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Thursday, August 3, 2006
Trading for receiver help unlikely
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
It’s a week into Falcons training camp and the grind is in full effect.
Veteran players - Michael Vick (hamstring), Rod Coleman (sore knee) and Allen Rossum (hamstring), among others - have suffered the traditional aches and pains and had to sit out of practice.
As has been well documented, wide receiver Brian Finneran has been lost for the season with a torn ACL in his right knee. Still, the team seems to be coming together, as some of the young players’ stage fright has waned and some of the unknowns faced by new acquisitions has become familiar.
Thursday I had a note in the paper about the Falcons doing their homework on Oakland wide receiver Jerry Porter and Denver wideout Ashley Lelie in regards to a possible trade. The team, at least from what I know, has not entered into trade talks but they are doing due diligence in case they plan to go that route.
Frankly, I don’t foresee a deal being made with those players because: 1) the asking price could be too steep and 2) I don’t think either one would be happy being the No. 3 receiver. That would be the case here because the Falcons aren’t going to demote starters Michael Jenkins or Roddy White - their last two first-round picks.
And, as you can see what’s going on now with both players, when they’re not happy, they can be distractions, which is what the Falcons won’t tolerate.
The more likely route the Falcons probably will take is to either stick with what they have - and that includes using DeAngelo Hall as a wide receiver - or signing 17-year vet Ricky Proehl or a player who gets waived later in the preseason.
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