QB Matt Ryan
QB Steve Bartkowski
QB Michael Vick
QB Chris Chandler
QB Chris Chandler
RB William Andrews
RB Warrick Dunn
RB Jamal Anderson
RB Gerald Riggs
RB Michael Turner
RB Michael Turner
WR Julio Jones
WR Roddy White
WR Roddy White
WR Alfred Jenkins
WR Terance Mathis
WR Andre Rison
WR Andre Rison
TE Tony Gonzalez
TE Alge Crumpler
C Jeff Van Note
G Bill Fralic
G RC Thielemann
T Mike Kenn
T Jake Matthews
OL Bob Whitfield
OL Bob Whitfield
OL Todd McClure
OL Alex Mack
DE Claude Humphrey
DL Jonathan Babineaux
DL Jonathan Babineaux
DE John Abraham
DL Jeff Merrow
DL Mike Gann
DL Patrick Kerney
DT Mike Lewis
DT Mike Lewis
DL John Zook
DL Chuck Smith
DL Chuck Smith
OLB Greg Brezina
ILB Jessie Tuggle
ILB Keith Brooking
OLB Don Hansen
LB Tommy Nobis
LB Fulton Kuykendall
LB Buddy Curry
LB Joel Williams
LB John Rade
LB Joel Williams
LB John Rade
CB Deion Sanders
S Scott Case
S Ray Brown
CB Rolland Lawrence
DB Bobby Butler
DB Tom Pridemore
DB Ken Reaves
DB Ray Buchanan
DB Kenny Johnson
DB Kenny Johnson
PK Matt Bryant
P John James
QB - These guys and in this order without dispute; Matt Ryan and Chris Miller round out the top 5; Ryan's got several years before challenging Bartkowski. And those years are up. He's number one.
RB - Andrews, without question, is the best back in Falcon history (this is a good group). The other 3 had very similar careers (Dunn, of course, had a Tampa career beyond this) such that they could be slotted in any order really. Turner's running on fumes, but after 2012 he's a year away from maybe going by Riggs.
WR - There isn't anyone close to breaking the receiver quarter either; Rison is the backup, the other three could be ordered in any way one might see fit, but as White's got more Falcon career left, I'm cool with this ranking. After 2014, Jones is right on the edge of the list. After 2015, he's a starter.
TE - I just flipped Mitchell and Crumpler in doing this edit. Gonzalez takes the top spot after 2013.
OL - Good starting five and McClure, the top backup; Hinton or Dukes could take that 8th spot.
DL - Humphrey's the top Falcon DLineman; the next eight guys could largely be swapped in and out.
LB - Tuggle and Brooking are so strong they keep Nobis on the bench; John Rade could take one of the last two spots.
PK - Bryant is knocking on Andersen's door after 2015.
2 comments
Michael Turner over Warrick Dunn IMHO.
Hard to contest any of these choices... If Turner had had a better 2012, I could see him bumping Riggs or Anderson, but that point is now moot....
I could see Travis Hall or Chuck Smith as DL reserves, but they were no better or worse than the players listed.... same could be said of LBs Al Richardson, Joel Williams, Tim Green or John Rade (who you already mentioned).
It's weird... I've never been a Falcon fan, but some of my favorite players growing up were Falcons -- I loved Fulton Kuykendall's Chuck Cecil/Andre Waters body-launch approach to tackling... it probably cost him some injury time during his career though... Scott Case was another guy who could blast people. How many guys did he lay out in his career (many of them 25-50 lbs heavier than himself). And William Andrews was such a complete back... without the nagging injuries, he could've been an all-time great...
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