FALCONS REPORT: Free-agent linebacker Peterson visits team

Free-agent linebacker Mike Peterson, a 10-year veteran, visited the Falcons on Monday.

Peterson was outside linebacker with Indianapolis but played middle linebacker for Jacksonville for six seasons, where he played under Falcons coach Mike Smith.

Peterson, 32, led the Jaguars in tackles three times. He has 19.5 sacks and 15 interceptions in his career. He visited Buffalo on Friday.

Davis’ contract

The Falcons’ biggest offseason move was re-signing defensive end Chauncey Davis to a four-year deal. In the details of his contract, Davis received a $3 million signing bonus and has base salaries of $2 million in 2009, $2.6 million in 2010, $3 million in 2011 and $3.4 million in 2012.

The $3 million signing bonus accounts for $750,000 on the salary cap each year of the contract, giving it salary cap numbers of $2.75 million, $3.35 million, $3.75 million and $4.15 million.

Romberg signs

The Falcons signed free-agent center Brett Romberg on Monday.

Romberg (6 feet 2, 298 pounds) was with the Jaguars for three years but didn’t play in any games. He played in 33 games, including 18 starts, for the Rams the past three seasons.

He started six games in 2008.

Draft order

The Falcons will have seven selections in the first six rounds of April’s NFL draft. The league released the draft order Monday.

Compensatory picks, awarded for teams that lose free agents the previous season, are made following the third round and will be announced at a later date to finalize the order.

The Falcons did not lose any significant players to free agency last season.

The Falcons’ picks for the April 25-26 draft are as follows:

> Round 1: 24th of round, 24th overall

> Round 2: 23rd of round, 55th overall

> Round 3: 26th of round, 90th overall

> Round 4: 25th of round

> Round 5: 7th (from Oakland) and 24th of round

> Round 6: 23rd of round

> Round 7: none (traded to Denver)