Falcons Release DE John Abraham, CB Dunta Robinson

The Atlanta Falcons are releasing cornerback Dunta Robinson, running back Michael Turner and defensive end John Abraham today, Adam Schefter of ESPN reports.

According to D. Orlando Ledbetter of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Turner’s release saves the team $6.4 million under the salary cap. Abraham saves the $5.75 million and Robinson saves $3.75 million. In all, the team got $15.9 million under the salary cap by releasing the three veterans.

“In 2008, we came in here and we were the youngest team in the NFL,â€￾ Falcons general manager Thomas Dimitroff said. “This last year, we were one of the oldest teams.â€￾

Source: The Redzone

 

Re: Falcons Releasing DE John Abraham, CB Dunta Robinson

Sad day. These three guys were some of the backbones of our team. I saw Turner and Robinson coming but not Abraham.

I hope all three find other jobs and they should.

 

yep, they released turner too.

i would say abraham is the big loss and will be hardest to replace. robinson and turner are both replaceable.

 

I thought we all saw Abraham coming...no? Wasn't there talk of that leading up to the release?

 

There was talk of it but it wasn't a certain expectation. A lot of people are surprised.

 

well, i doubt very many falcon fans are happy because abraham will be hard to replace. he has been a stud for quite a while and had another good year in 2012.

 

The falcons may be moving to a 3-4 defense.

 

He had his snap count drastically reduced to keep him on the field and dissapeared in the playoffs.

 

I am hoping they lock up SS Moore and CB Grimes and LT Baker. Baker all of the sudden became a higher priority due to so many LT's taken off the market yesterday.

This was a move to retain their own players, also Matt Ryan should be looking at a nice new shiny contract.

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