Atlanta Falcons: Weatherspoon expected to fill void
Eagles quarterback Michael Vick (7) fumbles the ball, stripped by Falcons linebacker Sean Weatherspoon (56). (Jason Getz / jgetz@ajc.com
Down at the league meetings in Palm Beach, Fla., our good pal Alex Marvez from the Late Hits show on SiriusXM NFL radio caught up with Falcons head coach Mike Smith on Wednesday.
Click for the link to the audio file.
In the interview, Smith talked about the new coordinators, the team’s leadership and how he expects Sean Weatherspoon to step into the void created by the departure of linebacker Curtis Lofton.
Under former defensive coordinator Brian VanGorder the Falcons regularly went with a 3-3-5 alignment on third downs. That didn’t work out too well as they couldn’t mount a consistent pass rush nor cover all zone sectors in coverage. The team finished ranked 29th in third down efficiency last season.
Defensive coordinator Mike Nolan has played both the 4-3 and 3-4 alignments and Smith again alluded to the fact that they will be more “multiple” under Nolan. (Beat Writer’s Translation: Expect some 3-4 derivatives on third downs.) That will be something to watch when the rookie camp convenes a couple of weeks after the draft and later this summer during the OTAs and minicamp.
Here’s a transcript of the interview:
Mike Nolan, Mike Smith and Dirk Koetter. (Curtis Compton/Ccompton@ajc.com)
MARVEZ: You have two new coordinators coming in. Talk a little bit about the impact that you are hoping that will (have)on what is already a very good football team.
SMITH: We are very excited about the additions to our coaching staff. On the defensive side of the ball we have a new defensive coordinator in Mike Nolan, who’s got 14 years experience as a coordinator and 24 years in the NFL as an assistant coach. Mike is a guy that I worked for in Baltimore, so I have a very good understanding of what he brings to the table. Mike is going to bring a new dynamic to our defense, giving it s some flexibility in terms of being a little bit more multiple with his background in the 3-4 defense. He’s a very good third down coach in terms of his third down efficiency. He’s got great packages so I’m looking forward to seeing what he can do with our roster.
MARVEZ: What about on the offensive side of the ball?
Falcons quarterback Matt Ryan will be throwing more deep passes under new offensive coordinator Dirk Koetter. (Jason Getz / jgetz@ajc.com)
SMITH: Dirk Koetter joins us from Jacksonville. Dirk was a very successful college coach at Arizona State. (The) vertical passing game is probably the thing that he is most strong in and it’s something that we want to work on. We feel like that we want to get the ball down the field a little bit more with our two wide receivers and our tight end. Dirk has brought in a new perspective. One thing about when there is change, you get a new evaluation of your roster from the outside. I think that’s a healthy, positive thing.
MARVEZ: Mike, how do you reflect on the 2011 season? You make the postseason, which is a positive, unfortunately, the season ends a little bit too soon for the Atlanta Falcons.
SMITH: I think it was a very inconsistent season for our organization. I don’t know that we ever got into the routine that we would have liked to have gotten into. It was kind of back and forth. I think that is something that we have to address moving forward. Then again, you want to be peaking at the right time, as you know, December and January is when you want to be playing your best football. Unfortu-nately, we haven’t done that. We haven’t played as well as we need to in the postseason. That’s something that starts with me and we have got to look at how we prepare our guys and get our guys ready to go.
MARVEZ: (Intor to question) Where is the locker room leadership right now on your team?
SMITH: Well, I think we have a great leadership group in our locker room. We’ve got a number of what I call mentors. On the offensive side of the ball you’ve got Tony Gonzalez. We were able to sign Todd McClure back (on Tuesday) which I think is a very positive move for us in terms of leadership. You’ve got Michael Turner and Matt Ryan. So, I think offensively we’ve got a number of guys that know how we do things in Atlanta and (know) what we’re looking for. Defensively, (we’ve) got John Abraham back on the defensive line. We lost Curtis Lofton in free agency so there is going to have to be a void filled there, but I think Sean Weatherspoon is ready to step into that role. Sean is a very verbal player and well –respected even though he’s only been in the league two years.
–D. Orlando Ledbetter, The Atlanta Falcons beat blog
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Allbrian
March 29th, 2012
2:46 pm
“Just for farts and giggles if we fire Smitty and Dimitroff, who would we hire in their place? Anybody got suggestions? You see there are two parts to this process. You fire someone you better have a better replacement waiting in the wings.”
LOL! Exactly! No one understands that!
canadian falcon
March 29th, 2012
2:54 pm
Khaos…..shut the f*** up. Ive been a bird fan since 1990 and I am very pleased to have the sucsess we’ve had with this administration. Better to be winning and get a playoff game every year than to hang you’re head in shame year after year. Everyone who is on Ryans case should back off….. How many QBs in the modern era go to the playoffs and win right away…….not many i can think of. I’m looking forward to the season, and beleive we will be fine.
JSS
March 29th, 2012
2:56 pm
Allbrian…
Ha ha…. Read Page 1! Who were Smith and Dimitroff before they came here? You guys act like they were household names!
Jake
March 29th, 2012
2:57 pm
Khaos, It only takes me a couple of minutes to think back about how it was 10 years ago and appreciate watching the Falcons play now. Cleaning the coaching house is not a guarantee Super Bowl appearance…in fact, it makes the chances for that more slim. We’ve got guys that built a strong, but predictable, team. Our third down defense last year was awful. Inconsistency means you were both brilliant and terrible in spurts…so the potential to be brilliant is there within these coaches and players. Personally, I think the current level of coaching replacement may be enough to bring some unpredictability back into our game so our talent can shine a little more consistently.
Dan
March 29th, 2012
3:00 pm
What do you think about Travis Lewis from OK was a preseson top LB
Strengths:
Nice triangle numbers (height, weight, speed)
Deceptively strong
Highly instinctive
Love his hand use
Knows how to stack and shed blockers
Good job working through trash to get to ballcarrier
Very athletic and coordinated
Tough
Beast against the run
Intense playing style
Consistent
Sure tackler
Great agility and change-of-direction
Monster production going back to freshman season
Excellent closing speed
Good pass rusher
Versatile (4-3 SAM, 4-3 WILL, 3-4 ILB)
Good leader
Work ethic isn’t a problem
Active football player; doesn’t disappear
Love his overall skill set and talent
Good (not great) in pass coverage
Covers a lot of ground
True playmaker
JSS
March 29th, 2012
3:02 pm
“How many QBs in the modern era go to the playoffs and win right away…”
Tom Brady, Steve McNair, Kurt Warner, Ben Rothlesberger, Dante Culpepper, Joe Montana, Tim Tebow, etc… Actually the list is pretty deep…
Just saying…
But Ryan is pretty select company now, Ken O’Brien and Peyton Manning… Still, the Colts gutted their defense after 0-3…
Allbrian
March 29th, 2012
3:11 pm
JSS. Well they are the guys that have taken the Falcons to the playoffs 3 out of 4 years, but you’re right we should fire the guys that have given us the best 4 years in a row ever. Right before the draft too. We should get new guys every year! How many winning programs dump their head offices every 4 years?
Allbrian
March 29th, 2012
3:12 pm
Kurt Warner was bagging grocerys. it took him almost 10 years.
Chub Rock
March 29th, 2012
3:13 pm
Perry Fewell? Ok I would like to think we replace Smitty with an upgrade though. I can’t see firing Mike Smith to hire a Perry Fewell, a guy with little or no head coaching experience. Giants have 27th rank defense hmm I don’t see him being an upgrade. Whoever drafted those beast on that D-line in NY gets a lot of credit though. They do hunt when the time is right. Clarence Shelmon? Yea…no I don’t wanna take a long shot on a guy on sabbatical. I had to Google him LOL. You must know the guy. You a Cali native? Few would pull that name out of their hats. No long shots guys. We have a winning head coach already so if we’re going to fire him, it needs to be a sure fire upgrade. Next?
DePort
March 29th, 2012
3:13 pm
I would hate to work for you people on here … Yall would fire me for sneezing wrong! … Firing coaches does not always solve things … you people drive me crazy
JSS
March 29th, 2012
3:20 pm
1. I didn’t say fire him now…
2. You guys asked for replacements ready now…
3. There are only 32 jobs in this league, I’m done with the retreads. Parcells did not start out being Bill Parcells. Bill Walsh had to go down to get head coaching time in…Bill Cowher ain’t coming back for a job like Atlanta… Fewell will be a success like the Harbaughs have…
JSS
March 29th, 2012
3:24 pm
And there are “no” and I repeat “no” sure fire upgrades for a team up against the salary cap in the new CBA, get use to it! Spend smarter next time..
Chub Rock
March 29th, 2012
3:25 pm
JSS- “Fewell will be a success like the Harbaughs have”
See that whole crystal thought process…I’m just not buying. Is Perry Fewell your answer to the firing of Mike Smith? Also since we want to be clear, in what year exactly do you think we should fire Smitty?
JSS
March 29th, 2012
3:30 pm
Well, teams that have won SBs since 1998 or gone? The Giants dumped Fassell for Coughlin… The Colts who were successful till last year well , we all know the story… And then there is Green Bay, Mike Sherman for an unknown named McCarthy … Risk and reward!
Chub Rock
March 29th, 2012
3:31 pm
JSS- “And there are “no” and I repeat “no” sure fire upgrades for a team up against the salary cap in the new CBA, get use to it! Spend smarter next time..”
Please explain your meaning of this statement. Are we still talking about coaches here?
JSS
March 29th, 2012
3:34 pm
This is a make or break year for Smith… If they lay a playoff egg (if they even get there), he’s gone… You don’t have to buy it, some body else can get the reward… That is why you buy bonds the closer you get to retirement, it is for the risk averse…
JSS
March 29th, 2012
3:35 pm
You’re talking coaches and organizations, they are not things you can mutually separate anymore…
Chub Rock
March 29th, 2012
3:37 pm
JSS- “Well, teams that have won SBs since 1998 or gone?”….Huh?
Please don’t post comments until your sure we know what the heck your trying to say. OK so your logic for firing Smitty and hiring someone less qualified is because the Packers did it? Not even sure what your reference to the Colts was all about.
Allbrian
March 29th, 2012
3:39 pm
You don’t fire the GM with 4 straight winning season or a coach with a 43-21 record.
Allbrian
March 29th, 2012
3:41 pm
We are a competitive football team. We just need to build on what we have.
Open Minded
March 29th, 2012
3:51 pm
Mr. Blank will look to see if at the end of the Season we are playoff competitive… a playoff win is what constitutes proof that progress is made…. Even so…Smitty and Dimitroff are not getting fired unless we are pathetic during the regular season or if we just lay down in the playoffs. A close playoff loss will not result in a firing… remember all the years before Dimitroff & Smitty?????
ASHCAN
March 29th, 2012
3:52 pm
Don’t understand why people waist there time writing and commenting on a team that’s not gonna do anything.Four str8 winning seasons and a above 500 record seems to be enough for ledbetter and these fans.Every year you hear all the talk about a one and done post season and what certificates the coaches won.How about trophies?????? and i don’t won’t to hear some crap from a nutt kissing fan screaming,”the falcons have done good,there record since mike been here is 43-21 they went to the playoffs(one and done should’ve just stayed home) four str8 seasons,they have matt ryan(no arm and don’t have a clue in away and playoff games) and they are building”. Been hearing this saying since 1980!!!! Put a real QB behind the talent they have in there recievers.
Chub Rock
March 29th, 2012
3:53 pm
JSS- WTH does hiring a coach have to do with the salary cap?
JSS
March 29th, 2012
3:55 pm
I was very sure what I was saying… You’re not slow, petty maybe, but not slow… Look at the winners and losers of Super Bowls since 1998… Now look at the turnovers in all coaching staffs since then… Only the Steelers (the only changed the HC), the Colts, the Patriots, the Eagles, and the Titans did not have not turnovers in staffs (some multiple times). The NFL winners have consistency at the top of the coaching ranks has become the myth. The Titans and Eagles only had 2 SB appearances and no victories between them… Look, some of you willing to be like the Steelers were between 95 and finally winning in 05. The Rooneys could live with that… The difference is those teams actually won and were competitive in the playoff and Championship games… Sorry, the Falcons haven’t been in the mix since the early 4th quarter in Arizona, take the blinders off…
Allbrian
March 29th, 2012
4:08 pm
ASHCAN who do you propose we get to replace Ryan? It’s easy to bitch, but if you want to be taken seriously you need to have a solution to what you are complaining about.
JSS
March 29th, 2012
4:10 pm
Tsk tsk, if you’re up against the Cap, and you sticking with “what is essentially” the same roster you try “smoke and mirrors,” that is change the coordinators or the approach and “hope” that people catch on to your scheme! Arizona did it the year they went to the Super Bowl with Whisenhunt with Haley and Pendergrast together for 07-08. If you fail (see the 2007 Baltimore Ravens), you blow it up… You guys seem to forget that this team has/had a high number against the cap… What “upgrade head coach” (most people are conjecturing Gruden or Cowher when they make that statement) is going to go to a team against the cap and the talent has not performed in the post-season (andI’m not talking underachieving, but thrashed)?
Chub Rock
March 29th, 2012
4:14 pm
Your right I’m not slow but your post quite frankly make me think you are. Is Perry Fewell your answer to the firing of Mike Smith? Yes or no. I don’t want to talk about bonds or who has won the Super Bowl since 1998. Stick to topic. You want Mike Smith fired…correct? Your answer to the Atlanta Falcons woes of being one and done in the playoffs the last 3 or 4 years is Perry Fewell or Clarence Shelmon….right??
Chub Rock
March 29th, 2012
4:31 pm
Nobody has forgotten anything about the salary cap. I’m just trying to figure out what you saying between all of the ramblings and flashbacks. You talk in circles LOL. You say no coach would want to come here because the team has not performed in the post season. If the Falcons were performing well in the post season would you even be talking about hiring a new head coach?
Falclowns...
March 29th, 2012
4:31 pm
Will still not compete with the Saints….Saints rule even with no head coach….we are that superior….Falclowns are equal to the writer of this article…pathetic…
Barry
March 29th, 2012
4:35 pm
Hey Y’all:
We have better upgrade in all positions. Tampa Bay, Carolina, New Orleans have strengthen themselves with new talent. even the Niners have strengthen theor running back position by getting Brandon jacobs from the Giants. Why didn’t we take a look at getting him. Now that is a big, hard running, agressive, fast running back. The Niners got a steal. We also need to look at our secondary. The leauge and the division are going with tall, strong, fast receivers. We either have to strenghten our rush by getting some big defensive tackles that can move (like the old Grady Jackson) , come up with some good blitz packages or our secondary is going to get “TOASTED”. I hope we fix this.
On offense, we have the talent but I wish we could get some aggressive runnin running backs that know how to blast for the touchdown. I also wish we coud get back to our “zone blocking scheme” that we had for Warrick Dunn, especially with that small running back that we have. Our receivers will be GREAT!!!!
Well this is the perfect time to make changes and adjustments for the upcoming season. I CAN’T WAIT UNTIL THE SEASON STARTS. I KNOW COAH SMITH AND HIS NEW STAFF ARE COMING IN HUNGRY. THE PROCESS CONTINUES IN OUR GETTING TO THE SUPER BOWL. LET”S DO THIS . LET’s DO THIS TOGETHER IN “ONE HEARTBEAT!!”.
SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This is a SECRET from a FALCON FAN. TELL EVERYBODY!!!!!!!!!!!!
………………………………..”ONE HEARTBEAT, BABY………………………
.
Jonas
March 29th, 2012
4:40 pm
ASHCAN, JSS and all the COMRADE/SMITTY HATERS:
Please keep the ridiculous comments coming….you guys are hilarious. Honestly. It’s a damn good thing you don’t own the team; we’d be the Browns if you did. Or the Raiders.
A few thoughts on the complaints:
Scheme matters. See the 2011 49ers for proof. Changing coordinators matter. At 43-21, hasn’t Smitty earned the benefit of the doubt?
Letting Lofton go was a great call; he sucks against the pass, esp on third down. Birds were 29th on 3rd down D. Extra credit: Please review the Harvin touchdown on 4 and 13 against Minnesota for a refresher on Lofton’s pass defense.
The OL in 2010 was one of the best in the NFL; it stabilized after the sixth game last year. We had three new starters. They aren’t new anymore. Plus, we brought in the dude from Jacksonville, and we’ll likely draft someone on the OL. Do you genuises think that the Comrade isn’t aware that the O-Line needs to improve if we wanna throw deep? He KNOWS.
Last and most important, for all the Ryan haters:
Ryan has had one of the best statistical starts in NFL history. Dear God look it up if you doubt it. He’s got one glaring weakness: no touch on the deep ball. I bet he knows. I bet it keeps him up at night. I bet his good boy type A personality has him throwing bombs to his wife in the middle of the night trying to work on timing. With his winning percentage, why don’t you guys just sit back and give him a chance?
PMC
March 29th, 2012
4:48 pm
but speaking of caps…. Curtis Lofton is playing for a song of a cap number this year.
joewhite
March 29th, 2012
5:18 pm
kahos you have to be crazy to fire smith and td and bring in who?Peole act like the birds are just a horrible team.We get our line to protect a little more and defense to get some stops we are good, under nolan we i will get it done.
M. Smith
March 29th, 2012
6:06 pm
I am so glad Payton won’t be on the NO sideline. I am just sick and tired of getting my ass kicked by him.
JSS
March 29th, 2012
6:16 pm
No “circles” or “flashbacks,” just plain facts… As “I” said, Mike Smith has to win… It doesn’t matter if he goes 7-9 (Seahawks-2010), 8-8, or 15-1. If his team gets blown up in the playoffs (again), how anyone justify bringing him back?
On Fewell, he is just as bright any of the young coaches out there. And despite the fact he was given a train wreck in Buffalo, that team competed those last few weeks (7 games), only getting blown out once here in Atlanta… Don’t be a “snarky central blogger” and ask for choices (that you can actually get) and then get all nutty when they are put on the table… Ole 4th and inches, new age Barney Rubble is no nuclear scientist!
JSS
March 29th, 2012
6:28 pm
“Your answer to the Atlanta Falcons woes of being one and done in the playoffs the last 3 or 4 years is Perry Fewell or Clarence Shelmon….right??”
No, a different roster with actual stout lines and not overpaying a rookie QB by $20-25M (with salary cap implications) would have been the place to start addressing those problems. Hey, Mike Smith is like those 1970s Brokerage Houses, conservative on the surface to the general public; but when you really look at the books, they were cooked!!!
john
March 29th, 2012
6:32 pm
M. Smith, without Payton the Saints are still going to be tough to beat. They still have Brees at QB. Plus, Pete called all the plays for their offense at the end of the season and some will argue that with Pete calling the plays, the Saints offense is better. And from the sound of it, Bill will be the Saints head coach while Payton is out. I don’t want Bill as their head coach. All that’s doing is replacing Payton with the guy he modeled himself after. You thought Payton was tough to deal with, wait till Bill gets there. It’s like Payton x2.
jalex49
March 29th, 2012
6:37 pm
It’s hard to go vertical if as a quarterback you are laying flat on your back because your offensive tackle can’t keep people off your a_ _,especially from the left tackle position. It’s obvious that the fans are looking at the problem for the past years different than the coaches?
steven a smith
March 29th, 2012
6:46 pm
rollo lawson
March 29th, 2012
12:00 pm
We need to look at the DT from the University of Washington, Alameda Ta’amu: Washington (6-3, 337)
Great pick if Doug Martin or Coby Fleener are not available….
Chub Rock
March 29th, 2012
7:15 pm
Here you go again with your weird comments. We’re talking football and you go into Barney Rubble. You are much younger than I thought LOL. You truly are clueless. Matt Ryan was paid market price for a QB drafted 3rd overall before the rookie wage scale was implemented. So let me get you straight, now you want a different roster? LMAO! Earlier you wanted a different coach and when I asked you to give me replacement suggestions you gave 2 that don’t make much sense so now you just want an entirely different roster. Maybe you should just find you a different team. You don’t like the coach here nor evidently the players. What’s next? You gonna tell me the Falcons logo needs to be changed. Maybe Barney Rubble was a nuclear scientist living in that 1970s Brokerage house dancing around in your head because your brain is cooked. Write this down, because I don’t do very many predictions. Michael Smith will NEVER be replaced by your BFF Perry Fewell.
falcons2012
March 29th, 2012
7:56 pm
D.O.L i know that Mike Smith is dead set on Sam Baker but it would make Sam Baker work much harder if he knew his job was on the line. SO do you have any news on Marcus McNeil? He should come cheap since noone has offered him anything other then the lions
Bill
March 29th, 2012
8:12 pm
Hey dled did you think to pray?
JSS
March 29th, 2012
8:15 pm
Matt Ryan was not paid “market price” for the 3rd pick (his contract escalated the price for the pick)! Vince Young was picked in the same exact spot. 1. His contract was $72M added an extra year – he got a 6th year, and his guaranteed signing bonus was $34.75 million dollars,
Vince Young got five years with a sixth year team option (which the Titans voided) and as much as US$58 million overall (That is 11.6M per season but his contract was full of roster incentives and bonuses for performance) including only $25.7 million in guaranteed money. Sorry to tell you, but Ryan’s was not, his was straight cap devouring money! The previous year, Joe Thomas same spot in 2007 signed a 6-year contract worth $43 million, $23 million guaranteed, including a voidable year, with the Browns.
I don’t know what “markets and pricing” course you took, but please go and ask for a rebate…
Hey, just like Mike Tomlin, let’s see when history actually tells the story (on Fewell)? Everybody in Pittsburgh wanted Grimm or Whisenhunt!
You can’t keep your lies straight… You asked “if he was replaced” then who would “you” have in place? Like “I” said Cowher and Gruden are NOT coming back for the Atlanta job… And if they were to come back here, it would be to tear it down and start over… Wipe that!
JSS
March 29th, 2012
8:17 pm
And Chubb Rock was hellified in 1990, too bad you’re ruining his good name!
10 of 12
March 29th, 2012
8:59 pm
Fill the void ? Is Smitty lonely again ?
Chub Rock
March 29th, 2012
9:07 pm
By all indications you are an idiot. How did Vince Young perform after the contract was signed? What bench is Vince Young keeping warm? Vince Young is a free agent right now and nobody wants him. Vince Young was drafted in 2006. Matt Ryan was drafted in 2008 so quite naturally the salary/value is going to increase each year. WTF do you think it does dummy, stay the same every year? Surely your not simple minded enough to try to compare the LT market value to that of the QB? You always compare apples to apples not apples to oranges. One of the reasons why the NFL came up with the rookie wage scale is because each year the market value for players drafted in the top 10 was rising too high and thus too risky(Jamarcus Russell). The reason why I know you are mentally challenged is because you truly believe a businessman such as Arthur Blank would pay more than the market dictates for a QB picked 3rd overall. Your feelings are probably still hurt because Mike Vick is no longer using up good cap space in Atlanta. You brought up bonds and brokerage houses but you obviously know squat about the fact that the NFL is a business. Arthur Blank is not in the business of giving any player any more money than the market dictates. Trust me I do not need to tell a lie to destroy your minor league arguments LMAO. The truth is all I need to rip up your weak theories. Seriously, I’m rolling on the floor right now because you took the time to do all of this research of contracts and you didn’t have the first clue that values increase each season. The 2 years in between the contracts is why they are not the same. Wow you are a thick one huh? I can tell you really thought you were on to something because you got happy with your little Chub Rock comment. Your still ass backwards dude and it wasn’t even a nice try. Now you don’t even have to wipe that you can walk around with that stuck to your ass all day. Next?
Chub Rock
March 29th, 2012
9:08 pm
Enter your comments here
uncle rico
March 29th, 2012
9:09 pm
Witherspoon is a warrior and will pay big dividends for the Falcons. In fact, this team has many budding stars on both sides of the ball. But until we get a quality offensive line in place, it does not matter. One may say what they will about MS and the two new coordinators, but TD is responsible for not building this team for the long-run. Sure we have many quality pieces in place, but you do not go out an get a flashy wide receiver when the needs are on the offensive line. EVERY improvement project starts with a strong foundation. This responsibility falls squarely in the lap of TD!
Chub Rock
March 29th, 2012
9:25 pm
JSS- I’ll make this simple since you obviously can’t handle the complicated. Vince Young was drafted in 2006. Matt Ryan was drafted in 2008, obviously the market values increase annually. Did you honestly think they stay the same every year? Wow! When Joe Thomas becomes a QB drafted at the 3rd spot overall then you can use him in this debate. Lets stick to apples and apples OK no oranges please. Seriously, the fact that you don’t understand that the market values increase every year is troubling to me. One of the reasons the NFL came up with the rookie wage scale is because the market values had gotten out of hand on players drafted in the top 10. But regardless of all that, your argument is pointless and idiotic. Matt Ryan is our QB, he has signed his contract and it was a fair one. You speak of bonds and brokerage houses but you don’t have sense enough to know Arthur Blank is not giving Matt Ryan or any other player any more money than the market says he deserves based on where he was drafted and the position he plays. In this battle of minds I feel as though you are unarmed JSS. You can’t win the debate because you don’t know enough about the topic. You felt good about that last post I can tell but it is worthless because you don’t understand one basic concept. There is a 2 year difference between the time Vince Young got his contract and when Matt Ryan got his. In general players in the NFL become more expensive over time not less expensive. LOL
Chub Rock
March 29th, 2012
9:26 pm
DOL you ate my last post homie…not cool.