2007 TRAINING CAMP REPORTS

ATLANTA FALCONS

POSTED 1:49 p.m. EDT, August 5, 2007

Rookie C Doug Datish has been placed on injured reserve, according to the AJC.

Or he has been cut, according to the team's web site.

G Two-Ton Toniu Fonoti has been released by the Falcons.

Plenty of fans at a team event on Saturday were wearing Vick jerseys.

CB DeAngelo Hall is trying to strike the balance between been a team player and being a butthole.

Historically, Joey Harrington has been a better passer than Mike Vick.  (But the only way Harrington can scramble is by standing at an oven with a skillet full of eggs and a fork or a spoon or a spatula or some other plastic or metal or wooden utensil in his hand.)

CB Lewis Sanders wants to show Chris Houston the ropes -- and then beat him out for the starting job.

The receivers apparently won't be the scapegoats if QB Joey Harrington can't get it done.

POSTED 10:53 p.m. EDT, August 1, 2007

DT Trey Lewis has been rotating with DT Jonathan Babineaux.

P.J. Alexander and Doug Datish are fighting it out for the No. 2 center spot.

WR Adam Jennings could be making an impact in the team's new offense.

DT Grady Jackson is finally practicing.

Rawlings got more publicity from dropping Mike Vick than it ever got by employing him.

POSTED 11:40 p.m. EDT, July 30, 2007

Jimmy Williams is curiously mellow about his switch to safety.

WR Ben Nelson signed with the Falcons after his team won the Arena Bowl on Sunday.

Former Falcons coach Jim Mora has reached out to QB Mike Vick.

RB Jamal Robertson is being pushed by rookie Jason Snelling.

LB Orlando Huff is in the mix to back up Keith Brooking at MLB.

DE Josh Mallard is being used as a defensive tackle in some packages.

DT Grady Jackson isn't practicing due to "conditioning," which is fancy talk for "lazy fat ass."

First-round DE Jamaal Anderson will start on the left side.

Second-round CB Chris Houston has been getting more work with the ones.

WR Fred Gibson doesn't know why he was cut.

Football fans + JUGS gun + errant ball = Stu Scott.

POSTED 10:53 p.m. EDT, July 28, 2007

The Falcons practiced in the rain on Saturday.

Local hero D. J. Shockley could eventually make Falcons fans forget about He-Who-Shall-Not-Be-Named.

LB Demorrio Williams is holding up well in a return to practice after surgery to repair a torn pectoral muscle in April.

Second-round pick Justin Blalock missed one day of practice while his contract was ironed out.

WR Brian Finneran, on injured reserve after knee surgery in June, is walking without a limp.

TE Alge Crumpler says that handling the Vick affair is a "grieving process."

The team released former Georgia WR Fred Gibson.

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