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Tuesday, April 10, 2007
Busy news day, no Grady Jackson
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Really busy with a bunch of news, but I thought I’d drop a fresh blog on you guys today about some developments at the first day of Falcons’ minicamp.
• Tight end Alge Crumpler had arthroscopic surgery on his left knee last Friday and he did not and will not participate. The procedure was the repair minor damage and clean out debris related to wear and tear. No timetable was given for his return. Eric Beverly, Daniel Fells and Dwayne Blakley are taking the reps at tight end.
• Coach Bobby Petrino officially declared Joey Harrington the No. 2 quarterback behind starter Michael Vick. He said Chris Redman, James Kilian and D.J. Shockley would compete for the No. 3 job. With Petrino’s familiarity with Redman, Shockley’s status has become somewhat precarious.
• Petrino said that Keith Brooking is the starting middle linebacker, for now. Michael Boley and Demorrio Williams will start at the outside spots. Petrino said Brooking could be moved to weakside backer, his natural spot, if the Falcons pick up a middle linebacker in the draft.
• No surprise, but nose tackle Grady Jackson was a no show. Jackson is suing the team for defamation and invasion of privacy for allegedly releasing medical information without his consent to the media last summer. Nose tackles Darrell Shropshire worked with the first team, Tommy Jackson with the second unit and Anthony Bryant with the No. 3 group.
• WR Brian Finneran, CB Jason Webster, S Chris Crocker, OT Todd Weiner and RB Warrick Dunn either did not participate or took part in limited drills.
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