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The Falcons signed Blair Walsh last weekend to compete with Giorgio Tavecchio for the kicking job after Tavecchio failed to impress this summer.
Tavecchio has made 4-of-8 field goal attempts during the preseason, but Walsh wasn’t much better while kicking in practice conditions on Tuesday. Walsh made 5-of-9 attempts during a portion of practice open to the media, which led to questions for head coach Dan Quinn about the new kicker.
Quinn said he was better during a session closed to reporters on Monday, but cautioned against making too much of any one practice in general.
“I’d be careful looking into that,” Quinn said, via the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. “That’s a dangerous subject to go through because yesterday we had some and today. I’ll go back and look through, but I would say be careful at looking at one thing from practice. We don’t usually give out stats. That’s a dangerous subject.”
Walsh and Tavecchio are both expected to play on Thursday night and the Falcons will then make cuts to get to the 53-man limit by Saturday afternoon. Other teams will do the same and it’s possible that Atlanta’s Week One kicker is currently on a different roster.