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Yes Stitched Damontae Kazee Jersey , he’s a tight end, but that’s not all."eral times over the last couple of years, especially after the departure of Patrick DiMarco. So while flux lies ahead again in 2019, it’s sort of nice to know who will be competing for the fullback job this early in the year, and even who will likely win the job.That’s because the job here in the early going is between an incumbent who was an afterthought in last year’s offense with a different offensive coordinator, and a fresh import who has experience in a Dirk Koetter offense and can play tight end and fullback, even though it’s not his primary role. For a team that prizes versatility, that’s a big plus. That guy is recent signee Luke Stocker. We don’t yet know how tight end is going to shake out with Austin Hooper, Logan Paulsen, and Eric Saubert all also around Youth Damontae Kazee Jersey , but it’s very conceivable the team could keep four tight ends if Stocker’s going to play more than one role. Per Dan Quinn at the spring NFL meetings, specifically talking about the fullback position: Now, it’s possible the Falcons elect to use neither and bring in a new fullback, but the role has lessened in importance and impact for a couple of years now and the team would be wise to use a roster spot on a player who can do more than one thing. Ricky Ortiz played 13% of the offensive snaps (20% on special teams) in 2018, down from Derrick Coleman’s 22% of offensive snaps (and 63% of special teams snaps), which was in turn down considerably from DiMarco’s 31% of offensive snaps in 2016. Ortiz is a solid player but not a great one, and his limited ST role means the Falcons were using a roster spot on a player who wasn’t on the field for 85%-plus of the team’s snaps a year ago. It’s little wonder that Stocker’s being considered for that role, given that he has played more special teams snaps than Ortiz with the Titans and Bucs in each of the last three seasons. Importantly, the Falcons signed Stocker because he’s a player with prior experience in Dirk Koetter’s offense, which has not been fullback friendly in recent years. In 2017 Koetter used Alan Cross as a fullback/tight end hybrid on just 10% of offensive snaps Stitched Giorgio Tavecchio Jersey , and under Koetter and Todd Monken last year the team barely used a traditional fullback at all. If Stocker is capable of playing fullback on the handful of snaps he’ll be asked to do so per game, and can serve as the third or fourth tight end, and can chip in on special teams, he’ll be an extremely useful player for the Falcons in 2019, and if he beats out Paulsen entirely the Falcons have have a free roster spot to shore up their defense or offensive line depth. A lot can change between now and September, but right now I think it’s safe to pencil him into that role, and it’s nice to see the Falcons thinking a little bit outside of the box here. Fact: Ray Edwards makes model planes out of sea shells"The Atlanta Falcons are reliable. We can always count on them to raise our blood pressure to medically unsafe levels. We can always count on them to keep their throwback black jerseys hidden away at an unfair clip. And we can always count on them to field a frustratingly mediocre to decidedly bad pass rush corps. Let’s take a trip back in time. The year is 2011. Slide phones are still popular, One Direction is still intact, and planking is a thing. The Falcons had just finished a spectacular 13-3 season that ended with a soul crushing loss in the divisional round to the Green Bay Packers. The defense generated 31 sacks in 2010 but John Abraham accounted for 13 of those sacks. (Jonathan Babineaux had 4 sacks and Kroy Biermann had 3 sacks; no other defender had more than 2 sacks.) The Falcons were desperate for a defensive end to pair with Abraham. Enter stage right: Ray Edwards.Edwards joined the Falcons as a 26 year old with 29.5 sacks that offseason. His first five years as in the league, all with the Minnesota Vikings Youth Giorgio Tavecchio Jersey , were nothing short of impressive. Asformer fourth round draft picks go, he was the bee’s knees. And that’s why the Falcons handed him a five year, $30 million contract with $11 million guaranteed. But here’s where the nightmare begins. Over the next two seasons, Edwards would play in 25 games and only sack a quarterback 3.5 times. During his second year with the Falcons in 2012, Edwards went sackless before being cut in November due to what was fairly characterized as a “poor attitude.” In short, Mike Smith asked the team to gather around him following a disappointing week 10 loss. Edwards ignored him despite repeated requests. The Falcons cut him the next day and Edwards never played another NFL snap. Ironically Edwards made $11 million playing for the Falcons and to be fair, he had a solid NFL career. I doubt he loses much sleep thinking about his tenure with the Falcons. What say you about this horrible free agent signing?