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Saving the Falcons: Todd Gurley? OK

Did the Falcon make the right move to get Todd Gurley? After the Atlanta Falcons whacked running back Devonta Freeman following six seasons with the team, they found enough money despite their shaky salary cap situation to sign Gurley to a one-year deal for $5 million. So I'll give this deal a, well, you have to watch the video.
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Saving the Falcons: Todd Gurley? OK
Saving the Falcons: Todd Gurley? OK

Boy, that was quick.

After the Atlanta Falcons whacked running back Devonta Freeman following six seasons with the team, they found enough money despite their shaky salary cap situation to sign Todd Gurley to a one-year deal for $5 million.

So I'll give this deal a . . .

Well, you have to watch the video.

About Gurley: At 25, he's a three-time Pro Bowl player, and he helped lead the Los Angeles Rams to the Super Bowl after the 2018 season with his ability to catch and to run as well as anybody in the game. He's sort of coming home with this Falcons' move, even though he grew up in North Carolina.

Remember? There were Gurley's three seasons of mostly fame at the University of Georgia in Athens, located just shy of a two-hour drive east of Mercedes-Benz Stadium, his new NFL football home.

I say "mostly" fame for Gurley at Georgia, because he did have an ACL injury that killed his senior year, along with the four games he missed with the Bulldogs for violating NCAA rules on the signing of autographs.

Speaking of injuries, Gurley damaged his knee down the stretch of his last Pro Bowl year with the Rams in 2018. He was shutdown the last two games of that regular season. Then, during the playoffs, he struggled when the Rams won the NFC championship game against the New Orleans Saints. After that, one of the biggest stories during the Rams' Super Bowl week in Atlanta involved Gurley's availability.

Will he play?

Won't he play.

If he does, will he flourish or flop?

He was irrelevant during the Rams' eventual loss in the Super Bowl to the New England Patriots, and he continued to digress last season.

Which means . . . what for the Falcons?

I have my thoughts.

What are yours?

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Terence Moore
TERENCE MOORE

I started as a professional sports journalist in 1978 at the Cincinnati Enquirer after I graduated from Miami (Ohio) University, and I’ve been doing the same thing ever since. I also appear on national television, and I’m part of a weekly TV show in Atlanta. I’ve done everything from ESPN to MSNBC to The Oprah Winfrey Show. As for writing, I’ve gone from working for major newspapers in San Francisco and Atlanta to operating as a national columnist at AOL Sports, MLB.com, Sports On Earth.com and CNN.Com. I’ve covered a slew of sporting events. I’ve done 30 Super Bowls, numerous World Series and NBA Finals games, Final Fours, several Indianapolis 500, Daytona 500 and other auto races, major prize fights and golf tournaments, college football bowl games and more. I’ve also won national, state and local awards along the way.

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