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Atlanta Falcons S Kemal Ishmael, the team's seventh-round draft pick, will compete with Ss Charles Mitchell and Shann Schillinger for snaps behind Ss Thomas DeCoud and William Moore this year. Ishmael had three interceptions, four pass breakups and one sack at Central Florida.
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Atlanta Falcons FS Thomas DeCoud and SS William Moore have been added to the NFC roster for the 2013 Pro Bowl in place of San Francisco 49ers FS Donte Whitner and SS Dashon Goldson.
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Atlanta Falcons FS Thomas DeCoud said the team will need to account for San Francisco 49ers QB Colin Kaepernick on each play and indicated the team could use a spy on Kaepernick during the game. He said the team will need to hit Kaepernick if he wants to run the ball during the game. 'You definitely want to set the tone and send a message if he's a guy that likes to run the ball: 'We're going to be here.' You want to put some tags on him if he keeps the ball in his hands,' DeCoud said. 'With a quarterback of this caliber who can tote the rock like he can, you always have to be accounted for -- have somebody account for him in the rush or in the back end. Somebody has to have eyes on him to make sure we keep him in the pocket.' DeCoud said the team will need to get Kaepernick on the ground if they blitz him.
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Atlanta Falcons FS Thomas DeCoud and SS William Moore have shown tremendous improvement this season, and much of the credit goes to defensive coordinator Mike Nolan's scheme. 'It's kind of a combination of the new scheme and the reins being loosened a little bit and also the kind of work we did in the offseason,' DeCoud said. 'Both William and I paid a lot of time, a lot of attention, to our ball skills and our ability to get the ball when it's in the air and make plays on it.'
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Atlanta Falcons FS Thomas DeCoud picked off his sixth pass of the season in Week 15. He and SS William Moore are the only safety tandem in the NFL in which both players have at least four interceptions.
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Atlanta Falcons FS Thomas DeCoud is believed to have signed a five-year deal worth $17.5 million as a base package Tuesday, March 6. He has $4 million in guarantees and $6.25 million in potential bonuses, with the maximum value of the deal at $21 million.
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The Atlanta Falcons have agreed to terms on a new deal with S Thomas DeCoud. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. DeCoud has started 47 of his 58 career games with Atlanta and recorded 86 tackles and four interceptions last season.
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The Atlanta Falcons could look to re-sign impending free-agent FS Thomas DeCoud before the start of free agency.
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Atlanta Falcons FS Thomas DeCoud will be a free agent this offseason but it is not known if the team is interested in re-signing him.
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Atlanta Falcons FS Thomas DeCoud (head) suffered a head injury in Week 7 against the Cincinnati Bengals, according to The Associated Press.
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