UPDATE: The report was later modified to reflect a second-round tender offer for Jerious Norwood. Contract details for Norwood are, thus, similar to Michael Koenen.
According to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, the Falcons made tender offers to Harvey Dahl, Tyson Clabo, Jerious Norwood and Michael Koenen Wednesday evening — a step in retaining the services of the restricted free agents.
Dahl, Clabo and Norwood reportedly received first-round tender offers. This move would give the Falcons a first-round draft pick in compensation from any team that signs the offensive linemen and running back away. According to NFLLabor.com, it also makes the trio’s salary for 2010 $2.521 million or 110 percent of his 2009 salary, whichever is greater.
Clabo started every game at right tackle for the past two season’s in Atlanta, helping lead the way for the leauge’s second-best rushing attack in 2008. Dahl emerged as a star at right guard over the past two seasons, but missed the end of 2009 with an ankle injury. Norwood rushed for 252 yards on 76 carries in an injury-plagued 2009.
Koenen was reportedly offered a second-round tender. He was marked with the franchise tag in 2009, keeping him off the unrestricted free agent market after a banner year in the punting game. Koenen averaged 42.6 yards per kick and placed 18 balls inside the 20 last season. In an uncapped year, he’s scheduled to be a restricted free agent.
By rule, a second-round tender for a player with five seasons experience comes with a $1.809 salary or 110 percent of his previous seasons’ pay, whichever is greater. The Falcons would also get a second-round draft pick if a team signs Koenen away.
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Wait so this means that we can trade one of those 3 for draft picks?
wow time was ticking I knew we had to do something. allthose 1st round picks would be nice,.. but could you imagine???
I really like Norwood and would really really hate tosee him go….. but thats just the biz sometimes
ok but who will we get in releasing 3 or 4 players?? they were all furst round o picks now norwood i can see . he is always getting hurt and i can see us getting thomas Jones or Darren Sprols for a RB, but we are gonna need a Punter and noone can punt the ball like our punter . Why Trade him?? it makes no NO SENSE!!!! and two offensive tackles…. Why Atlanta Why??
I bet somebody will take Koenen. Dimitroff wants a second round pick, and he hopes somebody will bite
10 bucks says that the patriots take koenen
cool.. i hope we get another first round pick
All but Norwood makes sense. he’s been a non factor Da last 2 or 3 yrs
I hope someone comes along and signs our kicker we need the 2nd round pick.
norwood, really? he’d be great if he could stay healthy atleast one season but its never gonna happen
Koenen should be offered a long term deal. He’s very versatile in the kicking game and has been extremely effective the last few years with his punting and kick-offs.
I’m not sure how it makes Dahl and Clabo feel to keep getting one year contracts and tenders. I’m sure they would appreciate getting a little signing bonus every now and then like others in the league. But, that’s the business.
I wonder if any team would give a first rounder for Norwood? He’s too often injured for that tender.
Come on TD and MS. What are we doing?! Dahl, Clabo,and Koenen should all have contracts not tenders. What are we doing people? How can we ever expect to be competitive in the NFL if we don’t want to pay our players. A happy player is a probowl player. Please sign the people that made a difference in our reforming us into a offensive team. And get rid of the defensive players that are hurting the team, and get some players in here that if not this year the years to come will win us a Superbowl.
I would hate to see Norwood or Keonen go, but Norwood has been injury prone. Keonen on the other hand is a very good punter, killer leg. Tough decisions to make.
We have to keep Norewood and Clabo.
Lets go after CB A.C of the chargers he’s tall and brandish.
dont want dahl to go but clabo and norwood, dont want them to go but if they did we could use the 2 picks to get people on the D and play better than last year
i think this will be good for the team if they can get good replacements for then
Yessir!!! The Road Warriors Clabo and Dahl are back again!
Koenen should have been a first round, he is more important than any of the other 3. Hopefully that means they are close to signing him.
Koenen has killer kicking power. keep him !
Okay really people if we lost Koenen for a second rounder that would be great. Don’t get me wrong he’s good but he is a punter I don’t foresee any team giving up a second round pick for him so don’t stress on that. We should have Norwood secured too due to his injuries I don’t believe any team will give up a first round pick for him it’d be too risky for them. I like what I see by us in free agency so far, if we can get Duanta Robinson it would really improve our secondary. We aren’t really losing any players that can’t be replaced, so I believe that if we can fill up a few holes we have we can be a playoff team and maybe even make it to the Super Bowl. But this is the NFL so anything could happen we could go 0-16 haha let’s just see how free agency plays out. Oh yeah and GO FALCONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Dont get rid clabo or dahl they are reason why ryan gets time to throw the ball out the pocket when he wants
I completely agree with Treybo93 on Dahl & Clabo — the Falcons need to give these guys long-term deals reflecting the tremendous value they bring to the o-line. Three straight one-year deals for minimal salary to the guys largely responsible for protecting the Falcons’ most valuable investment — i.e. Matt Ryan — is the epitome of “penny-wise, pound-foolish.” Pay the men already. They’ve certainly earned it.
Norwood stays injured to much, the falcons need to keep Keonon at all cost he is a great weapon in the kicking game very valuable in terms of field position. Tyson and Clabo both need to stay to maintain chemistry and cohesiveness within the offesive line.
Norwood stays injured to much, the falcons need to keep Keonon at all cost he is a great weapon in the kicking game very valuable in terms of field position. Tyson and Clabo both need to stay to maintain chemistry and cohesiveness within the offensive line.
The worst part is, no one will want to sign them, and they are screwed
we need michael keonon he is the best punter in the nfc south
A lot of these comments make me think that most don’t understand that tendering these players is a GOOD thing (if you want them to stay). Since they are already free agents, it makes other teams have to give up more to get them. That makes them LESS likely to sign with another team.
I agree it might not make these players happy since they want to get paid, but it does make it more likely that they will be in a Falcons uniform next year.
First of all a little clarification for some of you that are freaking out about us “trading” these guys. These are tender offers, not trades. When the Falcons make a tender offer with a 1st round designation, it means that player is offered $2.521M or 110% of their 2009 salary, whichever is larger. Another team can make an offer to sign the player, but the Falcons have a Right to First Refusal to match the offer and keep the player. If the Falcons choose not to match the offer, the Falcons would receive a 1st round draft pick from the offering team.
Secondly, the reason long term contracts are not being offered to Dahl, Clabo, Norwood or Koenen is partly due to the lack of a CBA being ratified along with the fact that none of those players are deemed worthy of it at this point. I’ve really enjoyed having Norwood, but his health concerns and lack of production in Mularkey’s offense simply don’t justify a long term deal. Clabo and Dahl have certainly played above expectations, but let’s not kid ourselves into thinking they are the second coming of the likes of a Walter Jones or Steve Hutchinson. Ryan was under more duress this past season than in ‘08 and the running game wasn’t the same, albeit with injuries to Turner and Norwood. Koenen would be nice to have locked up, but he is a punter and quite honestly we have more important concerns than the punter (OL, LB, & DL now that Dunta Robinson has been signed). I honestly don’t expect to see any of these players signed away. If a CBA is ratified to save the 2011 season and these guys perform well in 2010, I’d expect to see long term deals offered to all except Norwood.
no way norwood goes to many explosive plays, though he stays injured he can make plays, and he does. Besides he not a everydown back anyway. Keep them all, we got a good thing going offisively, figure it out on the otherside, CB, S. Great pickup in donte.