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Why Jamal Carter was elevated to the Falcons roster

Jamal Carter was not the choice I expected to replace Keanu Neal on this roster, even though as a practice squad safety he was a perfectly logical one for this football team. After the Falcons worked out T.J. McDonald and George Iloka, I thought we’d be seeing an outside veteran join the team.

Instead, it’s Carter, a former Broncos UDFA who never really managed much playing time on defense in Denver, but did have a role on special teams. Yesterday I wrote that Carter was not particularly fast but the reality is that his 40 time (4.