<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. -- The Atlanta Falcons placed linebacker Ed Hartwell and cornerback Chris Cash on the injured reserve list Wednesday.Hartwell, a starter and key free-agent offseason pickup, and backup Cash sustained season-ending injuries in Sunday's loss to New England. Hartwell had surgery Monday to repair a torn right Achilles' tendon. Cash broke his right arm.The Falcons signed free-agent linebacker Martin Patterson to the 53-man roster and moved cornerback Leigh Torrence from the practice squad. Cornerback Amad Treaudo was signed to the practice squad.</div>By losing Ed Hartwell, how does this effect the Falcons defense?
Probably bad. Ed Hartwell was really good with Baltimore Ravens. Not sure if their back-up is any good but Falcons should still be fine on D'
The loss of Ca$h isnt a big dealy, but Hartwell is--they were lucky to get such a good runstopper and pass rusher during the offseason from the prestigious Ravens defense, losing him takes a pretty big toll on them. Ike Reese will fill in, he's never been a starter in his life and will fill in at Middle Linebacker, I saw him play most his career in Philly and he put up some pretty big plays there especially on Special Teams--I know he's got the ability to be good on defense, but when you think of Middle Linebacker--thats the ROCK of the defense; the Quarterback of the defense if you will. Who knows how well he will fill in? It's iffy.
I think that is why we got reese to make sure if anybody got hurt he could take over and he is better I personally think at coverage of TE's and such
