Atlanta Falcons: Defensive end Ray Edwards released

It’s a shame to see ones career end like this, but the handwriting has been on the wall for a while for Ray. Good Luck in the future, Ray.

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We could not pressure a thing this past Sunday.

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Im glad they released edwards, he was practically useless and it frees up money to try something else with this defense, kroy biermann has been a good DE and i think the rookie we drafted should get some play time as well. I cant remember his name because they havent given him any chance

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Wow. He’s been playing like crap again this year, but you usually don’t see a move like this. Good for Dimitroff. No reason to keep the guy on the team if he isn’t helping.

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good call, we have no pressure and abraham can’t do it all

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I hate to say it but dunte robinson is needed right now ray has been irrelevant dunte has at least been useful.

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any chance they go out and get a stud end? or will they go with kroy?

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Now activate jonathan massaquie!!!!!!!!!! Next man up

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Dunta is a liability. He is almost always 10 yards off the play and misses too many tackles trying to make the big hit

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These guys are pathetic bums as well….

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I think them drafting an end depends on how kroy plays the rest of the year and if massaqui plays like a stud

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@herpes i agree that dunte hasnt been great and isnt playing physical ball like he should but we cant just drop our only other starting caliber corner before the year ends, hes serviceable at least till next year

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This just in….

Todd McClure blames Edwards for inability of o line to block anyone on runs.

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I dont think steven jackson would be a good pickup, hes exactly where turner is right now and i think hes just as old,

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I must say I’m so glad he’s gone because he was absolutely no help to Abe, or the team for that matter. Now if they would only get rid of MT and let Snelling and Quizz get more touches.

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No way do they make a big splash this late in the season. Trading deadline is past.

Who knows what transpired for this move to take place.

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I hope we draft a top running back in the second or third round maybe fourth cause descent running backs can be found all throughout the draft

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I hope the AJC headline tomorrow says “michael turner cut by Falcons”

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Smart move. On to D. Robinson’s poor tackling technique. D, a ball carrier cannot run without his legs. Why are you trying to tackle a guy who is bigger than you and running away from you around the shoulders??? Assuming you had a reason to attempt this, I would recommend that in the future when you have a hand in your face (stiff arm) grab his wrist with both hands and fall down.You must hold on tight. Just saying.

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What is the status of Antoin Smith??

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Sends a message. The rest of the underperformers should be on high alert.

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Please place Mike Turner on the same bus. Turner a BIG waste of our time and plays. What a BIG BAG of $h*T. He is just a younger Duckett!!!

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Yes, this will light a fire under the underperforming o line….

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It was incredibly frustrating watching MT run hesitantly and right into the line, unable to find or create space. What a drive-kill and kill-joy! He’s clearly lost A COUPLE steps. Gimme more Quizz and Snelling!!

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This just in…we have lost one game

The whole team got fired in the comments above

Relax the Falcons are fine

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D-LED…ya know what the cap hit for next year will be?

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So are we saving that 5.5 mil next year???

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[...] coordinator Mike Nolan attributed to extensive use of special personnel packages. Source: Atlanta Journal Constitution   [...]

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[...] end Ray Edwards, the epitome of a free agent bust, was drop-kicked by the Falcons Monday night. How bad does a supposed high-profile player have to be for him to be found useless by two defensive [...]

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They should either tell Matt Ryan to use some more athleticism and stop playing scared or show him the door too!

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Ray Edwards makes us miss Jamal Anderson !!

I was hoping Stanbury would raise his game — maybe this will be his shot…

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Thank you for you time in the ATL RE93, best of luck to you on your future endeavors!

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[...] Atlanta Journal Constitution Read [...]

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Michael Turner is STEALING money from the Falcons! Get Steven Jackson; anyone!

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Can you please DRAFT us some cornerbacks that are not scareed to play aggressive and better yet TACKLE. The two guys we have #22 & #23 are wimps. They can’t cover and are scared to tackle. The coaching staff need to let Robinson go as well with that big bloated contract of his also. I want even discuss our running game. Turner has to go we need a back that can hit the hole or better yet make cuts and don’t use yardage in the process also. Please draft an ALL-PURPOSE back for the future now PLEASE !!!!!!!!!!!!

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It is time to steal Maurice Jones Drew from the Jaguars.We have stolen every thing else of value from them.

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I disagree about cutting Turner but Coach should give Antone Smith some playing time

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Ray Edwards: looks like Tarzan, played like Jane! Dunta is a dud too, if Grimes wasn’t hurt he’d be the next to go! Asante is allergic to contact, this is pro football, not ballet dancing!

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Fire Michael Turner NEXT!!!

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Sooo…is my Pro Bowl vote voided now? WTF.

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Matty is doing a excellent job at QB here just need to learn to extend the play if he has too

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I remember when Edwards came In He called Himself the “MISSING PIECE”….yeah…you know… He truly was!

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How much money do we owe Michael Turner for the next two years on his contract, that is probably what is holding this up?

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Mike Nolan is an offensive coordinator ?? That explains it

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Next Draft: (2)Corners–(1)Defensive End–(1)Running Back—(1)Linebacker (1)Safety, QB or DT! You can win it all with an “inept” running game….Never too early to think NFL Draft.

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Also, a 6″5′ receiver could have helped us tremendously ie..,PLAXICO BURRESS. Give ALBERT HAYNESWORTH a call.

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The whole Ray Edwards saga reminds me of a bad fart – it felt good for a minute but the lingering smell made me wish we hadn’t done it!!

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Ray Edwards is a horrible person who doesn’t deserve to live. It makes me very happy that he is now jobless and I pray that he catches leprosy.

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The whole reason they got him was to take pressure off of Abe which he never did, or get sacks when John was getting double teamed which he never did. I’m glad the front office did it, their not playing. They want a super bowl, We want players that have that hunger, I wished we had gone after babin more or some others, I knew Edwards was a bad deal, he rode the coat tails of the Vikings DE Jared, he was not that good. I ‘m just hoping we are going to get a replacement or make this work better, because Edwards was not doing SQUAT.

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Showed ya’ll I’ma winner…
Byron

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good move , now they can call ovie and get our pro bowl fullback where he is needed. falcons running game has not been same after ovie got hurt last year in detroit. while i dislike to see anyone lose their job edwards wasn’t getting it done .

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D-Line should get the message, not sure how Nolan let them play so damn poorly this weekend without adjustments, stunts, etc. – something to put pressure on Brees. good to see Edwards pack a bag, no need for a Junior Haynesworth to stick around for a check.

How to fix the O-line? Sam Baker is still missing assignments. They can’t get a push on the goal line in 3 straight plays. Either the run blocking is so bad it’s pathetic or our RB, Fat Mike, can’t hit the hole fast enough on draws and slants. something has to give and soon or other teams will start playing 3 man fronts and daring us to throw….

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Jackson would be a good pick-up. This is the year to try and make a run.The window in football closes as quick as it opens.

If Falcon don’t get to the super bowl this year or next year forget about it.

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Good move but guys please take two seconds to proof read your article. Mike Nolan is the DEFENSIVE coordinator.SMH

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@eff you; eh not sure what you got stuck up your a** but i really could care less what you think of me or my comments, you just seem like an immature dumba**. F off dude!!

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Atanta really needs to give Ovie Mughelli a call

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Please, for the love of Bobby Hebert, can we get a RB that doesn’t take 4 seconds to get to the line of scrimmage and then fall over after first contact! I’ll Qiuzz all day, but no more Turner! Too dang slow!

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IT’S ABOUT TIME!!! good call falcons. this new culture of the falcons is slowly but surely turning, if you’re not producing you gotta go!!!! ray edwards who???

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But the Falcons need to be able to stop the run better and they need to do somethng about the run.

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My guess Sidbury or Massaquoi get to play. The trade deadline has passed and I don’t think there are many DE or RB out walking the streets? Hope Weathspoon heals fast for our defence! Turner likely is in his last year with FALCONS, he gave us 3 good years but its time to find someone else.

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Ray Edwards will go down with Ed Hartwell was the biggest D Free Agent bust in Falcons history.

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Is Ryan Grant still a FA?

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Herpes Butter
November 12th, 2012
10:56 pm

No way do they make a big splash this late in the season. Trading deadline is past.

Who knows what transpired for this move to take place.
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Herpes Butter? Nasty, where did you get that handle? Gonna make me a little less eager to buy that Apple Butter up at Burt’s Pumpkin Farm in Dawsonville, but man, it sure is good!

You say, “Who knows what transpired for this move to take place.” I tell you what transpired, lame ass play, It all finally caught up with ol’ “Take a play off Ray”. There were reports down at the Flowery Branch Water and Sewer Department that a whole bunch of cash showed up at their sewage treatment facility. They couldn’t confirm it but it appeared it came from the toilet at the Falcons HDQ.

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Dunta is TERRIBLE!!!

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@ZACK 3:53
Don’t you forget about Jamal Anderson!!!

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rodb
November 13th, 2012
2:28 am

he’s outta here…more room to get a upgrade from MT and maybe a better def end.
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Better defensive end? Your Grandmother is a better defensive end, an upgrade from Edwards!

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another unemployed black man

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eff you
November 13th, 2012
12:33 am

Loyalfalconfrmthemississipi, stfu and die. go away. you’re name is too long and annoying to look at and everything you say is stupid. kill yourself.
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Keep working on those reading skills and maybe big words of 3 or more letters won’t trip you up so much.

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Bring back Claude Humphrey!

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#53 should be next. Hell, #52 as well. Akeem Dent in the NFL is like Rosie O’Donnell in the Playboy mansion. Neither belongs.

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Ray Edwards was a BUST and I would rather have Jamaal Anderson back than him. He was not aggressive enough for a defensive end and wasn’t even a threat. Jared Allen defined his success in Minnesota. Jonathan Massaquoi is relentless and deserves a shot. Also, I think that Todd McClure and the offensive line are defending their turf, because they are opening holes, but Michael Turner is too slow to get through them in sufficient time. So we end up with tackles for losses. I like Quizz and he is a good back, but I do not know about every down. For his size he is tough, but he get pounded. Give Snelling the ball and see what he can do. I’m not talking about when everyone on defense know when he is going to be the ball carrier. CUT Turner and let’s make our playoff run.

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I’m reading this blog at 0635 on November 13th and seeing posting times of 0712???? WTF Am I in the twilight zone?

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Turner may be next. I watched him Sunday and he is so slow getting to the hole. It’s ike he is running is slow motion, and with the Falcon’s line the hole doesn’t stay open long. If he get a running start, he still can make plays but he is a liability on short yardage plays up the middle. He was a good one but I am afraid his time is over.

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THEY NEED TO GET RID OF MICHAEL TURNER!!!

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THANK YOU.

It was getting so bad that opposing offensive lines were lining up wide receivers across from “No Play” Ray, and he still couldn’t get off the block.

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MT runs like he’s fleeing the mafia. Only brotha in the league running with cement shoes on that could make the aints backs look decent. Ship his scrub self to jax for some picks, they’re dumb enough to take him. .

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I hope one or two of the offensive linemen is out of here soon. A running back cannot do anything if the defensive lines are controlling the line of scrimmage so the runners have no place to go.

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One ofthe best personel moves the Falcons couldhave made, edwards added absolutely nothing and I repeat nothing to the Falcons team since he arrived, so long and good ridence.

Next up, Michael Turner if he doesn’t get back to what he was, he to has fallen off the wagon, Rodgers and Snelling offer the Falcons a lot more.

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This is a good move but he blame has to fall to TD for thinking Ray Edwards was a beast when he thrived for one season because the other guy was always drawing double teams in Minnesota. You don’t hire a guy to fire them you have to dig deep on evaluation. Now ccan he team admit they may have made a mistake and bring Ovie back (maybe Dahl too).

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Please trade or release Michael Turner and get a real running back. Turner is a fraud, he’s used up and past his prime!

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I tell people all the time Falcons CB Robinson is a serviceable CB, but we are paying him like he is Deion I also told people Allen of Minn. made Edwards should have never signed him period. Go Falcons, DAWGS, Hawks, and Jackets!!!!

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Why was Polite cut.

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You know it’s a shame how the NFL just use people up and then just throw them away. So sad. Turner is STILL playing for the Falcants’ because why???? He is short, unathletic and slow…Oh well…I don’t like the Falcants’ anyway… I don’t care.

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This is a great move. Ray hasn’t made an impact in the run game, as it has become apparent that he can’t rush the passer. This move put the rest of the team on alert. Now we can hopefully see some more Sidbury/Matthews/Massoqui. This could really boost our Defense. Surprising but great move! It’s ok Ray can now focus on his true passion, modeling tighty-whities

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Hoping that they stay tight as a group. I understand McClure being salty. It’s evident that the OL has worked extremely hard. Baker in particular is having his best year. Todd has been a great player in this town for a long time. Appreciate all his hard work, it’s just that they aren’t good “enough” sometimes.

That said, it’s one game, they are 8-1. I don’t think it’s any one units fault. They absolutely need to modify tendencies, and shake things up.

Just stay together Falcons, it was just a frustrating loss. Make Arizona pay for it.

We want to see how physical you can be.

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I like the Edwards move because it’s been clear that he doesn’t care and he doesn’t want to be here. I’m sorry he lost his job, but I’m also not sure he really wanted to play anyway.

I want to see the young guys come out and attack from that position.

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You people can save you well wishes for Edwards…he made $10 million. He had 11 more tackles than I did with the Falcons and I was sitting up in the stands eating popcorn and drinking beer!!! The way I see it, we paid for him to occupy one blocker! I am sure Mike Nolan wanted to get rid of him in training camp but finally his hands were untied and they had enough of his crap! He gave him 9 games to get it together…

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Can’t quite understand everyone who now wants to see Sidbury or Massaquoi out there. Uh, neither one of these was able to beat out Edwards for the job and Massaquoi couldn’t even make the active roster. How would they be an upgrade over Edwards?

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The trade deadline is over, so stop with the “get Steven jackson” crap. If the Falcons didnt pursue him before the trade, then they didnt want him, and arent gonna pursue him in the offseason either…his price tag is still too high.

I’m kinda glad they cut him at this point in the season-1) it shows they mean business about trying to right the defense, and anybody can get it if they dont get their act together, 2) it gives them extra money to make better moves in the offseason, and 3) he wasnt productive at all on the field.

I feel they should add Sidbury to the lineup and gradually bring in Massaquoi…

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He should have been cut after the first year. Worthless player.

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Bring back Pierce Holt!!!

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observer
November 13th, 2012
10:17 am

Can’t quite understand everyone who now wants to see Sidbury or Massaquoi out there. Uh, neither one of these was able to beat out Edwards for the job and Massaquoi couldn’t even make the active roster. How would they be an upgrade over Edwards?
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Anything, anybody, hell even you, would be an upgrade over “Take a play off Ray”.

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@BB
“It’s a shame to see ones career end like this”

Not really. He was given 11 million and delivered 11 tackles over 2 seasons. It’s a shame when a guy gets $15 bucks an hour, works his butt off and then get laid off because of government policies.

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@Statick

“Uh, neither one of these was able to beat out Edwards for the job and Massaquoi couldn’t even make the active roster. ”

Hard to not play the guy who has delivered in the past and was given an $11 million signing bonus. You have to give the guy every chance, every benefit of the doubt.

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Good Riddiance…..what a waste of $$$$$$.

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@ Da Truth

Hard to not play the guy who has delivered in the past and was given an $11 million signing bonus. You have to give the guy every chance, every benefit of the doubt.

Not my words. That quote was the guy before me.

And I agree with you. Like I said, I believe that Smitty will go with a vet before a rookie, highly paid or not. The only reason he starts Konz was because Reynolds is on IR.

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turner and perry are next!

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[...] had to do? Run the ball and stop the run. Barometric reading: Barely 24 hours later, the Falcons cut defensive end Ray Edwards, who had little to do with Sunday’s loss but who did little after signing as a big-ticket [...]

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Bill
November 12th, 2012
11:13 pm

I would love to hear one reporter or talk show host state the fact. This is one of many Thomas Dimitroff bust.

Read the AJC. What are the other “busts”. CLown

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Im ready to see sidbury or massaquo ( i think i spelled that right) i thought it was the o line but it actually is turner, he isnt running hard like he use to. Quizz and snelling deserve a shot. they both produce when they are on the field. Biermann is very solid just wish he could hit the quarterback like abe. Im still proud of Matt Ryan and glad we didnt get Glenn dorsey.

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Very good news. I like a shake up to get these guys attention!

- Smitty should tell them that each loss will result in 1 player being released!!!!

These guys need to get hungry!

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If we are evaluating players based on their level of play, then how in the world is Dunta still on the roster?!?! I understand the move on Ray Edwards, but think it was premature. Abraham has a track record of not staying healthy for the full 16 game season. Edwards would have at least been someone coming off the bench when Abraham went down … we all know it is going to happen. But again — how does Dunta Robinson keep his job?

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So Mr. Dimitroff directs our eyes toward the blunder of the Ray Edwards signing. Indeed, it merits some thought and discussion of the monies and energies spent on Edwards coming out of the lockout, how little return we saw on that investment, and how the move stunted the growth of Bierman, Sidbury et al.

But I don’t think this cut revolves around Ray at all. He was not a great player and his attitude lacked, but I think this act – at this time stands – as a brilliant chess move to protect Dominque Davis. Think about it. Buffalo, Jville, and Arizona live in perpetual QB hell. Chicago, San Fran, and Pittsburgh just lost their excellent starters to injury for weeks. There are ten teams who might want to pounce on our undrafted free agent, third-string, practice squad quarterback reeking of athleticism and long-term potential.

Now we have a roster spot open and some extra monies to block a sudden lunge from a qb hungry league. We sent a message saying stay away. Signing Edwards proved dumb, dumping him minutes after Big Ben limped off the field, well that was really smart.

Well played Falcons czars…

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Go Falcons

Love You Falcons Win Win Win!

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This is a good sign that the organization will not hang on to unproductive players. And hopefully they will do something about Turner. Not saying they should cut him but gradually reduce his carries to only situations that he can be productive. He obviously can’t find holes in goaline and short yardage situations. I hope they atleast try to put someone out there there and see what they can offer.

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Anyword on whether or not Ray Edwards said upon leaving “I hate yall”

because that would be awesome. Love ya Peerless.

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Edwards had only 11 tackles on 200+ plays, and no sacks!!!!!

The offenses must have been going away from him. That’s almost impossible to do.

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why is franks still on our team?

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We dont have a running back that run with attitudes. One man souldn’t stop a 250 pound running back in his tracks. Same thing happened against NYJ last year. Weew could use a few football players with some nasty and we need another TE that can get deep. 53 misses too many tackles, 23 always beat, 33 too light on his feet. Release these guys and and get some football players.

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