Hours after announcing wide receiver Robert Ferguson joined the team, the Falcons added another veteran.
Marty Booker has signed with the team. To make room on the roster, the Falcons released undrafted rookie Brandon Godfrey.
An 11-year veteran, Booker has spent time with the Bears and Dolphins in his career. He has 116 starts, racking up 523 receptions for 6,522 yards and 36 touchdowns.
He posted back-to-back, 1,000-yard seasons (14 total touchdowns) in 2001 and 2002 in Chicago.
The 6-foot, 205-pound wideout has played in 141 games and currently ranks tied for third in Bears history in receptions (329) and sixth in receiving yards (3,895).
Thursday evening the Falcons also officially moved wide receiver Harry Douglas to the injured reserve list (knee).
The moves at receiver come at the same time Pro Bowler Roddy White is holding out of training camp. His absence and Douglas’ season-ending injury briefly left the Falcons two receivers down in training camp. But, the additions of Booker and Ferguson add 18 years of NFL experience to the roster.
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i like this one much better
Hey Roddy, you might want to show up before you run out of a job. Matt Ryan will make these two and Jenkins look great, well you are off in Oakland make 10 mil a year and have crappy stats. It was nice well you were around but I think they are sick of your act. I can see the fans are.
Marty Booker averaged : 56.2 ypg
4.5 rpg
12.4 ypc
1 td every 3.2 games for his career
Is this gonna help??
@Bye Roddy
I agree ryan will make these guys look good your only hurting your self “roddy ocho quatro” your gonna have to play we aint giving you up with out a first round pick.
Hey …cut the guy a break…look at who his QB’s were
well i still want marvin but marty is ok
marties hands are so huge its unreal he could palm 2 basketballs in one hand lol
He’s a retread! He’s a bum. Why does this organization insist on being horrible to mediocre??? Both he and Ferguson are “has beens” and they weren’t that great in their prime! All during free agency with the exceptions of Gonzalez and Peterson, the Falcons pick up a bunch of stiffs and leave all the good talent for the other 31 teams to pick. they just played into the curse, here comes the losing season due to the Falcons again…
really? watsup with these picks?
they could at least get marvin harrison
these guys seem like garbage
@ francisco n rockie…I agree, Dimitroff needs 2 stop bs’ing around n atleast sign some decent WR’s. I know that the WR free agent market is shallow, Matt Jones the crackhead n Marvin Harrison the old man lead the way..but we need something…This offense went from a potential powerhouse, 2 being led with some old, no name recievers.
As long as they’re dependable receivers, it is all good. Maybe Keyshawn would like to come out and play.
i would of liked marvin harrison better!
as long as he can caatch npthing was worse then in 06
@Joe’s place Joe speaking
hellll yea dat will help
Great job Falcons! Our outstanding GM and staff continues to keep the Falcons in a position to win. (I wonder if Dimitroff will consider doubling as the Braves GM…hmmm) Anyway, good luck Falcons…get Roddy signed. He is an All-pro for heavens sake!
bring back m vick if he can catch he can damn sure be a threat
Ferguson was a great target for Favre in GB.
He was released prior to the season opener because of the return of the rookie James Jones.
Marty’s pretty solid also.
Didn’t have great quarterbacks in Cha-town or Miami.
So..give these guys a shot, both these guys could easily be working the slot, they’ve both got good height . Ferguson is 6′1″ and Booker is 6′0″.
We did lose a good slot in HD, though.
@Joe’s place Joe speaking
He never REALLY had a QB to throw to him and yet he’s still a household name… that’s no accident. He’ll be fine.
And why would we dish out money for Harrison and we still have a first round pick and White to sign…. think like a GM
Roddy White, you were my boy, but now since you are stubborn and refuse to play, go make your big bucks in a crappy city and never be remembered there. Good luck
WHATS UP MARY AND ROBERT lets win a superbowl shall we?
marty
i am surprised on how many negative falcon fans!!!let things play out and support ur team!! it is roddys life.look at his highlights.when he is back there will be silence…matt ryan can handle it and the first real game isnt till the 12 of sept.
Dimitroff has proven that he knows how to pick talent. Roddy White needs to get to camp. The falcons also have a good coaching staff in place they will be fine.
Solid moves…. not great moves.. but solid…. enough to keep the boat moving and not just afloat….. Roddy is an idiot…. He QBs tha throw to him in those first two years… The execuses were “Mike throws too hard”, “Joey throws too soft”…. WTF? He was going to hit his lick this year and had a choice of teams to go to at the end of this season…. Just play football and the dollars will come…
@rockie
You obviously dont know how the NFL works because you cant sign every good player in the free agency. Tard.
@enrique
yep
I have followed the Falcons since their beginning in 1965, and this current management group that runs this team is a gods send from the past. Ever since Rankin Smith turned down Vince Lombardi’s offer to coach the team for 10 percent of the ownership in 1965, i had that feeling that this “baby” was going to be one of the “UGLY DUCKLINGS” of the NFL. Hell, i remember in the early 70’s they drafted a dam shot putter, randy matson, that never played football. This organization that currently manages is a “god send” over the past forty years! Its fine to criticize moves by the team, but take it from an ‘OLD TIMER”, be thankful for what we have now.
i see why roddy want more money he deserves it yeah he may be acticg dumb give him a break
i like tha booker move but hot rod needs 2 come back asap
Nothing wrong with roddy wanting more money, I think TD has no problem with giving him a raise. He is wanting to much, that’s why he isn’t in camp. He is distracting our team. If he would come and be a team player, we could make a run in the playoffs possibly and win a superbowl. He would gain alot of money outside the NFL for being the #1 receiver on a superbowl team. He is crapping us and him out of that chance with all this. Time for us too move on and forget the loser. He still drops wide open passes and drops the game winners. Jenkins is more dependable when the game is on the line, as least he can catch the dang ball.
you nkow, when i look at these guys they seem below average, but honestly TD rebuilt the patriots and made them into a dynasty, so whatever he does i’ll support even if it seems unreasonable.
@Jake
ya this isnt madden. you cant just sign all the top picks. well actually you could but in a year or two you would have a bunch of old guys and zero cap room.
show me tha money
I haven’t been watching as long as Doc, but I have been a fan since Chris Miller was side arming the ball. Does anyone remember a big named reciever since Andre Rison? As far back as I can tell any big name free agent the Falcons have ever picked up (with the exception of Turner the Burner and Abrahms who missed a few games his first year with ATL) Have all been duds, I remember in the super bowl year they Martin from Miami and he did nothing. So bringing in a big name free agents really hasn’t prospered for Atlanta, I like TG but big name free agents to ATL is like the Madden Cover curse.
@Justin Parker
that you talkin don’t mean nothin if you can catch you can catch the ball touch your hands its a catch so don’t matter who was the qb your job is to catch the ball and get open and now he want to hold out he should have did that four years ago when he was droping passes like crazy
@ryan kilgo
yea terrance mathis tony martin eric metcalf these guys all did there part metcalf helped them to the playoffs terrancemathis had over 1000 yards in the 97 98 season when it was superbowlwas in there life but this year its a diffrent ball game and matt ryan has a way better supporting cast than mike has ever had
TWO WORDS……………MARVIN HARRISON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! FALCONS NEED TO SIGN HIM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! MR. BLANK NEEDS TO SPEND A LITTLE MONEY AND GIVE ATLANTA A GOOD TEAM!!!!!!!!! WITH WHITE AND JENKINS ON THE OUTSIDE, HARRISON AT SLOT, GONZALEZ AT TIGHT END, AND TURNER AND NORWOOD IN THE BACKFIELD….FALCONS WILL HAVE THE BEST OFFENSE IN THE NFC AND SECOND BEST IN THE LEAGUE NEXT TO NEW ENGLAND. WITHOUT ANOTHER GOOD RECIEVER LIKE HARRISON…FALCONS ARE A PLAYOFF TEAM, BUT NOT A SUPER BOWL TEAM! SIGN HARRISON MR. BLANK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I like the signing of these two recievers but sign Roddy and oh yeah whats up with the secondary we need cornerbacks aand safties sign law
I think the Falcons should bring back Tim Dwight, he’s prob in great shape, he’d be a great slot, or 3rd down guy. They’d have to match his speed and take speed defender away from Gonzalez, or White. Plus with all the Vick implications he gets to return after the deal that sent him away.
Eric metcalf was a running back/punt returner, a good run but not a wide out. Terrance matthis was good, but being the best reciever for the dirty birds isn’t saying much. Tony Martin was a scrub who could run fast He had 31 catches in 01 for the birds and 66 in the super bowl run. his best years were in San Diego. Any way you look at it I will be finding a bar that will show the Birds play, and cheer my rear off non the less. San Diego isn’t a good market to catch the Falcons play,
Timmy D!
How come we hear so little of Aaron Kelly’s name bantered about given the Falcon’s receiver situation? Kelly also returned punts at Clemson.
DJ Shockley might be an interesting try ar recever.
I like these guys. I think they can definitely help us out immediately. I hope Roddy gets in soon, because he’s only going to get better, but if he doesn’t I think Booker can atleast fill his shoes for a while.
Letter to Roddy.
I understand business. Good business and Bad business. Good succeeds, Bad fails.
Roddy, I hope you understand that your “holdout” is a breach of everything this Falcon’s regime is trying to accomplish with being Good businessmen. I’m not sure that your agent has your best interest at heart with your breach of contract. You are losing stature with your teammates, your coaches, your fans. Just as we fans began to buy into this new paradigm of teamwork and integrity (Good business), your agent has you going against it (Bad business).
Nobody wins. Not you, not yor agent and certainly, the Falcons need your services. But Roddy, they are Good businessmen. They will survive without your services.
Your agent can only do this with your blessings. You are complicit.
Bad business Roddy.
The falcons are smart for signing Booker and Ferguson.They added depth and experience at midrange cost.These two players can also come in and take the starting positions!Roddy held out for more money,but there are players who are hungry enough to take their meal tickets away from them.A lesson to all of you money-hungry players,There is always someone better!
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