Interesting but true: From 2007-2016, the Falcons had exactly four fullbacks starting multiple games per season. In 2012, they split duties between Mike Cox, Lousaka Polite, and sometimes Jason Snelling, but from 2007-2011 it was Ovie Mughelli’s job, and from 2013-2016 that gig belonged to Patrick DiMarco.
That means that stability has been the norm, not the exception, at the fullback position. And that makes Derrick Coleman’s status and the question marks around the position worth talking about.
Coleman was one of the team’s best special teamers in 2017, but he was only an average blocker and was barely a factor on offense at all.