go for Nnamdi. The second best CB in the league, AND TRUE SHUTDOWN CB. Grimes is better than Foxworth. Foxworth was a rental, NOT A LONG TERM NEED. The real disappointment is us NOT KEEPING MUSGRAVE but keepin murlarkey. Im sorry but your opinion on keeping dominquie foxworth isn’t strong.
SirReal
January 22nd, 2011
8:52 am
@JSS Man, those guys are licking their chops at the chance to blow past Clabo.LOL
hbcuclassics
January 22nd, 2011
8:36 pm
2011 HBCU Draft Board – WRs (1-5)
1. Raymond Webber 6′2, 218 WR Ark-PB
AP/FCS All-American, Walter Payton Award Finalist
led NCAA 101 rec. 1,429yds 10TDs 129.9ypg.
only receiver w/ more receptions is Jerry Rice.
Coach: Monte Coleman (don’t be stupid on this one)
2. Ricardo Lockette, 6′3, 199 WR/KR FVSU
2009 DII 200 Meter Champion
23 rec./232 yds. 4.39-4.41/40yd. dash
Mentor: Terrence Mathis – track guy
3. Ronnie Childs 6′2 195 WR Albany State
BASN All-American, All-SIAC, SIAC Champ 11-1
45 rec./ 22ypc./12TDs – (all he does is catch TDs)
4. Jeremy Franklin 6′3, 199 WR/KR JC Smith
3x All-CIAA, JC Smith All-time leading receiver
55 rec/823 yds/5 TDs – fierce, beats up DBs.
5. Larrone Moore 6′0, 185 WR/KR Delaware St.
25 rec. 450yds 4TDs, 18.8ypc – another track guy
2x Maryland 4A 100m champ, 55m Maryland State champ
4.29-4.36/ 40yd dash (has Deion-like speed)
http://www.hbcuclassics.com
Ken Strickland
January 22nd, 2011
11:41 pm
What good does it do to have a WR that can stretch the field if we don’t have an OC willing to take advantage of it? It’s the same as having a speed demon like RBJNorwood, yet we don’t throw to him and insist on running him almost entirely between the tackles. What we need more than more speed at WR and RB, is an OC with the knowledge and/or willingness to take advantage of it.
Last yr as a backup rotational DE, and receiving little help from DE JAbraham, KBiermann registered 5 sacks. This yr, as a starter, and with tons of help from DE JAbraham, he managed only 3 sacks. It’s certainly not a lack of talent that’s keeping our sack totals and pass DEF down, but rather the underutilization of that talent.
Falcon James
January 23rd, 2011
9:09 am
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Falcon James
January 23rd, 2011
9:10 am
Clabo deserves the spot. I think Dahl also should have been picked. He one mean machine. Maybe if we lucky Baker will make it next year. He was first in the league in holding calls.
PaulWarfield
January 24th, 2011
3:18 pm
Whether his name was james foxworth or dominique foxworth. All I know is that from what I saw (and my eyes didnt deceive me) Foxworth literally shut down everybody he came in contact with. I dont remember foxworth drawing any pass interference calls when he was with the Falcons. In addition, when foxworth was playing cornerback under ryans rookie season, foxworth’s contributes HELPED GREATLY FOR THE TEAM TO ACHIEVE AN 11-5 RECORD. This year without Foxworth our record was even better at 13-3. My point is that in the playoffs you are going to face only the best teams in the league. You will face extremely potent passing attacks. My contention is that if the Falcons had Grimes (the Defensive Player of the month in the NFL for December) on one side and we had Foxworth on the othersie the Falcons against green bay would have completely shut down their passing attack. It would have helped if Matt Ryan had a good game and the Falcons offense was a factor, which it was not. Right now I dont know what it will take to make the Falcons a winner again because I am afraid the Falcons next season will go back to 4-12 campaigns and they will have to rebuild all over again. I see no hope at all for the Falcons and they look like a doormat all over again. In my opinion if the Packers (a team we beat earlier in the season) can come into the Georgia Dome and put up 48 points against us, we have no shot at all of having a good team the NFL and I dont trust the management team at all for the decisions that they are making.
ShempHoward
January 24th, 2011
5:11 pm
Paul Warfield: I agree with you wholeheartedly. The Falcons are just interested in making money BUT will not spend enough to put a competitive team on the field. Also, the new management team has failed to add enough qualified coaches to impact the team positively. [why didnt the falcons hire either mike martz OR mike shanahan to run our offense as offensive coordinators instead of the hugely underqualified mike mularky whose offensive schemes got us burned time and time again]. Had the Falcons management team done that the Falcons would have been world champions this year with all the talent they haveI realize that most fans are ungrateful and disappointed after a steller 13-3 season. What is making fans angry is that they know during ryans rookie season we faced a very weak arizona team in the playoffs and that team went on to the superbowl. IT COULD HAVE BEEN US IN THE SUPERBOWL INSTEAD OF ARIZONA. THIS YEAR WAS A COMPLETE WASTE WITH OUR GAUDY 13-3 RECORD AND NO SUPERBOWL APPEARANCE TO SHOW FOR IT. OUR TEAM SEEMS TO BE IN THE SAME BOAT AS THE OTHER 31 TEAMS WHO FAIL EVERY SEASON. BUT MORE THAN THAT THE THING THAT TEARS ME UP THE MOST IS THAT THE SAINTS BEAT THE FALCONS TO A VINCE LOMBARDI TROPHY. THE 1998 FALCONS BEAT THE SAINTS TO A LAMAR HUNT TROPHY BY WINNING THE NFC TITLE GAME AND WINNING THE CONFERENCE, GETTING TO THE SUPERBOWL BEFORE THEM, BUT THAT TEAM LOST IN THE SUPERBOWL BECAUSE OF THE FRAUDULENT BEHAVIOR OF EUGENE ROBINSON (who had been given an award for having the best character in the nfl league about 48 hours earlier—whan an irony).
AdamWest
January 26th, 2011
4:29 pm
The Falcons played SCARED against Green Bay (IN THE PLAYOFFS). The Falcons defeated Green Bay during the regular season AND TOOK THE STEELERS TO OVERTIME IN THE SEASONS OPENER. The Falcons played both superbowl participants tough this year and definitely could have made it to that bowl event. Maybe next year will be our year, but it burns me up that New Orleans got their superbowl trophy ahead of us and we should have had three in altnat falcons history already: 1980, 1998 and 2010. I hope that we dont continue coming close and keep saying these are all the years WE SHOULD HAVE WON IT. That is not satisfying at all to keep coming up short.