JPW HAS secured a spot on the Falcons' roster

by Adam Schultz on Sep 3, 2009 9:20 PM CDT

ed.- bumped from the fanposts. good on jpw.

John Parker Wilson just spent three full quarters against the Baltimore Ravens as a Falcon. Here are his stats for the entire preseason: RAT 81.6, 19-27 for 135 yards, 0 TDs, 0 INTs 0 FUMB, 1 sack. His competition? Former UGA QB DJ Shockley: RAT 3.5 10/26 109 yds 3 INTs, 2 FUMBLES, 0 TDs, 2 sacks. No scores for JPW, but also, perhaps more importantly for a backup, no turnovers.

Suffice to say, against all detractors both inside and out of the Falcons fanbase (Madden 10 doesn't list JPW as a NFL player at all), JPW has, at least in my eyes, locked the 3rd backup QB spot. What does this mean? Not much for the Falcons. He will certainly not eclipse Matt Ryan any time soon. It does mean that he 1) has a job and 2) could be picked up by another team and given a larger role in a few years.

So, if tomorrow's 53 man Falcons roster includes Mr. Wilson at #3 QB, awesome. If not, all logic in the universe has left Flowery Branch GA.

UPDATE: ProFootballTalk has reported that D.J. Shockley has been released by the Falcons. This definitely means that our former QB is now officially a Falcon. Congrats JPW!

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good for JP

never really considered Shockley a true nfl QB in the first place

(Your Team Here) sucks

by Wallacewade04 on Sep 3, 2009 9:49 PM CDT reply actions

Great job JPW!

Against the Ravens even. They don’t go easy on QBs at all

Fumbles. It was always Fumbles

by DocFumbles on Sep 3, 2009 10:26 PM CDT reply actions

saw rashad get some plays in tonight as well.

by kleph on Sep 3, 2009 11:23 PM CDT reply actions

I really hope that he makes the squad...

with a solid ball control team (and the Falcons absolutely can run it, and hit the TE), JPW can succeed if called upon. No one’s going to confuse him for Aaron Rodgers, or even Matt Ryan, but with his desire to win, toughness, and decent short accuracy (and mobility), he can thrive in a caretaker role.

You always forget that Nebraska is a state until they pop up in the news about some guy who has 25 kids buried in his backyard
-Ripped off from Deadspin

by Stuck in the Plains on Sep 4, 2009 4:53 AM CDT reply actions

But you must remember

that Shockley is from Atlanta and UGA and was real popular at UGA. I would not be surprised if the Atlanta, GA, Falcons, figuring the 3rd string QB will never play go with Shockley more for PR than anything else.

I hate the NCAA more than UT & AU combined. At least with UT & AU you got a fighting chance.

by 5026 on Sep 4, 2009 3:43 PM CDT reply actions

Don't expect the new regime (Mike Smith and Dimitroff) to pander to the fanbase as much as the rest of the team

And you’d be surprised by how many Alabama fans are at the Dome. During minicamp, when I called JPW over to sign my falcons helmet, there was a mad dash and before I knew it, I was surrounded by at least a hundred people. He was signing and taking photos for a little over 30 minutes after that.

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by Adam Schultz on Sep 5, 2009 9:16 AM CDT up reply actions