Failcons Intrested In Trading For Asante Samuel

[philw5289]

reported from schefters twitter and facebook. Smitty is going to have to burn asante and clairborne 2x this year maybe.

"The Falcons now are involved in discussions to trade for Eagles cornerback Asante Samuel, according to sources in Atlanta." - schefter

[PantherBrew]

Thought they would be.

Not a big deal either way.

[Panthro]

They are always just 1 player away lol

[CRA]

Thought they would be.

Not a big deal either way.

He is arguably the best cover CB in the game. That would suck to have Cam throwing on him 2 times a year.

[PantherBrew]

He is arguably the best cover CB in the game. That would suck to have Cam throwing on him 2 times a year.

Maybe, but I still don't see it as a game changer.

Still got to be able to get to the QB.

[Nicbsbll2]

Do they have the cap room to take him on?

[jtnc]

Do they have the cap room to take him on?

That's what I don't understand.........they have less cap money than us. Around the hundreds of thousands.

[Dpantherman]

He's going to have to agree to restructure his contract no matter where he signs. No way he makes $10million this season.

[The NFL Shield At Midfield]

what is their last big splash cornerback acquisition not working out or something?

i'm all for the falcons throwing away more picks btw

They are always just 1 player away lol

seriously it's the same story every year.

[Black]

The Atlanta Falcons are involved in discussions to trade for Philadelphia Eagles cornerbackAsante Samuel before the NFL draft, sources told ESPN NFL Insider Adam Schefter.

The 31-year-old Samuel, a four-time Pro Bowl pick, would give the Falcons' new defensive coordinator Mike Nolan a strong trio at cornerback with Dunta Robinson and Brent Grimes, who on Tuesday signed his franchise tag tender.

http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/7849924/asante-samuel-atlanta-falcons-trade-talks-cornerback-sources-say

[Ivan The Awesome]

I wish It was Tampa Bay doing this, not Atlanta. =/

[PiratePanther189]

Meh, they still need to improve their rush defense and adding Samuel to an already good secondary is just a waste of money at this point considering he will restructure his salary this year, but he's gonna be asking for big bucks down the road and Atlanta still has to lock Grimes down to a contract next year.

They'd be dumber than hell to do it, but their front office has their heads up their asses anyways so no suprise either way.

[akaseinfeld]

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The Falcons are on the verge of acquiring Eagles Pro-Bowl cornerback Asante Samuel for a late-round pick.

[Hotsauce]

Falcons are smart to go after a really good CB in a division that's loaded with the best qb's in the nfl. I wish we could have gone after him