Welcome to the 4th day of training camp! Will be posting a new thread each day showing highlights, player/offense/defense performance, and any general updates from our reporters at camp! If you see anything that stands out please post a link in this thread and I'll add it to this post to make it easier for everyone else to see and catch up!
Previous Days:
Day 1 Link, Day 2 Link, Day 3 Link
Camp Updates:
Falcons have asked reporters to not tweet play by play anymore. So I'll just post the recaps each day.
— Practice was mostly walkthroughs with it being the team's fourth straight day out there
— More than halfway through practice on the field in Flowery Branch, a torrential downpour broke out, forcing the media to sprint like a WR Darnell Mooney go route to the nearby DJ tent
— The Falcons moved indoors when the rain hit and completed practice there
— The DJ laptop might not have survived the rain — LBs Kaden Elliss, Nate Landman and Troy Andersen have all seen time with the first team at inside linebacker, in a rotation
— Landman said he calls the defensive play at middle linebacker when he’s in with either of the two and Elliss does it if Andersen is in
— Assistant GM Kyle Smith said DL Zach Harrison has gone from 265 pounds to 289 pounds — a decision made by him and the team — with the thought of him playing more on the interior
— C Drew Dalman said QB Kirk Cousins had a meeting with the offensive line recently about cadences and Cousins has spent time with his line outside the building, like a BBQ at the home of O-line back Dwayne Ledford
— OL Storm Norton got some run with the 1s at right tackle
– Mooney said he believes the offense is “far … ahead” when it comes to implanting new offensive coordinator Zac Robinson’s system and they have not missed a step since returning following OTAs in the spring
— The Falcons are off Monday and then back to practice Tuesday and Wednesday with pads potentially going on Wednesday, Mooney said
Reporter Links:
Here's a list of some reporters if you'd like to stay updated and see how Day 4 is going! Rise up!
https://x.com/japatrick200?lang=en
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Storm keeps getting looks at RT, and I don’t think it’s because McGary is bad; I think it’s because he’s limited and not versatile. For all of Arthur Smith’s faults, he’s an outside zone run guru, and that kind of movement-based system gets the best out of McGary. Lindstrom is light, as is Dalman, but McGary is the one who’s proven that he doesn’t have the length, strength, or anchor to have success in schemes that don’t let him get out in space and knock defenders off their spot. If we foresaw this as a problem, I’m kind of surprised we didn’t try to draft McGary’s successor.