Missouri’s Sean Weatherspoon takes ATL by storm

He wants to come here. Let’s grant his wish.

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I sure hope Arthur sent him a car and driver. I hope he isn’t tweeting and driving in ATL traffic.

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Hope he makes it here, hope NY reads where he wants to be!

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D. thanks for the kind of late night info.
Box you forgot to say first. as in perhaps Spoons draft position
And thank goodness for this computer because I can’t buy a AJC newspaper down here in Macon Co.

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[...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by Matt Schauf, Darryl Ledbetter and ATLHOMER, D. Orlando Ledbetter. D. Orlando Ledbetter said: Missouri’s Sean Weatherspoon takes ATL by storm http://bit.ly/96kkJp [...]

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I wasn’t on the blogs and all last year, is it common for ATL fans to go “HAM” over a particular pick such as Spoon? Was there someone specific last year that got the reaction Spoon has and did that specific player express the same enthusiasm that he has? I know we picked Jerry just wondering if we are getting our hopes up over someone the team isn’t prepared to take some extra measures to go get.

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Hope TD is right. Not too many great Mizzou LB’s lately.

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I mean give me a break, we would never pass on an elite player who fills a real Defensive need for a Center in the 1st round. I’m sorry, but Center is not a position we need as urgently as you make it seem. McClure is still playing at high level, and Romberg is a very capable backup. To pass on a guy like Graham, who could be an elite DE, for Pouncey, in the 1st round, would be foolish. You are creating smoke where there is no fire. You are doing this because you, personally, love Pouncey. That does not mean the Falcons will draft him, and you have even admitted this before. Your “Pouncey with the 19th pick” campaign is nonsense! I call Shenannigans! I can’t wait until the draft when we don’t draft Pouncey!

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Graham just seems like such a …………… boring pick.

I am calling for the Falcons to shake it up and think outside the box…

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Yo DOL, you cool man but I’ma laugh at you so hard when the Falcons DONT take Pouncey at 19 just because you are so bias towards him. you dont even give any other player a chance in a mock. Bottomline, the Fans want SPOON! And even more important Spoon wants to be in ATL. I do believe he said “Pick me falcons” at the combine correct? He has visited twice and has had a private workout. Does that sound like a guy they will pass on for a center that wont start? NO! TD is smart. He is going after Matt Ryan’s old center from college. that pick makes more sense because they know each other well and they can get him in later rounds and still address other needs else where. Has Pouncey even visited with the Falcons? what makes you think they will take him over Graham and Spoon? Makes NO sense. Pouncey is a good player but it wont happen. Even if Graham and Spoon arent there at 19 I think the Falcons are more likely to trade down with the Eagles at 24 and get one of their second round picks. THAT would be smarter than taking a center that will be a back-up. I just had to vent for a minute because seeing pouncey in your mock TIME after TIME is really REALLY getting annoying! even if they did pick him which they WONT, you arent giving a far view point about other players that very well could be falcon players to their fans. Stop being bias. I really really hope TD and Smith dont take your words under ANY form of consideration. No disrespect, just tellin it like it is. WE WANT SPOOOOOOOOOOON!

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Again why did we not even talk with Alex Brown when the World Champion Saints can?

http://www.nfl.com/news/story?id=09000d5d817644bb&template=with-video-with-comments&confirm=true

And can sign him!

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The Falcons are rank 28th in the league against the pass and 26th in total sacks so how will Spoon improve the defense in terms of getting sacks and creating havoc in the back field? Picking Brandon Graham is a no brainer.

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Any defensive player with the first pick but that center.

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I think TD will select the guy the feel that will be a star at 19, no matter the position and then fill needs with the other picks. Pouncey does fit the bill because he is the best center in the draft. If someone like spilller or haden were to fall to 19, I think you would see TD pick them up although that is not a need.

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It’s hard to pick what’s wrong with the defense. Obviously the sacks aren’t there, but how many times was Abe just a half step away? If the DBs were playing just a little tighter or the LBs were just a little faster, that half step is nullified and the sack happens. It’s all intertwined and the coaches watching tape know where the real lies. I trust TD and Smitty will address that in the draft.

GO FALCONS!!!

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You all are forgetting what DOL has been saying all along about Puncy. In all his mock drafts with the Falcons selecting him BOTH Spoon and Graham are OFF the Board. He has never said that Pouncy should be taken in for nt of those guys. So go reread those mock drafts before spewing soo much venom. Poiuncy at 19 provided those two being gone makes great sense for the team long term. The falcons are not desperate for a another young DE who will take a year – three to devolop so they will nto reach for one. Spoon is the only OLB that would be worth taking at 19 provided he slips. Anything else on the defense at 19 is most likely going to be reach. Taking pouncy would only be a reach only in the sense that centers rarely get taken that high. It would have nothing to do with his talent level or bust potential. The first being high and the second being virtually non existent.

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[...] linebacker Sean Weatherspoon is visiting the Atlanta Falcons, reports D. Orlando Ledbetter of the Atlanta [...]

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D-Led, schedule comes out next week (from internet chatter, Tues or Wed.)…when do teams usually release the schedule for mini-camps and more importantly, training camp?

As far as the draft, as long as we don’t draft some out surprise player in the 1st round (like a WR or S), I am good.

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@ Mike Jay, so do you take everything DOL says as gospel? You can think what you wanna & be brainwashed by these absurd mocks our “beatwriter”, but do you really & honestly believe that the best pick for the Falcons going into next season is at C? I’m not talking about drafting for depth, I’m talking about our most urgent & pressing need as a team. Do you believe that with all of our problems, a Center, is our biggest need?

-REEspond to Roe!!!

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Personally, I believe that Pouncey would be a great pick at #19 if you already have a team that is looking for heir apparent players on an already stacked team! Pittsburgh, Indianapolis etc., would be the kind of teams that could afford to spend a first round pick on Pouncey; or a team with multiple first round picks! It is widely recognized by ALL NFL sources that the ATL Falcons are in desperate need of impactful defensive pass rushers/ I just can’t see the Falcons spending $57M on Dunta Robinson at CB, and then drafting a Center (which doesn’t help Dunta – or the defense in accomplishing this mission)! I was trying to think of Pouncey as the first draft pick for us on yesterday, and therefore trying to figure out who we could end up with at DE & WLB. I saw Ricky Sapp from Clemson, or Jerry Hughes from Texas Christian at WLB, and Austen Lane from Murray State, or actually, the choices wern’t that inspiring at DE from what was left. We cannot afford to draft second or third tier players at these positions this year (the third year of a rebuilding PROCESS; we already have them on the roster now! What we should be focusing on are players that could fill these needs, fit into our system, and expound on the talents and skills for the positions that we brought them here for! First & second round draft picks are for teams that ARE rebuilding to come in and start right away making dynamic plays – not to sit around for a year or two under the starters retire, unless you are the defending Super Bowl Chamions, or least in that Upper Echelon of teams annually! We are moving in that direction, but we aren’t there yet, and I feel that if we draft a Center with our first draft choice now, we would be taking a step back! The ONLY way that I would consider Pouncey for the Falcons would be if he dropped out of the first round, the #19 pick was the last pick in the first round, or if every need has already been addressed (WLB or DE) first!

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How about trading positions with NE so they get Graham, then take Weatherspoon with 22nd and get a second round pick?

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Falcon57,

Yes TD drafts on NEED basis. what you are forgetting is that TD has said he is fairly happy with the DL they currently have and thinks the improvements to the secondary via free angency and injury returns will go a long way to improving the pass rush. I’m not too sure TD and the Falcon’s have DL as a higher need than OL which has 3 starters who will have expiring contracts this year.

Roe,

I certainly think that the OL is a big need for the Falcons. See above as to why. I think LB is their biggest need followed by OL, DL, TE and WR. You can’t just draft your bggest needs in order, that would be foolish ash you woould be reaching. You have to weight in needs, depth in draft at that postion, etc. to come up with the highest value that fills a need. Based o nthat logic and provided Spoon and Graham are OFF THE BOARD than taking Pouncy at 19 seems to be a shrewed pick. I just can’t see them drafting a DE with the first pick unless he is a slam dunk 1 st year starter. Not sure they can get that at 19. They ahve two young pass rushing DE’s with great upside that need playing time to get better in Sidbury and Bierman. Why draft another young one and take away asnaps from those two. If Abraham has a bounce back season than drafting a DE in the first makes even less sense.

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DOL, do you or anyone else happen to know how many years are left on John Abraham’s contract?

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No pressure from ends last year was most glaring weakness,yall must not watch much football.

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If you believe most of the boards, Pouncey is a once-in-a-generation-type-player. Britt Romberg is good, but I don’t think that he’s a starting center in the league. If McClure is only going to play one more year, and if Pouncey is available at 19, I think TD has to pull the trigger on him. If Pouncey is gone by then, and we haven’t moved up to take him, I see TD taking Graham or someone else similarly situated for DE.

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DOL—You get my first response today. Charlie Casserly rated Pouncey as a second round talent. Sporting News has him listed as a possible Third Rounder. So, why would you want us to take him at 19? Don’t tell me he’s a stud because I watched several games where he looked like a matador against the bull rush. The guy doesn’t even have Max Unger talent and he was taken at pick 49 in round two. I’ve said it before and I am saying it again, the best place to draft a Center is in the Fourth Round. Do you realize that there are 14 sdtarting Centers that were drafted after Round Three?
Mike Jay—- If you read the comments made by Smitty and TD, right after the season, you will see they both pointed to a lack of pressure as the biggest issue facing the defense. Need I remind you that TD also said we wouldn’t be big players in free agency and that he was happy with the young guys in the secondary? Did we then go out and sign Duanta Robinson and resign Williams? Did he trade Chris Houston also? All I’m saying is that Graham is a sure fire starter in his first year. Still, I would prefer Spoon; he has rookie of the year potential.
To everyone else that thinks Pouncey is our guy but only if Graham and Spoon are gone—You are missing that one of the better players would have fallen to us. It could be Justin Pierre-Paul or Derek Morgan or even Rolando McClain that falls to 19. DOL’s mock drafts have been made with the intention of backing who he wants the Falcons to take (Pouncey). And when you look at his mock and don’t think about it you could say it makes the tiniest little bit of sense. All you really have to do is ignore the needs of all the teams drafting after the Fifth pick, the number of teams that need O-line help, San Fran needing corners, Seatle needing a running back and Left Tackle, Tennessee’s need for a wideout and on and on. You should always call into question anyone that has an agenda. DOL has an agenda with Pouncey.

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Paulie—-Pouncey isn’t nearly a once in a generation Center or Guard. In most years he would be a Third Round talent guy! Yet, you have Pouncey as being better then Graham? Go back and watch Tebow running for his life because of the rush up the middle and then tell me Pouncey should be a First Rounder.
Dan—-Merriman hasn’t recovered from the knee injury he suffered two years ago. We can get a talented OLB in the Third and use a compensatory pick for an O-lineman.

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Looks like I’ve got two choices here. I can side with the ’smart folks’ and pull for Pouncey. Or I can side with the ‘not so smart folks’ and prefer someone else.

The problem is, DOL places himself in the ’smart folks’ camp. That’s where the whole thing seems to fall apart.

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There is more to a pass rush than just DE play. You all must not watch much football…

Roe,

Please tell me what high impact palyers will be available to draft at 19 on defense. It is a rare thing for DE to have any impact his first year….very rare. We will just have to disagree that Puoncy would be a ‘depth’ pick. History has proven that OL can be succesfull starting right away, history does not say the same about DE’s. Worst case pioucny is the first guy off the bench at both Guard positions and center. A supersub if wyou will. My guess is he starts right away as she would be an improvement at one of those spots.

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Mike Jay—If Pouncey is so good then who does he compare to? He has fewer skills then Max Unger, who played the run and pass better then Pouncey in college, he spends more time on the ground against bigger DT’s or NT’s then McClure and he tends to lunge at defenders like he was playing basketball. Let Pouncey be some other team’s mistake!

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Michael—The Falcons don’t have a Second Round pick.

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I just don’t see the reasoning behind your being so stuck on Pouncy Mr. Ledbetter? I don’t see it unless they are able to trade down, there’s going to be too much available talent at 19 to select a Center.

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I see FalconFan284 gets it. Good stuff FalconFan. I find it hilarious how people like DOL & Mike Jay can be so enamored with a backup C as our first round pick, but totally ignore our OBVIOUS defensive end & linebacker needs. This draft is high on defensive impact players & Graham, Weatherspoon, Kindle or a defensive end (Pierre Paul or Morgan) will all be available for us. I’m not taking into consideration the nonsensical mock drafts our “beatwriter” has concocted. Again, DOL had Tebow goin #10 overall in his last mock so that speaks to the credibility of his mock. As FalconFan so eloquently put it, it’s clear that DOL has an agenda with “Lashawn Maurkice Pouncey”. I can’t figure out what it is, but it’s become very obvious that DOL bends his mocks so that Pouncey seems like a likely pick for us. I refuse to believe that with all of our DEFENSIVE PROBLEMS, we will take a second round talent at C. It’s a dumb move that you CANNOT justify. We can get a quality, NFL starting C later in the draft (Tennant from Boston College in the 3rd would be a good pick). Stop this Pouncey foolishness, it’s not gonna happen & it doesn’t make sense to keep bringing it up as a realistic pick for us.

-REEgistered as Roe!!!

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D-Led, any news on whether Falcons are doing a private workout or visit for Maurkice Pouncey? As much as drafting a center is not a “fun” pick – i think Pouncey is a can’t miss player who has pro-bowl potential. To get that at #18 overall would be stellar.

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DOL, FalconsFan & Birdland: What do you think of these possibilities?

1. Sean Weatherspoon – WLB – Missourti – Obvious Need at this Position
** Jerry Hughes – DE – Texas Christian – Edge Speed Rusher
3. Matt Tennant – OG/C – Boston College – Depth at Center & Already Accustomed to Ryan
3. Andre Roberts – WR – Citadel – Need At PR/KR & Repalcement for Eric Weems
4. James Graham – TE – Miami – Groomed By Tony Gonzalez
5. Jared Veldheer – OG/T – Hillsdale – Mauler with Nsty Attitude & Depth for Sam Baker
5. Cam Thomas – DT – North Csrolina – Country Strong NT to play alongside Jerry
6. Danario Alexander – WR – Missouri – Replacement for Brina Finnerman
6. Pat Paschall – RB – North Dakota State – Insurance for Norwood when he gets injured

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Allegedly, there is an NFL Network show at 7 pm on Monday or Tuesday that is the unveiling of the 2010 schedule. Sure hope Mr Dukes is there to make sure the Falcons are discussed…

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Have the Falcons even worked Pouncey out?

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Michael—-I love Weatherspoon in the First but I don’t want us to trade our First Rounder next year to move into the Second this year. That is what it will take. I would love to see Cam Thomas go to us in the Fifth but I think he’ll come off the board in the Third and by a team that is going to use the 3-4 defense.

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ok Im a believer, how can you pass on Spoon, he has speed & the strenght needed to play OLB position, but most of all, the guy wants to play for ATL
WE have ends so trade a rb for a second rd pick I say go with Spoon!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Falcons Fan, you miss my point. If the determination was that they just needed a qb, they could have traded the No. 3 pick to Baltimore for a first, a second and a first the next year, and still would have picked up Joe Flacco. The point I’m making is that they wanted Ryan because of the intangibles he brings as a new “face” of the franchise, besides being a qb. I’m just trying to get into TD’s head to figure out what we’re going to do in this draft, not just give my idea of who I think we should pick. It’s all just fun and games at this point.

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I can’t stand Mel Kiper. I think he is a moron, and I’m not sure why they would give him an NFL draft analyst job. He is always wrong and looks like a goober with glasses. I turn the channel everytime I see him on ESPN.

On another note, I hope that the Falcons never draft a guy from the Big 10. Let’s just stick to the real winners of the SEC, BIG 12, and ACC!

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1. Detroit Lions: Jason Smith, OT, Baylor. Lions will try to negotiate a deal before the draft. They pass on Stafford as they try to anchor their O-line.

2. St. Louis Rams: Aaron Curry, LB, Wake Forest. The defensive mind Steve Spagnuolo gets some one to anchor the unit.

3. Kansas City Chiefs: Eugene Monroe, OT, Virginia.

4. Seattle Seahawks: Matthew Stafford, QB, Georgia. Can learn the rope behind Matt Hasselbeck for a year or two.

5. Cleveland Browns: Everette Brown, DE/OLB, Florida State.

6. Cincinnati Bengals: Michael Crabtree, WR, Texas Tech. Bengals ignore his injury woes.

7. Oakland Raiders: B.J. Raji, DT, Boston College.

8. Jacksonville Jaguars: Mark Sanchez, QB,
Southern California.

9. Green Bay Packers: Brian Orakpo, DE, Texas.

10. San Francisco 49ers: Andre Smith, T, Alabama. With Sanchez off the board, Singletary decides his motivational skills can help Smith.

11. Buffalo Bills: Rey Maualuga, LB, Southern Carolina.

12. Denver Broncos: Tyson Jackson, DE, LSU.

13. Washington Redskins: Brian Cushing, LB, USC.

14. New Orleans Saints: Jeremy Maclin, WR, Missouri. Sean Payton adds another weapon for quarterback Drew Brews.

15. Houston Texans: Malcolm Jenkins, CB, Ohio State.

16. San Diego Chargers: Michael Oher, OT, Ole Miss. The second run on tackles starts here.

17. New York Jets: Percy Harvin, WR, Florida. Jets elect to add offensive weapon.

18. Chicago Bears: Aaron Maybin, DE, Penn State.

19. Tampa Bay Buccaneers: Vontae Davis, CB, Illinois. A physical corner who’d fit nicely in their Cover-2.

20. Detroit Lions (from Dallas): Josh Freeman, QB, Kansas State. After passing on Stafford, the Lions add their quarterback.

21. Philadelphia Eagles: Eben Britton, OT, Arizona. They have to find a replacement for Tra Thomas.

22. Minnesota Vikings: Peria Jerry, DT, Mississippi.

23. New England Patriots: James Laurinaitis, LB, Ohio State.

24. Atlanta Falcons: Clay Matthews Jr., OLB, Southern California. Could help rebuild the linebacker unit.

25. Miami Dolphins: Clint Sintim, LB, Virginia.

26. Baltimore Ravens: Darius Heyward-Bey, WR, Maryland.

27. Indianapolis Colts: Knowshon Moreno, RB, Georgia.

28. Philadelphia Eagles (from Carolina): Chris Wells, RB, Ohio State. The Eagles get someone to share the load with Brian Westbrook.

29. New York Giants: Hakeem Nicks, WR, North Carolina.

30. Tennessee Titans: Duke Robinson, OG, Oklahoma.

31. Arizona Cardinals: Brandon Pettigrew, TE, Oklahoma State.

32. Pittsburgh Steelers: Larry English, DE/OLB, Northern Illinois.

FIRST ROUND FRINGE
Michael Johnson, DE, Georgia Tech
Donald Brown, RB, Connecticut
Evander Hood, DT, Missouri
Louis Delmas, FS, Western Michigan
Kenny Britt, WR, Rutgers
Alphonso Smith, CB, Wake Forest

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DOL – good intel on Trent Williams, Pouncy, and Clausen – thx.

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Seattle FF—-The Sporting News and a few other publications had the Falcons selecting Jerry in their Draft Guides last year.

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Look guys, everybody’s giving grief for the Pouncy pick. I don’t agree with it personally either but, if he’s being considered by Denver at 12, Pittsburgh at 18 there has to be some validity to him being considered. At worst we shouldn’t consider him like we shouldn’t consider Haden, Suh, McCoy cause none of them including Pouncy will be there when we pick. DOL had Jerry as his 3rd or 4th possible out of 5. Not spectacular but not sub-par either.

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dont tweet while you drive

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No one will ever take a center at 12, So that’s a red herring from a draftnik with no sense.

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I go with the GM’s pick who ever it is. He’s been right on so far.

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Dunta helps with pass rush, its called coverage sacks. With our front 7 getting better with experience except for Peterson/Abe it will get better. Abe will do better this year. Peterson is the weak link in the front 7, and our L DE. The 1st rd pick has to be one of those 2 positions. The only way I can see it being different is if we get into the 2nd for sure. I personally favor Hughes over Spoon. Spoon reminds people too much of Boley as someone pointed out to me. Get Graham in the 1st and move into 2nd for Hughes would be my plan. Definately would love to see another WR with first pick in the third.

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The Falcons draft needs to look like this.. 1st Round-Brandon Graham
3rd Round-Brandon Spikes
3rd Round-Matt Tennant
4th Round-Dezmon Briscoe
5th Round-Brandon James
after that we can use the rest of our picks on depth at different positions

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Spikes would fit on the strong side… he’s more athletic than weatherspoon and he has a swagger to his game similar to mike peterson except he is younger of course

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Chris Taylor,

Coverage sacks?

Okay, I’ll roll with that in the case of some games, but not all. Against better QB/WR combinations, if you give them long enough, they hurt you. It’s that simple. And if cornerbacks are forced to cover for too long, eventually a receiver gets open somewhere. Maybe not on first down, but on second down. Maybe on 2nd down, but on 3rd.

But seriously…how much better does it get? Will we go from 28th ranked pass rush to 25th? Tha’s an improvement, but it’s not enough. We need to be either in, or damn close to the top 20 teams in that category.

I think Abe will be better, but how much does he bounce back? Not to that 13-16 sack range, I’ll wager. He may be lucky to get close to 10. Dude is talented, but injury prone at times, and he’s not a young’un anymore. I ain’t looking to put him out to pasture, but I’d rather he not be the very pinnacle and lone shining light at the DE position.

Having said that, I’m in favor of Spoon or Graham, I like Hughes as well. Getting Spoon and Hughes works for me, but we still have to get ourselves a WR and a good center. We need both picks in the third to accomplish that, I don’t know about waiting until the 4th, but we’ll see.

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Exactly my point Big Ray, Dunta helps some but not enough. Thats my reasoning for Graham. How many sacks do we expect to get with our current DE’s, not enough. How many do we expect to get with LB in the 1st, not much more with BVG coordinating the D. Abe’s contract is up after 2011, who’s gonna take his place? Sidbury? Biermann? I don’t think so. Graham can impact a moderate amount with high potential this year, being well developed by year 2-3 when abe becomes 3rd down guy. We have a couple late round DE’s already, JA’s bust as DE means that need is still there, it didn’t disappear. Get Graham in the first, OLB in the 3rd.

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I would go with Spikes if he was there in the 3rd, if not then Navaro Bowman. Would like for Hughes to be there but you have to be weary of him and Washington. Two players of decent talent side by side, they elevate each others play & might not be so successful alone. Spikes was a late 1 early 2 till he ran a 5 flat at his pro-day. With good conditioning he will be faster, wasn’t MS a LB coach in Jacksonville?

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I agree with you on that Kelvin, people pay too much attention to pro-days/visits etc.. Game tape is where it’s at. Dez Bryant didn’t run as well as expected at pro-day yet he hasn’t slid as much as Spikes. I like the guy, Spikes could be a steal for us if he slides to the late 3rd. Only thing i’m thinking of is if we don’t get in the 2nd and take Graham in the 1st, we HAVE to take that LB in the 3rd then almost everybody is agreement on Tennant with the comp. pick. That means we won’t get a WR till the 4th. Maybe we find another Brandon Marshall there, he went in the 4th. I like Carlton Mitchell but don’t think he’ll last till the 4th.

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i like carlton mitchell as well and i like the guy from mizzouri danario alexander… the only thing with alexander is he tore his acl twice in college.. i really hope riley cooper or dezmon briscoe slips to the 4th though.. riley cooper was destroying cornerbacks in the sec all year and briscoe played great for kansas.. and as much as i hate to say it we need to get someone to eventually replace norwood but that can be addressed in the later rounds.. as much as we need a pass rush and help in the secondary we need help on the offensive side of the ball to.. there wasn’t any explosive receiver opposite roddy white.. matt ryan will only get better when we put more weapons out there.. the saints had so many different weapons last year it was unfair and we still almost beat them cause our defense played well against them.. if we got brandon graham and maybe traded picks to get in the 2nd for hughes i would be fine but if spikes falls to us im not gonna complain at all with that.. but once again im saying weatherspoon is all hype

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Not having a 2nd is killin us. I like Dexter McCluster to replace Norwood. I can’t remember where I heard it but someone said that we will try to get into the 2nd rd but for a WR. Not sure on the validity of that though. I like Cooper too, more than Briscoe. It’s a hope & a prayer they are there when we pick.

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if we trade up in the second to get a receiver golden tate or demaryius thomas better be there.. golden tate reminds me of hines ward except alot faster and demaryius thomas is a taller and much faster version of anquan boldin… i dont see any comparisons with him and calvin johnson other than they both went to georgia tech and they are tall.. who cares about that.. people look at the wrong things when trying to analyze players… and yea when we traded our second round pick for tony g last year i knew we would need it alot for the draft this year.. tony hasn’t hurt us at all though so we didnt waste our 2nd round pick for this year.. the patriots have 3 second round picks.. maybe we can package norwood or jenkins and a pick next year for one of their second round picks.. that could work considering the fact thomas dimitroff has good ties with the patriots..

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Please trade 19 to the Pats for a 2nd round pick, then take Spoon or Pouncey with 22nd.

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Weatherspoon or McClain…either sits right by me.

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As a Mizzou fan all I can say is Spoon is a game changer.
Best linebacker at Missouri since Andy Russell,

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