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I would hope the Falcons bring in some of these players but based on past history they usually don't get any of the top names.Ernest Shazor is available yet we have cory hall back..Brandon Browner,Lorenzo Alexander,Ben Wilkerson,James Butler....ESPN did an excerpt talking about underafted players and says the players go where there are openings.Well the falcons have an opening at safety,off line and corner plus def end lets see some of these top players go to atlanata for once instead of the redskins,cowboys etc etc...

*Ernest Shazor SS 6-4, 228 Michigan (LB)
*Brandon Browner CB 6-3, 229 Oregon State (FS)
Kay-Jay Harris RB 6-1, 235 West Virginia
Lorenzo Alexander DT 6-2, 300 California
James Kinney LB 6-1, 244 Missouri
George Gause DE 6-4, 268 South Carolina
*T.A. McLendon RB 5-10, 235 North Carolina State (X)
Marcus Lawrence LB 6-2, 243 South Carolina
James Davis DE 6-3, 272 Virginia Tech
Walter Reyes RB 5-10, 210 Syracuse
Michael Munoz OT 6-6, 315 Tennessee (X)
C.J. Brooks OG 6-5, 310 Maryland
*Domonique Morris CB 6-0, 190 Maryland
Garrett Cross TE 6-4, 245 California
Ben Wilkerson C 6-3, 300 LSU (X)
Jonathan Colon OT 6-6, 320 Florida
James Butler FS 6-2, 213 Georgia Tech
Abraham Elimimian CB 5-10, 190 Hawaii
Kyle Wallace OT 6-6, 305 Georgia Tech
Jonathan Pollard LB 6-1, 247 Oregon State
Josh Davis WR 6-0, 190 Marshall
Derek Wake LB 6-3, 236 Penn State
Will Matthews FB 6-1, 250 Texas
Alex Haynes RB 5-10, 223 Central Florida
Tyler Jones PK 6-1, 210 Boise State
*Matthew Tant FB 5-9, 235 Vanderbilt
Liam Ezekial LB 6-0, 250 Northeastern
Lamont Reid CB 5-11, 190 North Carolina State
Gino Gudugli QB 6-4, 230 Cincinnati
Jim Leonhard FS 5-9, 190 Wisconsin
Cedrick Williams CB 5-10, 170 Kansas State
Rian Melander OT 6-6, 307 Minnesota
Dave Kashetta TE 6-3, 245 Boston College
DeCori Bimingham RB 5-10, 210 Arkansas
Marquis Weeks SS 5-10, 215 Virginai
Junior Rosegreen SS 5-11, 190 Auburn
Ryan Grant RB 6-1, 215 Notre Dame
Matt Payne P 6-4, 235 BYU
Adam Bergen TE 6-4, 265 Lehigh
Paul Jefferson FB 6-1, 260 Penn State (TE)
*Steve Savoy WR 5-11, 190 Utah
Jesse Lumsden RB 6-1, 224 McMaster (Can)
Tyler King DE 6-5, 270 UConn
Jamaal Brimmer SS 6-1, 215 UNLV
Tony Curtis TE 6-5, 245 Portland State
Aedell Duckett DE 6-3, 262 Texas Tech
Erik Pears OT 6-6, 315 Colorado State
Roger Cooper LB 6-2, 239 Montana State
Simon Fraser DE 6-6, 288 Ohio State
Diamond Ferri SS 5-10, 220 Syracuse
Patrick Body FS 6-2, 205 Toledo (X)
Jonathan Nicholls PK 6-0, 180 Mississippi
Ronald Stanley LB 6-0, 235 Michigan State
Shird Mitchell CB 6-0, 185 Missouri (X)
Keith Joseph FB 6-2, 255 Texas A&M
Jon Doty OT 6-6, 305 Kansas State
Tim Brown C 6-4, 318 West Virginia (X)
Cody McCarty TE 6-4, 265 Texas Christian
Jason White QB 6-3, 223 Oklahoma (X)
Mitch Meeuwsen FS 6-2, 215 Oregon State
Vince Carter C 6-2, 286 Oklahoma
Taylor Stubblefiled WR 5-11, 174 Purdue
Cory Lekkekereker OT 6-6, 323 Cal-Davis
Sam Lightbody OT 6-8, 320 Washington State
*Derrick Johnese RB 5-10, 210 Northwestern State
Nick Novak PK 6-0, 185 Maryland
Matt Tarullo C 6-5, 325 Syracuse
Matt Sinclair LB 6-2, 240 Illinois
Chris McKenzie CB 5-8, 185 Arizona State
Tommy Manus WR 6-4, 222 Morgan State
Chris Rix QB 6-2, 215 Florida State
Jerron Wishom CB 6-0, 195 Louisinana Tech
*Tyler Thompson RB 6-0, 210 San Jose State
Michael Wright DT 6-4, 295 Cincinnati
Alex Green FS 6-1, 185 Duke
Brock Berlin QB 6-1, 215 Miami
Marques Harris LB 6-1, 231 Southern Utah
Jared Siegel PK 5-11, 185 Oregon

Jimmy St. Louis TE 6-5, 260 Murray State
Nate Griffen OT

Well we have 12 open roster spaces, and looking over the depth chart, there are 9 slots open that I see:

#4 Z WR
#4 TE
#4 QB
#4 FB
#3 RG
#4 MLB
#4 WLB
#3 LCB
#2 K

I figure 2 more slots will go to another CB and a DE or DT. Leaving 1 spot open for a veteran addition. I could rattle off names of guys I want, but with exception of a cornerback, I really don't see anybody being a significant addition that can actually help the team. Maybe if we got Davis or Gause at DE, but basically I'll let McKay & Co. bring in this year's string of camp bodies that maybe 3 or 4 will be impressive enough to make it as practice squad players, but unlikely any will be ever regular Falcons.

Ben Wilerson, CJ Brooks, and Michael Munoz. All except Brooks have some kind of history of injury that kep them from being drafted, but I have money that says Wilkerson could beat out Mclure given the opportunity. And who can ignore the bloodline of Munoz? My brother played next to CJ when they were in high school, and he is a good kid so I am partial. But look at his size and measureables.