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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.”

Coleman is enjoying playing opposite of Lawyer Milloy, and thinks that it’s only going to make him better.

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.

You can also see an interview with Erik Coleman where he talks about training camp.