ree agency to remake their guard corps."Apparently the Falcons are intent on re-making their offensive line in free agency Youth Brandon Fusco Jersey , because we just got our second report of the team gearing up to sign a big ol’ guard to the roster. The team confirmed the move on Tuesday after the official start of free agency. This time, it’s James Carpenter, the 321 pound former Jet and Seahawk. The 29 year-old Augusta native has 97 NFL starters under his belt for those two teams, primarily at left guard. He started 10 games a year ago, but 48 of a possible 48 games from 2015-2017, and graded out on the low end of average for the Jets last year per Pro Football Focus. That’s generally been the verdict on Carpenter as a guard throughout his career, but he’s durable and (stop me if you’re sensing an offseason theme) a solid run blocker. This move would seem to suggest that Jamon Brown, whose imminent signing is being reported in multiple places, would slot in as the team’s right guard. He had played there for the Giants and Rams over the last two seasons, which would leave Carpenter at left guard. That means Brandon Fusco could be out, Wes Schweitzer may be entering his last year as depth for this football team, and the Falcons may take a hard look at tackle in the draft as others have reported. The team’s Kyle Shanahan-Steve Sarkisian offensive line may soon be unrecognizable outside of Alex Mack (who is nearing the end of his career) and Jake Matthews (who is still a building block). While my initial reaction to the Brown signing was to speculate that major blocking scheme changes would be in the offing, it’s way too early to say that yet. The Falcons, at the very least, wanted some beef. Neither Brown or Carpenter looks like the kind of elite guard we’d hoped the Falcons would sign this offseason Stitched Damontae Kazee Jersey , but hopefully they can at least be good enough to justify the investments. The 2018 season is in the rearview, and there were plenty of unhappy moments. After some time to reflect, our staff is here to discuss the absolute worst moments of the Falcons’ 2018 season. Player after player went on injured reserve, the team looked utterly uncompetitive for a significant stretch, and there were countless boneheaded plays and mistakes on both sides of the ball. After the Super Bowl LI loss, Dan Quinn said the Falcons would need to “embrace the suck.” We’re getting that part out of the way here at The Falcoholic. Share your worst moment of the season in the comments. The Browns gameThe Browns were much improved this year and even found themselves in playoff contention late in the season for the first time in recent memory. That doesn’t mean the Falcons should have lost to them. It was hard to narrow this one down. Both losses to the Saints were infuriating, because losing to the Saints is always the worst. Losing so many quality players to injured reserve hurt like hell, no pun intended. But after a strong showing in Washington, the Falcons looked utterly disinterested and unprepared against the Browns. It was a winnable game and a win would have kept playoff hopes alive and built on the momentum from the previous week. Instead, the loss kicked off a five-game skid that effectively ended the season. - Jeanna ThomasThe opening disaster at Philly One wonders what exactly might’ve happened if the Falcons had not had to open the season at Philadelphia. The rainy conditions and late start made the field choppy and threw the guys out of sync, and that’s a game they lost in more than one way. It wasn’t just the flashbacks to the January playoff loss through the end zone fracas that cost them the game; it was seeing both Keanu Neal and Deion Jones go down with season-altering injuries. The Falcons never quite rebounded from that game, as it set a moribund tone for the rest of the season. You just knew things were different from here, and not in a good way. The City of Brotherly Love was not kind to The Brotherhood in 2018 in the slightest. - Cory Woodroof The Bengals lossThis was the exact moment I knew that the season was probably in real danger, and it remains the single most disappointing moment of the season. Fresh off a loss against the Saints, the Falcons were 1-2 but had a slate of relatively easy opponents coming up after the Steelers. If they had beaten the Bengals Youth Damontae Kazee Jersey , they would’ve been .500 coming out of that game and, if things had gone exactly the same way they did over the next few games, 5-3 coming into the back half of the season. But they lost the game to the Bengals, a game in which they scored 36 points, by a single point. They lost because reliable stalwarts failed and injuries had mounted and the offense, insanely, couldn’t do quite enough to overcome that. It was clear then that the team wasn’t going to win just on the strength of a juggernaut offense, and while there were plenty of surprises and disappointments the rest of the way, this single loss sticks out as a harbinger of the many failures to come. - Dave Choate Watching Duke Riley do things on a football field Duke Riley was forced into starting middle linebacker duties once Deion Jones went down with a foot injury, and while he made a play here and there, most of it was big time bad. It’s like he runs parallelograms in coverage. With rookie Foye Oluokun’s growth and Deion Jones’s return, Riley saw his snaps drastically reduced at the end of the season, which was good for my eyes. - Carter BreazealeThe Steelers gameThe Cleveland Browns game sure was a low point, but I think we first got very worried in Pittsburgh. Similar to riding a roller coaster and hearing some very weird noises, bad things were definitely about to happen. The Steelers had been reeling early in the season while the Falcons were 1-3 Stitched Giorgio Tavecchio Jersey , but each game ended within one score. There was enough optimism the team was still close despite injuries to Keanu Neal, Deion Jones, and Ricardo Allen. Then the Falcons fell apart in Pittsburgh. It showed the Falcons just weren’t ready to do it in 2018. It was the beginning of the end and there was little optimism the team could come back from 1-4. - Matt ChambersRavens shutting us downIt’s difficult to top the moments listed above, so I’ll just say the Baltimore Ravens game. Why? Because they completely shut the team down and basically prevented Matt Ryan from having his best season yet. Don’t get me wrong, Ryan still had a MVP-level season, but it could’ve been better. He finished only 20 yards short of his 2016 mark, and 76 yards short of joining the 5,000-yard club. Ryan threw for his fewest passing yards in 2018 against the Ravens, with only 131 yards. Like I said, still a great season, but makes you wonder what could’ve been. - Evan Birchfield