FLOWERY BRANCH — Offensive tackle Chuma Edoga, who played at McEachern High and USC, and defensive tackle Matt Dickerson, who was with the Chiefs, were claimed on waivers by the Falcons on Wednesday.
The Falcons cut safety Dean Marlowe and cornerback Mike Ford to make from on the 53-man roster.
“I’ve been on record many of times to say this thing is fluid,” Falcons coach Arthur Smith said after practice Wednesday. “We’re working through it right now. It will clear up by (Thursday), and certainly by (Friday) we’ll have a very clear picture of what the early roster is going to look like for us.”
Additional moves are possible as defensive end Marlon Davidson (knee surgery) and offensive tackle Jalen Mayfield (lower back) could be headed to injured reserve.
“We have, but until we officially do, I’m not going to speak out of turn,” Smith said. “Not to be evasive. I’m not going to jump ahead of the league and their process. It will be clear real soon.”
Edoga was drafted by the Jets in the third round (92nd overall) of the 2019 draft. He has played in 24 NFL games and made 12 starts.
The Falcons kept three tackles Tuesday in their initial cutdown to 53 players. Jake Matthews and Kaleb McGary worked with the first team, and Germain Ifedi worked with the second team.
Edoga is 6-foot-3 and 308 pounds. He was a member of the AJC Super 11 in 2014. One pundit tweeted that Edoga was claimed to compete for the starting right-tackle spot.
“That’s not true,” Smith said. “The thing I will say ... we had a national guy claim that a guy was going to compete for a spot. That’s not true.”
Dickerson, who is 6-5 and 292 pounds and played at UCLA, was with the Titans from 2018-20. He has played in 18 NFL games.
“A hard-charging guy,” Smith said. “He’s a guy that has improved. We liked what we saw on tape. We’ll take a look at Matt and see what he looks like when he gets here.”
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