Atlanta Falcons promoting Dustin Colquitt to the active roster

The Atlanta Falcons are reportedly moving Dustin Colquitt to the active roster to replace their injured punter.  Atlanta was forced to use their kicker Younghoe Koo as an emergency punter on Sunday with middling results.

Bringing Colquitt up gives Atlanta a punter with experience and is an upgrade over the injured Cam Nizialek. Nizialek struggled in week two and was given another chance to prove he belonged on this roster.

While he was improving Colquitt is the more experienced of the two punters and offers Atlanta a reliable option for a defense that needs every yard the punter’s leg can get.

Dustin Colquitt is a slight upgrade for the Atlanta Falcons

Colquitt is an unquestioned upgrade for Atlanta or nearly any roster five years ago. The question now for the 39-nine-year-old punter does he have another year left in his leg? The veteran has had a well-respected career with his best years coming with the Kansas City Chiefs.

He offers Atlanta a veteran on special teams and a stop-gap until they address the position during the off-season. It seems Nizialek will likely become a victim of his own injury unless Colquitt is truly horrible over the next two weeks.

If he is serviceable look for Atlanta to stick with the veteran and move on from Nizialek addressing the need in the off-season.

A punter will just be one of many needs this Atlanta roster is going to have to address. With the secondary, offensive line, and pass rushers all needing to be addressed as Atlanta appears to be in full rebuild mode.

For Colquitt, this is likely his last chance to extend his career considering he was still on the market for Atlanta.  Unfortunately for Dustin, this chance is coming with a bad Atlanta team that seems destined to yet again find their way to an early draft pick and another season of disappointment.