The Falcons brought kicker Giorgio Tavecchio onto the roster
to fill in for the injured Matt Bryant and the move paid off handsomely for
them.Tavecchio made three field goals in Monday night’s 23-20 win over the
Giants
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that pushed Atlanta’s lead to 11 points. Another of his field goals also came
from beyond 50 yards and Tavecchio hit both extra points to round out a strong
Falcons debut.It was strong enough to earn Tavecchio recognition as the NFC’s
special teams player of the week.Whether it gets him a second turn with the
Falcons will likely have to do with Bryant’s health when the Falcons come back
from their bye in Week Nine. If Tavecchio is turned loose, Monday’s outing is
one that could have him with a new team sooner rather than later. Per the
super-plugged-in reporter, Thomas Dimitroff now knows he can trade down in the
draft."We have spent the last few weeks at the Falcoholic trying to figure out
how far up the Falcons will need to trade to land Ed Oliver. We may be on the
wrong trail entirely with Thomas Dimitroff rumored to do what he’s never done
before: trade down in the first round.Tony Pauline, the long-time draft analyst
and first reporter linking the Falcons to Keanu Neal back in
2016
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the Seahawks in 2017 before trading up with the Seahawks in 2017, has more
Falcons news. And it’s huge, per The Draft Analysts podcast with Pauline and
Chris Tripodi. Pauline, who linked the Falcons heavily to Da’Ron Payne last
season
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can help win in the trenches. When Payne was drafted, the Falcons decided
against drafting for need and went with better value in Calvin Ridley. Pauline
mentions Greedy Williams, Ed Oliver, Christian
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not state the Falcons are actually interested in any of those players. Pauline
believed Lawrence could be a Payne-type of big body in the middle and he has
received a lot of positive attention this offseason.There was no mention of a
trade up, a defensive end, or offensive lineman. The Falcons could certainly use
depth at corner, but a starter only makes sense if they plan to move on from
Desmond Trufant’s salary after 2019. He’d save the team $10.75 million if
designated as a post-June 1st cut.Quinn recently identified his top three draft
needs as
DB
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that statement but provides some additional information on the team’s plans. It
is possible the staff expects to miss out on top defensive end prospects by 14
or they like later round players.If the Falcons succeed in trading down, they
will almost certainly keep trading. They currently hold 9 draft picks which is
already too many to realistically fit on their 53-man roster.