Troy Freaking Andersen!

[justafan]

Troy out for Monday's game...I gotta wonder if this will be his last year. Must be frustrating for him.

[RickRund]

Troy out for Monday's game...I gotta wonder if this will be his last year. Must be frustrating for him.

Can't be good news with the injuries...

[justafan]

Troy apparently done for the season as he is on IR.

[SparkCat]

Troy apparently done for the season as he is on IR.

I hope he can continue his professional career, if he wants of course. He has lots of potential, however, the game has wrecked his body. If he continues, I’d like to also see him on another team that’s not the Falcons. They are one of the most toxic fan bases around.

[Travelingcat]

Troy apparently done for the season as he is on IR.

I hope he can continue his professional career, if he wants of course. He has lots of potential, however, the game has wrecked his body. If he continues, I’d like to also see him on another team that’s not the Falcons. They are one of the most toxic fan bases around.

Last year's injury was kind of a freak thing. This year, I don't know. Maybe wear and tear-- maybe something he tried to come back to fast from.

Hard to believe they'd be career ending unless he wants them to be.

But he needs to be able to get healthy and stay healthy.

[coloradocat]

Troy apparently done for the season as he is on IR.

I hope he can continue his professional career, if he wants of course. He has lots of potential, however, the game has wrecked his body. If he continues, I’d like to also see him on another team that’s not the Falcons. They are one of the most toxic fan bases around.

Last year's injury was kind of a freak thing. This year, I don't know. Maybe wear and tear-- maybe something he tried to come back to fast from.

Hard to believe they'd be career ending unless he wants them to be.

But he needs to be able to get healthy and stay healthy.

He sure seemed to take a long time to come back from whatever the injury was in his big game but as soon as he did he got injured again so maybe it was too fast. Either way, it may be career ending not because he wants it to be but because he's on the last year of his rookie deal and it's hard to see teams wanting to sign a guy that can't stay on the field, no matter how much potential he may have. Maybe he can get a league minimum prove it deal but I wouldn't expect more than that. Really sucks.

[RKMCMT]

Troy apparently done for the season as he is on IR.

I hope he can continue his professional career, if he wants of course. He has lots of potential, however, the game has wrecked his body. If he continues, I’d like to also see him on another team that’s not the Falcons. They are one of the most toxic fan bases around.

Last year's injury was kind of a freak thing. This year, I don't know. Maybe wear and tear-- maybe something he tried to come back to fast from.

Hard to believe they'd be career ending unless he wants them to be.

But he needs to be able to get healthy and stay healthy.

He sure seemed to take a long time to come back from whatever the injury was in his big game but as soon as he did he got injured again so maybe it was too fast. Either way, it may be career ending not because he wants it to be but because he's on the last year of his rookie deal and it's hard to see teams wanting to sign a guy that can't stay on the field, no matter how much potential he may have. Maybe he can get a league minimum prove it deal but I wouldn't expect more than that. Really sucks.

His deal runs through 2025. After that he could definitely find a slot at vet minimum somewhere. Probably just depends on whether he still feels like he could break through somewhere.

[coloradocat]

Troy apparently done for the season as he is on IR.

I hope he can continue his professional career, if he wants of course. He has lots of potential, however, the game has wrecked his body. If he continues, I’d like to also see him on another team that’s not the Falcons. They are one of the most toxic fan bases around.

Last year's injury was kind of a freak thing. This year, I don't know. Maybe wear and tear-- maybe something he tried to come back to fast from.

Hard to believe they'd be career ending unless he wants them to be.

But he needs to be able to get healthy and stay healthy.

He sure seemed to take a long time to come back from whatever the injury was in his big game but as soon as he did he got injured again so maybe it was too fast. Either way, it may be career ending not because he wants it to be but because he's on the last year of his rookie deal and it's hard to see teams wanting to sign a guy that can't stay on the field, no matter how much potential he may have. Maybe he can get a league minimum prove it deal but I wouldn't expect more than that. Really sucks.

His deal runs through 2025. After that he could definitely find a slot at vet minimum somewhere. Probably just depends on whether he still feels like he could break through somewhere.

Oh good. For some reason I always thought it was a 3 year deal.

[RKMCMT]

Troy apparently done for the season as he is on IR.

I hope he can continue his professional career, if he wants of course. He has lots of potential, however, the game has wrecked his body. If he continues, I’d like to also see him on another team that’s not the Falcons. They are one of the most toxic fan bases around.

Last year's injury was kind of a freak thing. This year, I don't know. Maybe wear and tear-- maybe something he tried to come back to fast from.

Hard to believe they'd be career ending unless he wants them to be.

But he needs to be able to get healthy and stay healthy.

He sure seemed to take a long time to come back from whatever the injury was in his big game but as soon as he did he got injured again so maybe it was too fast. Either way, it may be career ending not because he wants it to be but because he's on the last year of his rookie deal and it's hard to see teams wanting to sign a guy that can't stay on the field, no matter how much potential he may have. Maybe he can get a league minimum prove it deal but I wouldn't expect more than that. Really sucks.

His deal runs through 2025. After that he could definitely find a slot at vet minimum somewhere. Probably just depends on whether he still feels like he could break through somewhere.

Oh good. For some reason I always thought it was a 3 year deal.

I think every draft pick deal is 4 years by the scale (except for 1st rounders where the team gets a 5th year option).

The only rookie deals that should be shorter would be undrafteds I think.

[Camo_Cat]

Falcons fans wanting him gone in the offseason...https://bloggingdirty.com/falcons-have- ... -offseason

[coloradocat]

Falcons fans wanting him gone in the offseason...https://bloggingdirty.com/falcons-have- ... -offseason

Not necessarily gone, just replaced. They're not wrong to think this way. The Falcons have to bring in someone without Troy's injury history to compete with/replace him and if he can retain his starting job that's great.

[RKMCMT]

Falcons fans wanting him gone in the offseason...https://bloggingdirty.com/falcons-have- ... -offseason

"Injury history" is a tricky business. Does 2 seasons make you 'injury prone?'

Maybe. Or maybe just unlucky. Not much sample size. That said, I'd be more than happy though to see Troy stake out a safer natural turf venue for the next phase of his career (cough, Denver, cough )

[exppi]

Falcons fans wanting him gone in the offseason...https://bloggingdirty.com/falcons-have- ... -offseason

"Injury history" is a tricky business. Does 2 seasons make you 'injury prone?'

Maybe. Or maybe just unlucky. Not much sample size. That said, I'd be more than happy though to see Troy stake out a safer natural turf venue for the next phase of his career (cough, Denver, cough )

Troy and Alex on the same field for the same team. That would be entertaining.

[Montanabob]

Falcons fans wanting him gone in the offseason...https://bloggingdirty.com/falcons-have- ... -offseason

"Injury history" is a tricky business. Does 2 seasons make you 'injury prone?'

Maybe. Or maybe just unlucky. Not much sample size. That said, I'd be more than happy though to see Troy stake out a safer natural turf venue for the next phase of his career (cough, Denver, cough )

Troy and Alex on the same field for the same team. That would be entertaining.

sign a couple Bobcat OL and DL

[RKMCMT]

Falcons fans wanting him gone in the offseason...https://bloggingdirty.com/falcons-have- ... -offseason

"Injury history" is a tricky business. Does 2 seasons make you 'injury prone?'

Maybe. Or maybe just unlucky. Not much sample size. That said, I'd be more than happy though to see Troy stake out a safer natural turf venue for the next phase of his career (cough, Denver, cough )

Troy and Alex on the same field for the same team. That would be entertaining.

Unfortunately Alex has a long road back from an ACL going into the last year of his deal. He probably won't get back for a full season next year and then his future address will probably be very much in question.

[WetBreeches]

Troy will absolutely still have a career in the NFL. He still has an additional year on his rookie contract so the Falcons won't be moving on until after next season. If he puts together a healthy season and performs equivalent to pre-injury he will get a solid deal. If he gets injured again next season the following contract structure (length and money) will be interesting...but several NFL teams who had him rated highly out of college and missed the opportunity to draft him will still be interested in signing him as a free agent. Not to mention they'll put on the film and see what he can do while healthy and make an offer. But again, what that offer turns out to be, is a major question.

[coochorama42]

This. If the Miami Dolphins are willing to spend a 1st round draft pick on a player that had previously medically retired due to concussions (Jaelan Phillips) there will be a team willing to take a 1-2 year chance on a LB who moves like a WR. Atlanta has every reason to give him a chance to stay on the field next year if healthy as they will want a compensation pick for when he leaves.

Troy will absolutely still have a career in the NFL. He still has an additional year on his rookie contract so the Falcons won't be moving on until after next season. If he puts together a healthy season and performs equivalent to pre-injury he will get a solid deal. If he gets injured again next season the following contract structure (length and money) will be interesting...but several NFL teams who had him rated highly out of college and missed the opportunity to draft him will still be interested in signing him as a free agent. Not to mention they'll put on the film and see what he can do while healthy and make an offer. But again, what that offer turns out to be, is a major question.

[GoldstoneCat]

Whole thing is a shame. You never know how it would have played out but watching Choate abuse him for 2 years because he didn't know what a QB looked like or how to build a functioning offense was frustrating. Troy may have been a first round pick if he had been on defense all 4 years.

[tetoncat]

Whole thing is a shame. You never know how it would have played out but watching Choate abuse him for 2 years because he didn't know what a QB looked like or how to build a functioning offense was frustrating. Troy may have been a first round pick if he had been on defense all 4 years.

So a torn pec and then a knee injury making a tackle are Choates fault.

[coloradocat]

Whole thing is a shame. You never know how it would have played out but watching Choate abuse him for 2 years because he didn't know what a QB looked like or how to build a functioning offense was frustrating. Troy may have been a first round pick if he had been on defense all 4 years.

I don't know, I liked watching Troy score TDs. He may have preferred playing defense over offense but he always looked like he was having fun in the endzone.