at RG With only the fourth and final preseason game remaining Authentic Alex Mack Jersey , we expect that the Falcons will be naming the winners of some of the (admittedly few) roster battles in the very near future. One of those battles has officially been decided today, and it’s good news for those of you that wanted to see a change at right guard in 2017.Dan Quinn announced on Tuesday that Brandon Fusco—one of the Falcons few free agent signings this offseason—will be the starter at RG heading into the 2018 season.While Quinn acknowledged that incumbent starter Wes Schweitzer has been “significantly improved from last season”, the decision was made to go with the veteran Fusco mainly due to his performance from a “protection standpoint”—which, presumably, means he’s been a better option in pass protection.Fusco signed a 3-year, $12.75M contract with the Falcons in March. The veteran guard has played 8 seasons in the NFL since being drafted by the Vikings in the 6th round of the 2011 draft. He earned a second contract with Minnesota, but suffered some injury setbacks during his later years. Fusco most recently started all 16 games for the San Francisco 49ers in 2017, where he looked like an above-average guard in both pass protection and run blocking.Quinn also had more clarity on Schweitzer’s role with Fusco taking over at RG.Wes Schweitzer—a 6th round pick from 2016 who started all 16 games for the Falcons at RG in 2017—will still have a clear role on the team. He will be the primary back-up at guard, and has all been cross-trained at center this offseason. We saw him take snaps at center during the preseason game against the Jaguars, and he looked pretty solid. Having a seasoned starter as depth is quite valuable, especially in an era where teams are often starved for offensive line talent.At FB, it sounds as if the competition is still not over between Ricky Ortiz and Jalston Fowler.We saw Ortiz get all of the snaps with the starters against Jacksonville, but Fowler is talented and experienced as well. It appears that evaluating the FBs will be a primary goal during Thursday’s game against the Dolphins.What are your thoughts on Fusco being named the starter? Do you think Schweitzer has a long-term future with this team as either a guard or center? Who ends up winning the FB battle?Matt Ryan is underthrown into the underworld for his Week 1 performance Who could say what weighed Matt Ryan’s arm down on that wet, hot night in Philadelphia. Perhaps it was the weight of expectations http://www.atlantafalconsteamonline.com/matt-bryant-jersey , or sleeplessness and fatherhood, or an injury we could not see and could not know. Or maybe it was the weight of the Great Metal Falcon, who wished to see the season begin with a message that no one involved with the Falcons could forget.That gloomy thought loomed large in Ryan’s head as he put on his Dockers pants and Docker shoes made out of Dockers pants and Dockers shirt made out of Dockers pants and crept through the silent halls of Flowery Branch the morning after the game. He had come to throw on the practice field and to quiet the whirring in his mind, but now that he was done, he was on high alert. Too many times before, he had seen a teammate make the long walk to Dan Quinn’s weirdly Gothic office and not return. So he was only mildly alarmed and not at all surprised when Quinn spun a fuligin cape some five feet away from him and materialized like a B-movie vampire. He was prepared, in fact, and threw the football he had been holding onto with all his mightright at his head coach’s head. Unfortunately, it was underthrown.“Matt, there’s no reason to be upset,” Quinn said, his voice as thick and deep as a syrup full of stars. “I only wish to discuss your performance last night.” Ryan looked around for an escape, but all at once the hallways melted away and were replaced with the onyx crags and upside-down towers of Dan Quinn’s cavernous office, though Ryan was certain they had not moved. Quinn was totally still.“I think you know that your performance last night was unacceptable. You made my chosen disciple Steve Sarkisian look very bad Womens Logan Paulsen Jersey , Matt. They talked about him as though he was not fit to be heir to the Bloodstone of Ang’Rar, and I am not the only one who hears that. A price must be paid for such failure, as the Great Lord of Iron Falconing demands,” he said. Ryan attempted to bolt to the exit, but was brought down for a loss by Greg Knapp, who gibbered madly about four downs. “Look, you’ve got two small children,” Quinn said, his bald pate gleaming with a sickly sheen of sweat. “So we’re only going to sacrifice you a little.” “How does that even work?” Ryan asked, his voice quavering. “A sacrifice implies death.” “Yeah, but it’s like...a small death,” Quinn said, nonchalantly. “You’ll be back in time for Week 2, though I cannot promise you will return the same man. Those of us who have crossed over often bring back a dark shadow that clings to the mind Womens Terrell McClain Jersey , but that’s nothing to worry about.” “Okay, but you should know that everyone recognizes this was just a fluke for me,” Ryan said bravely. “Their eyes will turn to you and your coaching staff sooner or later, and they’ll ask why we can’t punch it in from five yards out. There’s only so many men you can throw away before the gaze turns to you. That winged pile of scrap metal can’t save you forever!”Quinn stared at Ryan with sunken eyes and then pulled a cord next to him, plunging Ryan stylishly and comfortably into the void below. Then he sat in his comically oversized throne, cloak enveloping him. The Great Metal Falcons stared back at him, as he always did, and the two spoke of a deep darkness without speaking any words at all. At last, the iron statue broke with sensible pants on broke the silence. “When he returns from the fiery netherworld, we gotta see about getting me another pair of khakis. Talk about comfortable!”Quinn could only nod.