At the beginning of the free agency period, the Falcons signed DTs Tim Anderson and Kindral Moorehead. I have to admit, I thought Moorehead would make the bigger impact in the rotation, but if the first couple of days of camp are any indication, that is far from the case. In interviews after each of the first two days of training camp, head Coach Mike Smith forgot about Kindral Moorehead. In the first interview, Moorehead's name was omitted entirely from the list of interior defensive line personnel, and after day two, the list went on "Justin Babineaux, Montavius Stanley, Tim Anderson and...(long pause for thought) Moorehead." It's true that there is a lot of training camp left for things to shake out, but if the coach isn't even noticing the guy enough to remember his name, that's not a good sign for Moorehead's playing time in 2008.
Admittedly, the mantra of Mike Smith has been "we won't know about the guys on the line until we're in full pads." And there's something to this. No Defensive Tackle or Offensive Lineman can truly be judged until he gets out there and actually does what defensive takcles do. So everything should be taken with a grain of salt. Still, based on these interviews, it seems to me that the DT in the rotation with the least chance to make it out of camp at this point is Kindral Moorehead.
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