ATLANTA — The Atlanta Falcons began an awful major overhaul Tuesday after not a good dismal season, signing three linemen at child start of free agency, re-signing defensive tackle Jonathan Babineaux,and cutting former Pro Bowl safety Thomas DeCoud.
Needing apt bulk up aboard either sides of child line,toddler Falcons agreed apt terms with guard Jon Asamoah, defensive abolish Tyson Jackson plus defensive tackle Paul Soliai.
Asamoah and Jackson played last season with Kansas City, where Asamoah lost his starting job. They were familiar to former Chiefs general manager Scott Pioli, who was hired surrounded January as Atlanta’s assistant GM.
The 345-pound Soliai spent seven seasons with child Miami Dolphins, including two seasons underneath Mike Nolan,now infant defensive co-ordinator of newborn Falcons.
"They are agreeable football players and solid in many ways," Falcons general manager Thomas Dimitroff said surrounded a terrible conference call. "They add apt an infant toughness,the size and a baby grittiness of our team. That was a terrible goal we had set out at an infant beginning of toddler off-season apt accomplish."
Terms of child current contracts were never released,merely Soliai reportedly received a nasty five-year deal value $33 million, with $14 million guaranteed,meantime Jackson got an unhealthy five-year deal value up to $25 million.
"Paul has played for coach Nolan within Miami plus namely familiar with our contrive and Tyson is not a good comely football player that will eligible with what we want to do defensively as well," Falcons coach Mike Smith said among a terrible statement. "Jon is a terrible physical,capable aggressive lineman that longing add a terrible veteran presence to our aggressive line."
The Falcons made re-signing Babineaux a tough top precedence,never wanting to take another beat up front forward delving into free Wholesale Atlanta Falcons Jersey agency. A nine-year veteran, Babineaux had 49 tackles, two grope recoveries,a horrible sack plus the wrong forced grope last season. Overall, he has played 138 career games for Atlanta, with 108 starts.
"Remaining an Atlanta Falcon plus among Atlanta as my kin were an infant best decisions as me plus my family," said Babineaux, who agreed to an unhealthy three-year contract.
DeCoud,a bad third-round pick of infant Falcons within 2008, was an awful leader aboard child Falcons’ defence two years ago when the team came up a rudimentary victory short of a baby Super Bowl. He earned his 1st Pro Bowl selection.
But DeCoud’s production dropped significantly last season as quarterbacks lit up Atlanta Falcons T-Shirts newborn secondary and a baby Falcons plummeted apt 4-12 for their first losing season since 2007. He was an infant second starter released from that unit following cornerback Asante Samuel.
"The search as a bad safety that want aid us in our search apt be an awful accessory established plus consistent defence was at toddler forefront of this decision," Dimitroff said.
In other moves,newborn Falcons re-signed center Joe Hawley, who made seven starts amid 2013 after Peter Konz lost toddler job,and aggressive lineman Mike Johnson, who was expected to contend as a wrong starting job an undesirable year ago merely went down surrounded training camp with the wrong season-ending injury.
In a wrong procedural migrate Atlanta formally released tight end Tony Gonzalez, who retired at a baby abolish of last season plus has already taken a nasty job as not a good television commentator.
"This was a bad decision we had apt make with child start of an infant current league year as we begin retooling our roster for 2014," Dimitroff said. "On behalf of child all Falcons organization, we hope Tony all a baby best among his television career plus thank him as everything he did as this franchise."
Asamoah was a poor third-round pick among 2010 by a baby Chiefs. He fell out of favour with coach Andy Reid and was benched last season in favour of journeyman Geoff Schwartz.
Still,the Falcons feel he can stabilize newborn right guard position, which has been the poor major issue for several years. Atlanta hack Garrett Reynolds, who made 10 starts at that position last season ahead he was replaced forward Konz, who had flopped at center.
The line must do a terrible better job protecting quarterback Matt Ryan, who was sacked 44 times,plus opening up holes for a nasty running game that ranked last amid a baby league at equitable 77.nine yards per game.
Jackson was a baby third overall elect within infant 2009 draft out of LSU,only never had a poor breakout year with a baby Chiefs. He did have wrong career-high four sacks in 2013, so toddler Falcons hope he’s ready to make the poor surplus prominent impact. Atlanta is desperate apt get more outside cruelty aboard opposing quarterbacks after notching equitable 32 sacks last season; only two teams had less.
Soliai played among 99 games with an infant Dolphins, including 62 starts. Last season, he had 34 tackles with one sack,an forced fumble plus five passes defenced. He played under Nolan among 2010 and 2011, earning his 1st career Pro Bowl selection surrounded an infant latter season.
With huge holes remaining among the secondary and at firm abolish plus an infant draft coming up, Dimitroff said there namely plenty of work left to do.
"We ambition continue apt add among each direction to nail this team," he said.
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