Erik Coleman is doing just fine in his new role as the starting free safety for the Atlanta Falcons. The fifth year player out of Washington State has come up with a number of key plays in the first six days of training camp and is making the offense work for everything they get through the air.
The free agent addition has a spot on the first team defense opposite Pro Bowler Lawyer Milloy and has made several quality plays against most of the team’s wide receivers and quarterbacks.
Wednesday he got another interception in the middle of the field.
He looks like he’s having fun because, well…
‘I’m excited,” he said. “You come out to practice every day in this heat and everybody is working. No one is complaining. We’re out here working as hard as we can to get better as a team.”
Playing next to Milloy only strengthen’s Coleman’s position.
“Lawyer is a great player,” the safety said. “He’s very aggressive and has played a lot of good years in this league. Right now I’m picking his brain trying to get myself better in the game. He does it right every time.”
So far Coleman has guessed right on multiple occasions. Of course it’s training camp and the Falcons offense has to work through the hiccups, but Coleman’s making it tough for the team to work through the air.
Today, at Atlanta Falcons training camp, was the day to shoot player intro’s. Thanks to Falcon_Al for his commentary and for shooting this video.
Walking through the doors into the barn the first thing that caught my eye was the colossal blue screen and light set up. There were no less than eight of the biggest lights I’ve seen pointed at a blue screen that had to be about fifty feet long…quite impressive. After noticing the blue screen I started looking around for the camera. After a quick scan of the room I was quite surprised at what I found. Given the setup, I fully expected to see a $50,000 VariCam , but this was not Artistic Image’s camera of choice. They were using a “little” HVX200 camera. This really goes to show how far technology has come.
The Falcons signed Von Hutchins in the offseason to sure up the defensive backs this season. The former Houston Texan and Indianapolis Colt was supposed to be starting nickel back, but injured his foot on Saturday. After Monday’s surgery it was announced that he will most likely miss the season.
Hutchins signed a 4-year/$9 million contract with the Falcons. The Ole Miss product had a career-high 93 tackles last season with an interception.
The Ted Hendricks award is named in honor of University of Miami three-time Collegiate All-American and NFL Hall of Famer Ted Hendricks, and given to the nations best defensive end each season.
Offensive tackle Andrew Gardner was the only Tech offensive player to be named and on the defensive a pair of defensive linemen were honored, Michael Johnson and Vance Walker.
Gardner and Walker were previously named to the 2007 All-ACC team.
Bart Stevens 
Falcons center Todd McClure felt pain in his lower back in Monday morning’s practice and had to be carted off in practice.
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