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Tuesday, August 26, 2008
Falcons get to 75 without making a cut
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Flowery Branch - As expected, the Falcons didn’t have to make any major moves to reach today’s 75-man roster limit. In fact, they didn’t have to cut anyone at all.
Atlanta placed offensive tackle Renardo Foster on the reserve/physically unable to perform list and defensive tackle Trey Lewis on the reserve, non-football injury list to reach the NFL-mandated limit of 75. Both players are coming back from major knee operations.
Both players were already on similar injured lists, so, basically the Falcons just extended their time to heal.
Lewis and Foster will be out another six weeks, at which time they will have an additional 21 days to get healthy enough to play or be placed on injured reserve for the rest of the season. Foster probably has a better chance of returning this season since he tore his ACL early last season.
Lewis, who had been promoted to the starting nose tackle spot as a rookie, tore his ACL late in the season, then re-tore it this offseason walking down some steps.
The big cuts come Saturday, when rosters have to be trimmed to 53. QB D.J. Shockley, QB Joey Harrington, TE Martrez Milner, TB Jason Snelling, WR Brian Finneran, WR Adam Jennings and OG Kynan Forney are among some of the recognizable names on the bubble.
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