Tag Archives: Brian Williams

Secondary Grows Stronger

By J. Michael Moore | Published: May 4, 2010
When Brian Williams was lost for the season with a knee injury in the Falcons Week 6 victory over the Bears Oct. 18, the floodgates of criticism opened on the team’s secondary. Now without one of its starting cornerbacks, Falcons coaches needed to mix and match to find the right combination. In the process, Brent Grimes, [...]
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Making an Early Splash

By J. Michael Moore | Published: March 6, 2010
The Falcons made an early splash in free agency this weekend, signing cornerback Dunta Robinson. Robinson, a six-year veteran who has spent his entire career in Houston, comes to Atlanta with 13 career picks and four sacks. The Athens native also has more than 300 tackles and 84 games experience. He missed seven games in 2007 [...]
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A Welcome Back and a Goodbye

By J. Michael Moore | Published: March 4, 2010
Thursday was a day of mixed emotions in Falcons camp as a veteran, versatile cornerback opted to return on a contract extension and a decorated long snapper decided to hang up his cleats. The team announced Brian Williams will return for the 2010 season after signing a new contract. Terms were not disclosed. Thursday also marked [...]
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Falconcast: A Chat with D. Led

By J. Michael Moore | Published: February 12, 2010
Since I started working with the Falcons in July 2007 D. Orlando Ledbetter has been a fixture in the media room. The veteran sports writer now covers the Birds’ beat full time for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution and spends his days blogging and writing features. This doesn’t stop in the offseason (something any fan of the NFL [...]
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Lunch Break: Free Agency Talk

By J. Michael Moore | Published: February 11, 2010
The 2010 NFL free agent signing period is set to begin at midnight March 5. But unlike past seasons, this isn’t going to be an easy shopping trip for teams across the league. If owners and players can’t agree on a new collective bargaining agreement before the start of the signing period, more than 200 players [...]
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Lunch Break: A Safety Summary

By J. Michael Moore | Published: January 21, 2010
During a particularly muggy preseason practice I caught a glimpse of a play that can define Thomas DeCoud’s worth to the Falcons defense. Without revealing too many details, DeCoud — a free safety with ball skills — broke free on a blitz and got to the quarterback in a flash. We saw a similar play during [...]
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Lunch Break: Corner Collaboration

By J. Michael Moore | Published: January 15, 2010
Brian Williams and Chris Houston… Chris Houston and Brent Grimes… Chris Houston and Tye Hill… Chris Houston and Christopher Owens… Brent Grimes and Christopher Owens… Need we go on? The Falcons used multiple combinations at cornerback during the 2009 season. Some of it was due to injury (Williams went on injured reserve after Week 6). Some of [...]
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Disappointed But Optimistic

By J. Michael Moore | Published: January 11, 2010
“Process” was the takeaway from the Falcons 2008 season-ending press conferences. This year, “disappointment” is making a case for the top prize. Well, disappointment with a dash of “optimism.” Head Coach Mike Smith, who met with the media Monday afternoon in Flowery Branch, said he doesn’t like the fact his team missed the playoffs (disappointed). In fact, he said [...]
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Falconcast: A Season Recap

By J. Michael Moore | Published: January 6, 2010
It’s hard to say good bye to a season that started out with so much promise. Before the start of the 2009 campaign national columnist and other NFL insiders were excited about the Falcons chances and building up what could have been a deep playoff run. Instead, well, we all know what happened… CLICK HERE FOR THE [...]
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Peprah Added to Secondary

By J. Michael Moore | Published: November 4, 2009
The Falcons injury situation in the secondary took a turn for the worse Wednesday as the team placed recently re-signed safety Jamaal Fudge on injured reserve. In his place, Atlanta brought in four-year veteran safety Charlie Peprah. Fudge, who was with the team in 2008 and the preseason, was re-signed on Oct. 20 after the team placed [...]
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