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On Tuesday the Atlanta Falcons placed 2009 second-round draft pick William Moore on injured reserve with a hamstring injury.

Moore, who Atlanta thought would be ready to immediately help at safety from day one, has been battling injuries since training camp. The 55th-overall selection from Missouri had knee surgery at the beginning of camp, only to recover and hurt his hamstring shortly thereafter. Moore battled through two hamstring tweaks this season before finally succumbing to the final blow that landed the 24-year-old on the injured reserve list.

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The season-ending injury to Jets running back Leon Washington is devastating for a number of reasons.

His change-of-pace running style will be sorely missed as will his 4.6 yards-per-carry average. The kick return team will also struggle to find a replacement. In fact, coach Rex Ryan says it will take many players to fill in for Washington.

FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. -- The Atlanta Falcons head to Detroit to play the Lions this Saturday, August 15 for their first preseason game. The team has released a preseason depth chart to show an early glimpse at where players stand. You need to remember that the Falcons are less than two weeks into camp and the start of the regular season is still more then a month away. There are many things that can and will change between now and then.

Fullbacks are, for the most part, being phased out in modern NFL offenses, but if they're good enough they can still make big money. The Jacksonville Jaguars announced today that they have signed fullback Greg Jones to a contract extension, and Pro Football Talk reports that he'll be the highest-paid fullback in NFL history.

Per PFT, the contract is a five-year, $17.4 million deal, which breaks down like this:
2008: $2.5 million signing bonus, $1.5 million roster bonus, $525,000 salary
2009: $500,000 roster bonus, $2.48 million base salary
2010: $3 million base salary
2011: $3.1 million base salary
2012: $3.4 million base salary

In each year of the deal, Jones gets a per-game roster bonus worth a total of $50,000, and a workout bonus of $50,000. Overall, Jones will average $3.4 million over five years, which is the biggest average value for a fullback's contract in history. The previous record was $3 million a year in the six-year, $18 million deal signed by Ovie Mughelli with the Falcons.

So is Jones worth that kind of money? In the Jaguars' offense, he probably is. He lines up as an I-formation fullback and blocks for Fred Taylor and Maurice Jones-Drew, and he can contribute as a runner in short-yardage situations. That doesn't necessarily mean Jones would have been able to command that kind of money from another team -- many teams just aren't interested in spending money on a fullback -- but the Jaguars decided that they didn't want to run the risk of losing him.