Atlanta Falcons: 4 free agent centers/guards to consider

Fans of the Georgia Bulldogs know all about how good of a center Ben Jones was from his time playing Between the Hedges in Athens from 2008 to 2011. Jones was a four-year starter on the UGA offensive line and went No. 99 overall in the 2012 NFL Draft to the Houston Texans as a top-tier center prospect.

Jones is 6’2″, 304 pounds and has never missed a game with the Houston Texans in his four-year NFL career. He has made 43 starts in 64 games at all three interior offensive line positions for the Houston Texans. Ben Jones will play the 2016 NFL season at 27 years old and could like very good playing in Red and Black once again in the Peach State.

Ben Jones may actually be a tad too slow to thrive in the zone blocking scheme of Kyle Shanahan, having spent his NFL career in the more conservative and traditional offenses of Gary Kubiak and Bill O’Brien down in Houston.

However, Atlanta Falcons head coach Dan Quinn may have a liking for Jones, as he can play all three interior offensive line positions and actually coached against him when Quinn was on Will Muschamp’s Florida Gators staff when Jones was an upperclassman at Georgia.

Jones doesn’t miss games and projects as a long-term solution for any team at center. Since the Atlanta Falcons have not had continuity there since forcing Todd McClure into retirement after the 2012 NFL season and that Ben Jones played collegiately at UGA, there is a strong chance that the Atlanta Falcons try to convince Jones to suit up for the Dirty Birds in 2016.

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