40 minutes ago, LeanMeanGM said:

Yea I picked up on that too. Lurie was the only one who sounded excited.

They need Vic Fangio punching the air like Gannon used to.

We've seen enough of people on this defense hitting air.   

49 minutes ago, greendestiny27 said:

 

Not feeling the natural excitement from the room, almost like, ok let's take this guy, he fell, can't really go wrong here, good value for a position of need, ho hum. Wonder if they had others they really wanted to move up for for and it didn't work out...

Probably OL but I'm glad Pitt bailed them out

Bottom line… 

You aren’t winning a Super Bowl with Kirk Cousins.

If he’s 100% healthy, you’re probably winning the garbage NFC South though (That’s why he was overpaid). 

An edge rusher isn’t making a huge difference at 8. Especially if the top edge rusher on their board was about 15-20 overall (on their board). 

I like Atlanta’s pick because just filling immediate needs hasn’t exactly worked for them in recent years anyway. 

If you see a potential franchise QB and you don’t already have one… take him. 

20 minutes ago, bpac55 said:

Russel Wilson's ex-wife needs to send her a thank you card. There's a new draft reaction queen. I love the Debbie Downer comparisons. 

 

I predicted that, not that it took much brain power. Harbaugh has a system that he has used everywhere he’s been. He runs 12 personnel with heavy play-action and all of it based on a strong run game.

7 minutes ago, Connecticut Eagle said:

 

But they weren't excited in the draft room and he had a bad game against Ohio State. Forget they got him at 22...and he was the best CB in the draft. No reason to like the pick.

24 minutes ago, Outlaw said:

Yeah, it was a rush to judgment on many fronts, and if you believe the video of their GM and Arthur Blank in the draft room he didn't seem 100% on board either. Same ACL already twice, plus shoulder injuries...behind an offensive line that isn't phenomenal. I could be wrong of course, but I'd say he's more likely to be a colossal blunder than a genius-looking move 5 years from now.

That’s most picks. 

 

Need Covey to wear this. 

What's funny is that the Falcons could have had this as their starting offense:

Cousins/Robinson/London/Odunze/Pitts

Next year's QB class isn't supposed to be elite at all, but 2026 is looking like it could be special. 

By the time 2026 rolls around, when Penix would be starting for them anyway, they could have made a move to grab an elite guy and plug him into an offense with London/Pitts/Robinson/Odunze and be good to go.  

Instead they're burning at least two years off Penix's rookie deal, they pissed off Cousins, and Penix will be what, 26 or 27 by the time he starts?

 

Just now, ManuManu said:

Need Covey to wear this. 

Gives defenders something else to grab onto

26 minutes ago, Alphagrand said:

Completely disagree.  Rodgers was the best/2nd best QB in the draft and was a value pick at #24.  Penix is junk bonds, the 5th best QB in the draft and likely a 2nd round talent who the Falcons overdrafted at #8 overall with every defensive player in the draft still on the board.

In the end it helped the Eagles get their pick, so it'll be quite amusing to see the dysfunction in ATL well after their GM is fired.

After the college semifinal Penix was the bees knees.

P.S. I already posted about this.

1 minute ago, ManuManu said:

Need Covey to wear this. 

Kelce may have stuck around another year for the Brotherly Shove if he could put one on at the goal.

 

2 minutes ago, ManuManu said:

 

The teams that don't inquire are the stupid ones.  Asking how much it would cost is good GMing.

Just now, Connecticut Eagle said:

The teams that don't inquire are the stupid ones.  Asking how much it would cost is good GMing.

Probably a 3rd which they don't have so more likely dropping down with one of the picks to the 3rd.

Wishlist for Rd2:

 

DeJean

AD Mitchell

Cooper

Kool-Aid

Newton

Nubin

2 minutes ago, just relax said:

After the college semifinal Penix was the bees knees.

P.S. I already posted about this.

Eisen lays it out better than I do.  Just an obscenely atrocious selection and process that has almost nothing to do with Penix.  

 

 

9 minutes ago, ManuManu said:

 

I could see Howie saying screw it and offer a team from 33-37 both our 2nds for their 2nd and their 3rd. 

5 minutes ago, D-Shiznit said:

Wishlist for Rd2:

 

DeJean

AD Mitchell

Cooper

Kool-Aid

Newton

Nubin

Nubin scares me

3 minutes ago, hukdonfoniks said:

What's funny is that the Falcons could have had this as their starting offense:

Cousins/Robinson/London/Odunze/Pitts

Next year's QB class isn't supposed to be elite at all, but 2026 is looking like it could be special. 

By the time 2026 rolls around, when Penix would be starting for them anyway, they could have made a move to grab an elite guy and plug him into an offense with London/Pitts/Robinson/Odunze and be good to go.  

Instead they're burning at least two years off Penix's rookie deal, they pissed off Cousins, and Penix will be what, 26 or 27 by the time he starts?

 

This logic is so bad.
 

- You have no freaking clue how the draft is going to look two years from now. 

- You have no idea where you’ll be drafting 

- You have no idea how many other teams want a QB 

- You (as a GM or coach) know there’s at least a 1/3 chance that you won’t be with the team anymore. 

People use this logic all the time and it’s so dumb. 

2018 and 2021 were "great” QB classes too. 

 

Weird. 

36 minutes ago, bpac55 said:

Russel Wilson's ex-wife needs to send her a thank you card. There's a new draft reaction queen. I love the Debbie Downer comparisons. 

 

She looks like Adam Gase in that interview when he was the Jets coach. In any event, it’s time to upgrade for Mr. Alt. 

23 minutes ago, Iggles_Phan said:

It isn't about the success rate in a vacuum.  It's about the success rate versus your opponent's success rate.   Some are much more successful than others (Steelers, Ravens, etc. ), and some are just brutally bad (the Falcons currently, the Lions of the 2000s, and the Browns pretty much from their re-entrance into the league until very recently).  It is an inexact science, but it is far from luck.

When you factor in everything when it comes to health, transitioning to pro ball and the lifestyle, etc, it's very inexact. Injuries, stupidity off the field, etc could easily derail an early career and impact success rates. Not a lot of control over these types of things.

12 minutes ago, ManuManu said:

 

I'd hope it's for DeJean or Cooper, but it's probably for Suamataia. I just have a feeling they're dead set on tacking a tackle in this draft because they didn't get one day one. Hope I'm wrong because RG is a bigger need if they go OL.

3 minutes ago, Sack that QB said:

I'd hope it's for DeJean or Cooper, but it's probably for Suamataia. I just have a feeling they're dead set on tacking a tackle in this draft because they didn't get one day one. Hope I'm wrong because RG is a bigger need if they go OL.

Can he play guard?

1 hour ago, greendestiny27 said:

 

Not feeling the natural excitement from the room, almost like, ok let's take this guy, he fell, can't really go wrong here, good value for a position of need, ho hum. Wonder if they had others they really wanted to move up for for and it didn't work out...

I got that same vibe from the press conference last night.