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FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. -- Levine Toilolo was at the front of
the line of Falcons tight ends taking turns at a blocking
sled on Sunday. Toilolo (6-foot-8, 265) appeared to have
no difficulty as he shoved the sled a few yards. If only
it were as easy for Toilolo to push aside the big
question that shadows his every step through Atlantas
training camp: Can the second-year tight end from
Stanford replace Tony Gonzalez, a certain future Hall of
Famer? The Falcons have tried to take pressure off
Toilolo. Quarterback Matt Ryan said no one player can
replace Gonzalez. "Certainly he had a unique skill set
really in the history of the NFL," Ryan said of Gonzalez.
"Hes one of the tight ends who really revolutionized the
position to come from basketball and use that skill set
to be a receiver. "I think well have a combination of
guys fill in for the skill set he had and certainly
schematically youve got to change some of the things that
you do because some of the things Tony was good at dont
necessarily fit in with some of the guys that we have.
Well make some adjustments and some new wrinkles for some
of the new guys, to play to their strengths. But we need
to find some production that were going to miss that Tony
provided." Gonzalez caught 83 passes for 859 yards and a
team-leading eight touchdowns in 2013. Toilolo had 11
catches for 55 yards in his backup role as a rookie. In a
possibly promising preview of Toilolos potential as a
red-zone target, two of his catches were for touchdowns.
The Falcons added some veteran help in the off-season
including Bear Pascoe, who made six starts for the New
York Giants last season. Another newcomer is Mickey
Shuler, who started two games for Miami in 2010. Rookies
Brian Wozniak and Jacob Pedersen, each from Wisconsin,
also are competing for spots. Toilolo remains the
favourite to start. He said he never forgets the player
hes following and acknowledged some pressure accompanies
that challenge. "I think at the back of your mind you
know its there but at the same time everybody is doing a
great job of picking up the slack," Toilolo said. "Theyre
not really placing it on one person. You cant really do
that with a guy like Tony and the career hes had and the
production hes had." Ryan said he sees Toilolo making an
impact close to the goal line, as a receiver and a
blocker with his improved strength. "Weve started to
install some of our red zone stuff and I think thats an
area where he can be successful," Ryan said. "Hes a big
guy with long arms. I think we can use him in a matchup.
I think hes improved strength-wise a lot in the off-
season. Ive been watching him block a little bit and play
the position and hes improved from last year. I think hes
handled things the right way." Smith said more players
than just the tight ends much help in replacing Gonzalez.
"Tony has been a very productive player his entire career
and especially here in Atlanta, so there might be
multiple tight ends that might get touches and also we
might distribute the ball to other players," Smith said.
"So other players, not necessarily tight ends, might have
more opportunities to get touches." NOTES: The Falcons
had no immediate update on OT Terren Jones, who was
carted off the practice field and taken to an area
hospital with an unknown injury. Jones was placed in a
neck brace. ... DE RaShede Hageman left practice with an
apparent hand or wrist injury following a fight with C
Joe Hawley. Smith said hell stress ending the trend of
fights in this years training camp. ... S Tyrell Johnson
had his first practice after signing with the team
earlier in the day. The team needed more depth at the
position after S Dwight Lowery left Friday nights
scrimmage with a concussion. Lowery missed most of the
2013 season with Jacksonville with a concussion. Johnson,
a second-round pick by Minnesota in 2008, played four
seasons with the Vikings. He played four games with
Detroit in 2012.
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