You Can't Be On Our 1-6 Team

Interesting story on the wire this morning, as the Falcons have started the purging process with... nope, not Alge Crumpler, who called out the coaches and then dropped a few more balls... not Warrick Dunn, who is still getting more touches than Jerious Norwood for reasons no one can fathom... not DeAngelo Hall, who freaked out earlier this year in one of the more spectacular in-game meltdowns you will ever see from any player, let alone a "star" cornerback...

Nope, the culprit is... Grady Jackson, the well-regarded run stopping nose tackle?

It's not like he's one of the best in the world at what he does, and he is on his fourth team in a 12-year career... but really, this is the guy that overwhelmed new coach Bobby Petrino is going to make his stand on. Not any of the wideouts, who remain the sorriest group I've ever seen (and I survived Thrash-Pinkston)... and not the other "veteran stars" that, frankly, are barely worthy of a roster space, let alone deference.

Well, OK then -- it's not like 1-6 is going to get all that much better -- but this leaves the middle in the hands of Trey Lewis, a rookie 6th round pick. I think I have an idea what the opposing team's playbook for future Falcons games is going to look like (i.e., call whatever you want, really, they don't do anything well.)

But nobody touch Petrino's strawberries!