Falcons should do everything possible to get A.J. Green
A.J. Green did a lot of this Tuesday at Georgia's Pro Day, showing scouts all they needed to see, via the internet. (Brant Sanderlin/AJC)
ATHENS – The greatest highlight reel wide receiver in Georgia history sent three dozen NFL scouts, a dozen assistant coaches and certainly a player agent to the cardiac ward Tuesday when he tripped over a rope on the sideline after running a pass route.
“I’m OK,” A.J. Green said. “I landed on my hands.”
Right. What could possibly go wrong when a receiver trips over a rope and lands on his hands?
Green should have those mitts encased in bubble wrap. If the NFL actually plays next season, those hands will cause hysteria for opposing defensive backs (who won’t have the advantage of a rope). There is every indication that Green will be a top five draft pick, a game-changer, the rare kind of player who years from now will make every other general manager think, “Why didn’t we take him?” or “Why didn’t we trade up to take him?”
The Falcons shouldn’t be one of those teams looking back with regrets. They need to find a way to get A.J. Green.
Yes, the Falcons need help on defense. The Georgia Dome custodial staff is still sweeping up the ashes after what Aaron Rodgers did to the secondary in the playoffs. But this team also needs a significant dose of wow, and Green can provide that.
Adding an explosive weapon on offense jibes with what should be the mandate next season: Go on the attack. Make opponents fear them more. Let quarterback Matt Ryan dictate things. The season didn’t end well for Ryan against Green Bay. But we saw what happened when coach Mike Smith allowed offensive coordinator Mike Mularkey to take the handcuffs off Ryan.
He won the Cincinnati game. He won the Baltimore game. He engineered six late-game comeback victories.
The Falcons’ have struggled the past two seasons when they’ve gone bland and predictable. Green is anything but bland and predictable. Line him up opposite Roddy White, what’s a defense going to do?
It would take a lot for the Falcons to move up from 27th in the draft to get Green: at least this year’s and next year’s first-rounder pick. He’s worth it. There were 48 NFL scouts at Georgia’s Pro Day Tuesday. The only time they looked disappointed was when a bizarre league rule forced them to leave the field when Green ran pass routes.
Green and Kris Durham needed a quarterback to throw to them. But NFL rules stipulate that it had to be a draft-eligible player or someone who lives in the greater Athens area (the rule keeps players from poaching on several Pro Days). The only quarterback available was Justin Roper, who played last season at Montana but still lives in Buford. Given the circumstances, the league agreed to allow Roper to throw only if the scouts left the field. They were given the option to watch Green via an internet feed from Butts-Mehre Heritage Hall. But most were upset and left, only a few staying to watch.
Green kind of laughed about it and said, “It doesn’t bother me.” He passed on the other drills, letting his scouting combine numbers stand. He looked confident and said later of his NFL aspirations: “I don’t want to be a regular receiver. I want to be mentioned with the greats.”
It says here he will be.
There was a potential red flag last week when word leaked that he scored only 10 out of a possible 50 on the Wonderlic test. The test results are weighed differently by teams. Some don’t consider it important at all.
Asked about the test score, Green said: “That didn’t bother me. I went through [only] 20 questions — I didn’t finish. I was thinking too much, and time was up at 12 minutes.”
Then came this: “If you come back here and look at my grades, I’m no dummy.”
One NFL scout in attendance agreed. “There are other ways to test IQ while taking the reading element out of it,” said the scout, requesting anonymity. “You can put him on the [white] board and find out how smart he is. But obviously, the kid can play really well. He’ll be fine.”
The numbers: Thirty-two games, 166 catches, 2,619 yards, 23 touchdowns. He’ll be better than fine. The Falcons shouldn’t let him leave the state.
By Jeff Schultz
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254 comments Add your comment
1980 was so long ago
March 22nd, 2011
5:28 pm
First
1980 was so long ago
March 22nd, 2011
5:29 pm
“There are other ways to test IQ while taking the reading element out if it”
LOL
first
March 22nd, 2011
5:29 pm
first
first
March 22nd, 2011
5:30 pm
dang!
FalconDawg
March 22nd, 2011
5:33 pm
Do it!
FalconDawg
March 22nd, 2011
5:36 pm
Hopefully next years pick is at least late twenty anyway maybe thirty. Its time to win now!! Turner and Tony G will be worthless after this year anyway, then its on to looking for a RB, so lets go after him now and win this thing this year.
Atl teams= Playoff chokers
March 22nd, 2011
5:37 pm
Trade ANYONE but Roddy white to get AJ green.
"Chef" Tim Dix
March 22nd, 2011
5:37 pm
Maybe he should have claimed to be “hurt” by the rope and Demi would have made him a first round draft pick.
Thomas’s body of draft work in early rounds is beginning to be an issue for debate.
Chris
March 22nd, 2011
5:38 pm
AJ will be one of the best WR next season in his rookie year. He has big play potential on every play from anywhere on the field. When you are constantly compared to Randy Moss and Larry Fitzgerald by college and pro players and coaches, you are not normal. He will be a beast no question. As great as it would be to see him across from Roddy White, it won’t happen. I think the Bengals willbtake him at number 4.
slow news day
March 22nd, 2011
5:39 pm
How to get page hits eventhough it will never happen?
hmmmm….
combine uga and the falcons!!!
robertussen
March 22nd, 2011
5:41 pm
as a summerville resident, a summerville high school grad, a uga fan, and a falcons fan there is nothing i want more, but it wont happen
What I'm Sayin!
March 22nd, 2011
5:42 pm
Schultz, I LOVE it! I agree about A.J. Green. This guy is a game-changer, I would give up this year and next year’s 1st rd picks to get the next Larry Fitzgerald opposite Roddy White.
Rock Star from Mars
March 22nd, 2011
5:42 pm
The falcons need to draft a dawg, but they dont have to m ove up. Huston will be available in late frist round for defense….Dont waste anything by moving up to get Green. Defense lost us the playoff game, not O. Go Jackets!
Atl teams= Playoff chokers
March 22nd, 2011
5:42 pm
This aint happening though. Not a chance.
jfreak13713
March 22nd, 2011
5:47 pm
NEVER GOING TO HAPPEN … But I sure hope they can find a way to land this kid! This coming from a Georgia Tech fan! He is as good as I’ve ever seen and would look good in Falcon Red instead of Georgia red. LOL
The Sham
March 22nd, 2011
5:50 pm
Sorry Schultzy! But this guy has ZERO chance to be wearing a falcons jersey unless we package a veteran (of merit) with our 1st rd pick this year. This franchise seems to covet the picks more so than anything.
Don’t get me wrong. I’d LOVE to have him and his wunderlic score running our go and deep slant routes. Green is what Michael Jenkins dreams about being in his sleep. I just don’t see it.
Worm
March 22nd, 2011
5:51 pm
I’m still steaming about Jammi German over Hines Ward in round THREE!
BarkingBulldawg
March 22nd, 2011
5:54 pm
Schultz…You prove with articles like this what a total windbag you really are at times. There is absolutely a 0% chance the Falcons will take Green….and thank god for that. Not only is he not a fit for us, it would cost the farm to go get him. That is not the type of move that stable, competent franchises make. Who are the explosive receivers Tom Brady has had over the years?
Take note that the square masses agree with you. You’re in line with “can’t wait to be the first posted reply” guy. Some good company dontcha think?
I guarantee you this…teams like the Pats, Colts, Steelers, and yes Falcons will not even consider such a move. No, a franchise more likely to mortgage their draft to move up for him would be the Redskins. I would say the Bungles but they are picking so low that this year, they are out the running.
Seriously SCHULTZIE, it absolutely baffles me that you would start to write this piece much less post it after having the time to figure out what a terrible idea you were proposing all throughout the writing process.
Next time, save yourself the time and energy and spend it on something else….GETTING A CLUE.
David
March 22nd, 2011
5:55 pm
Hey Schultz is this a fanstasy draft you are talking about? No way Falcons can move that far up the board!
Dirty Jacket
March 22nd, 2011
5:56 pm
Why should the Falcons waste an early pick on a wide receiver? We’re not the Detroit Lions. We should use the pick on linemen. We can trade for proven wide receiver talent that can impact the game immediately.
Barkin'Dog
March 22nd, 2011
5:57 pm
jfreak13713 — He is as good as I’ve ever seen and would look good in Falcon Red instead of Georgia red.
Now that’s funny, for real … and true. A.J. would easily make up for one TD a game that you may lose with a lower rated pick on defense. How can you lose with that?… except a higher payroll (as he won’t come cheap). And, yes, I believe it could happen… if TD wants it to.
Ghost of Whack Hyder
March 22nd, 2011
5:57 pm
As much as I hate the leg-humpers, I sure would like to see the Falcons pick up A.J. Green as Schultz suggested.
When Tony Gonzalez retires (after 2012 season?), the offense is going to be in trouble, unless the Falcons have another top-line receiver.
5150 UOAD
March 22nd, 2011
6:13 pm
like getting MV7? AJ is a JOKE! he needs to go to the Bengals or Browns.
Russ, the Temporary Mascot
March 22nd, 2011
6:15 pm
“There are other ways to test IQ while taking the reading element out if it.” They do that with dogs all the time. When I was a puppy I read at A.J.’s level but they knew I was smart when I sold my sweater for a profit. Parallels can be drawn there . . . but not by A.J. He did not do well in geometry. In fact, I’m pretty sure he didn’t take geometry. Whoa, soon to be the most hated Temporary Mascot at UGA. At least I stuck around for another season.
RomeDawg
March 22nd, 2011
6:16 pm
It’ll NEVER happen!! I think Green WILL be mentioned with the greats when his career is over, but it won’t be as a Falcon. Sadly, his career will probably be wasted with a franchise out of Ohio.
5150 UOAD
March 22nd, 2011
6:18 pm
@Ghost
How do A J GREEN and Tony Gonzales even compare? An ALL PRO TIGHT END and a thin waiting to be broken in half crossing the middle WR compare? I could B…Slap A J and make him cry.
5150 UOAD
March 22nd, 2011
6:22 pm
RUSS the REAL Fans Mascot
We love your Calling out Jokes and the fun poking jokes at other teams.
What did you have to DO/Sell/Trade for that Tattoo on your non-white butt?
Trojan
March 22nd, 2011
6:23 pm
He IS what the Falcons need on offense.
Paddy
March 22nd, 2011
6:25 pm
You have NEVER been so right, Jeff!
The Dude Abides
March 22nd, 2011
6:27 pm
MB, can i buy the dope ur smoking?
Paddy
March 22nd, 2011
6:27 pm
5150 UOAD……you need to watch a football game before you comment on one of its players. You have no clue about talent that is so head and shoulders above the rest of the competition!
BiggdawgK
March 22nd, 2011
6:29 pm
Did that NFL rule that forced the scouts to leave hurt Durham’s chances of being drafted? It would seem like the NFL would want scouts to actually see receivers catch balls but I guess not.
wxwax
March 22nd, 2011
6:36 pm
He skipped the combine-type stuff.
The scouts didn’t watch him run routes.
So what on earth did they actually do? What’s left? I’m confused.
5150 UOAD
March 22nd, 2011
6:39 pm
Paddy
You must be a Talent Scout making Millions. Tebow was not a 1st round pick but some fool did it. A J is a JOKE physically. Ray Lewis would BUST A J into some good chicken wings. J Jones from BAMA is ROCK Solid.
Benjamin
March 22nd, 2011
6:40 pm
Barking Bulldawg, were all those words really necessary just to say “I disagree.”?
Maybe AJC should hire you to write a point/counterpoint piece or something. Geez…
5150 UOAD
March 22nd, 2011
6:43 pm
Paddy just for fun. Calvin Johnson had some GREAT stats after Fatt Matt STIFford was hurt AGAIN and picking up a NFL 1st round QB paycheck.
crabapplejoe
March 22nd, 2011
6:51 pm
Instead of stretching and using draft picks for Mr. Overhyped……just wait around and pick up Kris Durham as an undrafted FA……about the same size and speed (Durham ran a 4.43 today).
Timbo
March 22nd, 2011
7:02 pm
Talk about a transparent throw away blog to get the Dawg/Falcon fans excited. Jeff you know the Falcons don’t have a chance in hell at landing Green and you also know that Dmitroff doesn’t do business this way…What is it with this constant need every year to have a discussion about how the Falcons can land the next great UGA alumus to play for them as if the two teams are some how connected…They’re not. Anything to generate traffic right Jeff?
robertussen
March 22nd, 2011
7:06 pm
If you don’t know who John Mckissic is you should look him up. He was Aj’s coach here in Summerville SC. He also holds the record for most football wins at any level (Joe Pat eat your heart out) and made it almost impossible to beat. He said that Aj is the best football player he has ever seen, (trust me he knows what he’s talking about, he’s been coaching a loooooooooooong time), and Aj remains the only person in the even loooooooooonger history of Summerville High School to have their number retired which was 1
GTBob
March 22nd, 2011
7:11 pm
So the Falcons who have an excellent passing game and a terrible defense should trade half the team so they can get a wide receiver? Are you feeling ok Jeff? AJ is good but he isn’t that good. Even Calvin wasn’t that good.
bad brad
March 22nd, 2011
7:29 pm
I hate posting on your blogs but for the second time ever I agree with you. Can’t remember what the first concerned. Still hoping you get that buyout.
Mark Bradley
March 22nd, 2011
7:37 pm
Hey!….This is an EASY and controversial type blog……You stole this idea from me! You better watch your back Schultz!!
Badgerina
March 22nd, 2011
7:39 pm
What’s up Wisconsin!
AJ Green's Short Bus
March 22nd, 2011
7:40 pm
Hey….I took this kid to school and I can tell you, he is a retard.
5150 UOAD
March 22nd, 2011
7:46 pm
Why do the Falcons need a DEION SANDRES more that they need a JOHN SMOLTZ? I want a PLAYER that is about the Business of the sport. A J Green is a JOKE JOKE JOKE. Maybe if the NFL draft works out just right he can join Matt Stifford in Detroit.
coach smith
March 22nd, 2011
7:53 pm
Totally agree and I have been screaming this to anyone who will listen for months….The Falcons have a window of 5 maybe 6 years…that means they need someone who can make a difference NOW not a few years from now..Trade this year’s 1st round pick, next year’s (which will be late first round anyway) and Michael Jenkins if necessary
GET AJ GREEN
tim
March 22nd, 2011
7:54 pm
I scored double what Green scored on the Wonderlic test…….draft me.
BravesFan79
March 22nd, 2011
7:55 pm
I said the same thing about Calvin Johnson! A better player, higher IQ, and better character!!
mike
March 22nd, 2011
7:59 pm
AJ Green is not physical enough. He disappeared in physical game throughout his career. A trademark of Richts receivers. They run soft sideline routes with multiple curls. My money go for the kid from Alabama Jones. Big and physical did not avoid contact. He is proto-type NFL receiver.
Matthew
March 22nd, 2011
7:59 pm
I like AJ Green. Alot.
However, there is as good a wide reciever that is bigger, stronger, and faster that is 3 hours away in Tuscaloosa that would be just fine– Julio Jones.
For a player that is as hard a worker as anyone of us SEC fans have ever seen (blocking tackling, catching, running), we could give up a 1st and 3rd this year and a second to hopefully move up in front of St. Louis who will surely grab him.
That gives us the chance to still get players we need desperatly in the secondary.
John
March 22nd, 2011
8:01 pm
I normally am not in favor of mortgaging the future for one player with that being said Mr. Blank/TD/Coach Smith. WE should put a package together that would allow US to move up in the draft to take AJ Green. Since this draft is deep in DT/DE WE could go after THE premier Wideout in the draft and get DT/DE help later on in the draft. Possiblities for DT/DE help are Bailey/Miami/FL or Greg Romeus/PITT
Dumbo
March 22nd, 2011
8:01 pm
5150 UOAD….come on Techie…you want the Falcons to draft that joke of a QB from Wreck U….reckon since he can’t throw or tackle…maybe he can be a reciever…..yeah, draft the Heisman Joke from North Ave Trade School
mike
March 22nd, 2011
8:01 pm
Plus the Alabama kid has a couple of SEC titles and NCAA Championship under his belt. He knows the sacrifices it takes to get to the top. Green played on three really nice teams with no championships. Does he have or even know what is needed to get himself and team-mates to the next level.
mwh6767
March 22nd, 2011
8:02 pm
He is a great player and it would be a popular move but it isn’t the RIGHT move for the Falcons at this time. This isn’t the Falcons pre-vick. The Falcons needed to move up and get Vick, the franchise need some buzz, some excitement as much as at need to win games then. That isn’t the case now. This franchise is looked at now as doing it the right way, building a perennial championship contender. You don’t do that by throwing away two, possibly three future drafts by moving up to get a guy who wouldn’t even be the number one reciever. Stay where you are draft the best available and work on the defense with the other picks. When this lockout mess is over be a player in free agency.
Chris S
March 22nd, 2011
8:03 pm
Bizarre that the Dawgs couldn’t find someone who lives in the “Greater Athens area” to throw to them. Was Bobo out of town? I think he played QB at one point.
JDawg1785
March 22nd, 2011
8:04 pm
If the Falcons go after any Dawg in the first round it should be Justin Houston. They can then add Kris Durham in the second round if they need a great receiver from UGA to line up opposite Roddy White.
Dallas Falcon
March 22nd, 2011
8:05 pm
A J Green will be a great NFL receiver and it would be great if the Falcons could draft him , but it won’t happen. Hopefully, the powers that be at Flowery Branch have learned that you don’t trade a future first round pick for anything-they’re too valuable. I’ve seen the Cowboys trade two first rounders for Joey Galloway and again trade a first rounder for Roy Williams. Neither did anything for the team, Galloway was unceremoniously released and they’ve been trying to get rid of Williams big contract. Don’t get enamored with big name receivers-Who were the big name receivers in the Super Bowl?
willie
March 22nd, 2011
8:15 pm
This year and next year’s 1st from Falcons would not be enough, according to the chart they all go by.
JSS
March 22nd, 2011
8:16 pm
If Kris Durham ran a 4.43, the hand timer must have been Momma Jefferson! Unless you can show me an electronic timer with a photo and electronic starter sensor; then you are just babbling out non-sense…
Exactly who are the Falcons going to dangle out there to move that high in the draft? Come on, clue us all in on how to get that pick? The future picks? Why?
BigDawg
March 22nd, 2011
8:16 pm
Sorry Schultz but we have more pressing needs on the Falcons. Getting a decent receiver in the later rounds is perfectly OK. How many 1st round receivers pan out anyway??? Ask Detroit how that plan works? They drafted three first rounders and one apparently worked out. Green was a great college player but he’ll not do so well in the NFL. His wonderlic score likely hints that he’ll go through his millions in a nano second and is simply not the type of player the Falcons need that early in the draft. If he drops to second or third round…Fine. Otherwise stick to the plan!!!
Sorry Dogs
March 22nd, 2011
8:17 pm
Did you see that test score? Dude will get lost on I-285 and never make it to the games.
BigDawg
March 22nd, 2011
8:18 pm
As for other comments…Durham is not a 2nd rounder!! 5th round on he just may get picked. And he likely would be a value pick if you can get him late enough.
Delbert D.
March 22nd, 2011
8:20 pm
Nonsense. The Falcons should trade down for 2 picks in the 2nd round.
Postman
March 22nd, 2011
8:31 pm
As awesome as it would be there is absolutely no chance that AJ ends up on the Falcons. While I do agree we do need a play-maker he’ll be gone way before the time we pick, or would be able to trade up to pick.
WOTR
March 22nd, 2011
8:31 pm
Just what the Falcons need – another illiterate thug.
Lorenz
March 22nd, 2011
8:34 pm
Did you see that test score? Dude will get lost on I-285 and never make it to the games.
LakeDawg
March 22nd, 2011
8:35 pm
Probably won’t be able to get Green, but they could get Durham in a later round for nothing. That would be a steal.
True Falcon Fan
March 22nd, 2011
8:37 pm
I agree w/WOTR – didn’t everyone get enough of Vick……….Green, doesn’t get it never will!!!
Green / Vick / V Young wonderlic scores single digits – isn’t that enough!!!!!
Send them to the “Redskins”
WJ
March 22nd, 2011
8:49 pm
I trust the Falcons GM and Coach Smith’s decision on Green.
heyberto
March 22nd, 2011
8:55 pm
Shultz endorsing a Georgia Player? I’m shocked… oh wait… he’s a FORMER Georgia Player. I get it now.
DHD
March 22nd, 2011
8:57 pm
What do we do….run up to the podium on draft day before anybody else and claim him?
dz
March 22nd, 2011
9:06 pm
If we move up in the Draft it better be for a DE.
Nuff said, dumb article. We don’t need a #1 WR, and trade this years first, a 3rd, a 4th and next years first.
waynester
March 22nd, 2011
9:08 pm
Something else no one has mentioned–like the Geico guy says “it takes 2 to tango”. Just which one of the top teams would be willing to forgo their immediate needs for a couple of low 1st round picks, one of them not ’til 2012? As others have mentioned CINN is the likely landing spot for Green at #4. That means getting up to 2 or 3. Our #27 is worth 680. #3 is worth 2200 and #2 2600. This does not compute….
Amen to Kris Durham in the latter rounds/UDFA…..
Larry
March 22nd, 2011
9:13 pm
Jeff,
You really disappoint me. I was just starting to think you had a clue and then this utterly ridiculous suggestion.
Here’s why the Falcons will not:
31/36 Passing, 366 aggressive (not make up) passing yards, 3 TD passes, 48 relatively easy points and nary a forced punt–all against the number one seed at HOME!
You could spot today the Falcons, in their prime, Barry Sanders, Jerry Rice and Randy Moss and they still lose to Green Bay. You do not win playoffs games with a defense that can’t force a single punt, gives up 48 points and, worst of all, quits on their team and its fans in the 3rd quarter of a home playoff game.
The Falcons need a DE–maybe two–more than anything. You beat a Tom Brady like the New York Giants DL did in the Super Bowl. You beat a Aaron Rodgers, Drew Brees and Peyton Manning the same way. To get to him and put his butt on the ground and disrupt his rhythm and plant a big seed of doubt in his mine that he just may not walk off the field the next down!
tom
March 22nd, 2011
9:20 pm
No and Hell No!
BiggdawgK
March 22nd, 2011
9:20 pm
I have been saying on AJC blogs since last fall the Falcons should give Kris Durham a long look. He has size, deceptive speed, soft hands, runs sweet routes and can climb the ladder. He would be perfect to replace Finneran except I think he will be better.
Wherever Durham winds up he will be a late round bargain. I have to laugh at bitter UGA haters who are so jealous of the Dawgs they become delusional. How else can you explain anyone thinking AJ Green will not be a star in the NFL? The same goes for the idiot who suggested Durham’s 4.43 time was not real. It’s sad that they let their hatred and unfulfilled dreams rule their pitiful little lifes.
waynester
March 22nd, 2011
9:30 pm
It’s like BigdawgK said–Durham is the genuine article– possession receiver 6′5″ and can flat go UP and get the ball at it’s apex. He doesn’t drop many, either….
The Ghost of UGA VII
March 22nd, 2011
9:35 pm
Well, fans, it’s nice and quiet up here, but boring. We win all the time, unlike some football teams that go 6-7, if you know what I mean. No wonder my ticker went bad so fast.
Anyhow, nice to see my fill-in Russ, he of the spotted a$$, is living it up. Enjoy it while you can, partner. Boise State is coming to town in a few months, and you’ll need to wear pads to guard against all that kicking. Anyway, I got a C-note against the Big Guy up here that the arrests will be minimal in Athens before the season starts. My over-under is 7, and I’m taking the under. He snickers at me whn He passes by. I wonder if he knows something I don’t.
And don’t worry about A.J. Green. There will be plenty of him to go around once one of those big NFL linebackers breaks him into about seven pieces.
Halsey
March 22nd, 2011
9:44 pm
It’s nearly impossible for the Falcons to get Green. The only thing NFL teams can trade in the 2011 Draft, as of right now, are 2011 Draft picks. Because of the lockout, current players and future Draft picks are not eligible to be traded. Not happening.
ATLBadger
March 22nd, 2011
9:45 pm
Good thing Dimitroff doesn’t take draft advice from Schultz. Geez, what a terrible idea.
Quack Quack Wobble Wobble
March 22nd, 2011
9:58 pm
How is Aj going to catch a 20 yrd out pass if Matt Ryan’s weak arm can’t make the throw? I would say we would be better served drafting a tight end. We need to keep it simple and boring as we have been doing ever since we drafted Matt to make up for his physical limitation. As the experts have said during the season on tv last year, we have a boring offense that is hard to watch.
gt4ever
March 22nd, 2011
10:01 pm
IF the Falcons are stupid enough to draft a WR 1st, then they need to get Julio Jones from Alabama…. Julio is a MAN compared to AJ
JSS
March 22nd, 2011
10:06 pm
Sigh, I said it last Fall, Durham will end up in St. Louis, Arizona, or San Diego. He fits a real need for those teams as long his injuries don’t scare them off… I love it when Falcons fans get hardcore fixation on a target. Good luck to both of the young men; but this is the NFL and not the recruit who you like or can buy (AKA the SEC). Dimitroff is supposedly a “genius.” Time to prove your worth Dobie Gillis!
Dan
March 22nd, 2011
10:17 pm
I dont think we can give up 2 picks for him but I would mind seeing instead of picking a wr in the draft maybe see if Michael Floyd from ND will be available for the supplemental draft. I would keep this years #1 and give next years #1 for Floyd.
Angie O'Plasty
March 22nd, 2011
10:17 pm
Can he spell A.J. ?
JSS
March 22nd, 2011
10:23 pm
BigDawgK…
That 4.43 is not real. I saw Chris Johnson run in shorts before he was picked. He was a hand time 4.16, the electronic time was 4.27. I saw Usain Bolt run in Berlin (in person) the night he went sub 3.8 over the last 40 in his WR. Kris Durham is nice kid and a good receiver. But he has never and will never run below a 4.55 in the 40. He does not have a top gear like that… Oh yeah, Chris Collingsworth ran a 4.4 back in 1980. See, there is a difference between “Fast” and then there is “FAST!”
dobearsbare
March 22nd, 2011
10:27 pm
I watched every game Green played at Georgia, and he was good, no doubt. I’m racking my brain to come up with one game he changed, though, and I can’t come up with one. He’ll face better corners in the NFL, and if he’s a top 5 pick, he won’t be paired with any of the league’s better quarterbacks. He’ll be solid. Brian Finneran with better speed. I’d love to see him be one of the greats, but I’ll believe it when I see it.
Memphis Mike
March 22nd, 2011
10:32 pm
If the Falcons get A. J. Green, any inside line on who his remedial reading coach will be?
Chaz McDonald
March 22nd, 2011
10:36 pm
Let me get this straight. The NFL is basically kaput until the labor agreement gets put back together. Why did the scouts CARE if it was against the rules?
The Real Falcon
March 22nd, 2011
10:39 pm
Why this is the wrong thing to do:
1.We did not cause a punt in the Green Bay playoff game.
2.WR’s take years to make an impact and we need someone ready to contribute.
3. There will be veteran WR’s available later.
4. Defense wins playoff games, Not rookie WR’s.
5. Green does not understand the NFL route tree.
5. Did I mention the Green Bay game?
joe
March 22nd, 2011
10:44 pm
Jeff, you never cease to amaze with your stupidity.
Washon Ealey UGA tutor and driving professional
March 22nd, 2011
10:54 pm
Was Julio Jones dumb enough to sell his jersey on Ebay???? Forget and the stick figure AJ Green and draft a MAN at the WR position in Julio Jones. We already know he is in good shape coming from Bama’s strength and conditioning program, while AJ still looks like the same size when he was in high school
The Grinch
March 22nd, 2011
11:05 pm
Any discussion of getting Green is silly; it isn’t going to happen. I agree with folks on here that Durham will be a good receiver and worth a look, but we all seem to be forgetting that TD just drafted a similar guy in Kerry Meier. Durham would probably be a bit better, but I don’t see them using both. Not with Jenkins too who might as well run that slow the way he plays. We can’t have Roddy as our only speed guy, especially considering how slow our RB’s and TE’s are.
PMC
March 22nd, 2011
11:16 pm
I’m not sure they have the luxury of going after Green frankly.
They have to improve greatly at DE and OLB.
If they go after Green they have to go All IN in FA too and grab guys who can play immediately at end and linebacker.
If they don’t get Green they could try and add a player like Sidney Rice in free agency.
I wouldn’t mind having a go at Kris Durham though late if the Kansas kid doesn’t work out.
PMC
March 22nd, 2011
11:19 pm
Would love to have AJ Green, but this team still has too many holes on defense to spend that many picks.
Freeman is going to be really good and TB has huge WR’s compared to our corners.
Same with New Orleans.
The defense and the pressure are the most critical need. I think they can find a #2 even if that receiver is never close to AJ Green.
opie taylor
March 22nd, 2011
11:31 pm
Jeff, why waste a first round pick on a receiver when the quarterback can’t throw the ball 20 yards down field. We need defense but Dimitroff’s draft record in three years is mediocre at best.
Peria Jerry-Bust, Curtis Lofton-Mediocre can not cover receivers or tight ends a wasted 2nd round pick for a two down linebacker. Chevis Jackson-Bust. Sam Baker, injury prone, can not pass protect wasted two 2nd rounders to move up for this bust. Wilrey Fontenot-Bust, William Middleton-Wasted draft pick plays for Jacksonville. Christopher Owens-drafted in 3rd round rated 5th rounder-Bust.
Character is a good thing if the player can produce, this NFL is designed for playoff wins not boyscouts, who cares about drafting mediocre players for the sake of character! How has that strategy played out? 0-2 playoff record. This is Atlanta not New England!
observor
March 22nd, 2011
11:39 pm
Wow, this column is the definition of mailing it in as it demonstrates no analysis or serious thought of any kind. Just an example of pumping out more widgets as fast as you can.
Whopper Dawg
March 22nd, 2011
11:44 pm
TD has drafted 6 defensive backs in three years. None, and I mean none, can play. We do not have one, and I mean one, starter from the last two drafts (Perry, Spoon and Moore are not consistent starters or performers).
Due to TD’s inability (and I mean that seriously) to draft PLAYERS, I would trade the entire draft to move up to AJ or the CB from LSU. Really, let’s don’t spend any more picks on practice squad players,bench warmers and cuts.
Really. TD SUCKS at the draft.
SEC Fact Finder
March 22nd, 2011
11:44 pm
Jeff,
I have to thoroughly disagree with you. The Falcons that we last saw against Green Bay in the Playoffs showed a pure lack of Defensive Backs who could cover and make plays.
If the Falcons do not move forward with help on defense we will see this team return to a 9-7, 10-6 record only to be bounced in the playoffs if they make it. I would take 3 players up the middle first( NT, LB, DB) and not in that order. If they are able to add a wideout with range in the later rounds then go for it.
I personally think AJ will make a good NFL wideout, but with his current frame he will need to bulk up some to take the physical pounding that wideout take.
Defense, Defense, Defense, DB’s DB’s DB’s.
Seriously
March 22nd, 2011
11:57 pm
Opie and Whopper… seriously? You know absolutely less about football than a 12 year old. We got 5 starters from the 08 draft! Ryan, Baker, Lofton, DeCloud and Biermann. (To write that Fontenot, a 7th round pick, is a bust is laughable. You can’t be a bust in the 7th round.) Peters in the 3rd round last year was a find. William Moore is a stud and I bet Weatherspoon will be too. We miss on one pick by taking Jerry over Clay Matthews. But rumor was that Clay was ‘roided up based on how much he grew at USC. Still can’t imagine how he has not been caught – look at the dude’s forehead. TD is so far above past Falcons GM’s its incredible. Take a gander at this history and compare how bad it was in prior years… http://www.nfl.com/draft/history/fulldraft?teamId=0200&type=team
Shoeless Joe Jackson
March 23rd, 2011
12:00 am
If the Falcons didn’t trade up to take another local guy named Calvin Johnson (who by the way was bigger, stronger, and faster than said Green is now) several years ago, do you think they’ll trade up to take him? Personally, I don’t think they need Green. Trading up that high will cost the team a ton too.
Kevin
March 23rd, 2011
12:00 am
Yea, maybe trade a third string DB for one of the top 2-3 picks to assure the falcons can get him……..or wait, that trade would not work. Come on Shultz, if you don’t give up white or so called (matty ice), you are not drafted in top 10. AJ will be gone stupid article and logic.
I would actually trade Ryan, think he stinks and has gotten
Iucky last couple yrs-, think he has peeked.
Seriously
March 23rd, 2011
12:01 am
Oh and Whopper… Moore and Peters both started 15 games this past year. So you’re right, we don’t have ONE starter from past two draft. We have TWO. Next time do your research before you slam TD.
Shoeless Joe Jackson
March 23rd, 2011
12:02 am
Whoa, just realized I threw the word said in there for no reason. Been a long day.
Kevin
March 23rd, 2011
12:03 am
Shoeless, yep he was bigger, faster, and maybe stronger.
But green blew him off map with actual production per game, td’s and highlight reel catches. Be careful,in that comparison, if you just take numbers, green wins all day long
Sebastian is King
March 23rd, 2011
12:11 am
Eh, I don’t know about that Kevin. I was at the game when him and Tech came to visit when my Canes were ranked 3rd in the country and they knocked us off. He made a spinning catch that I don’t know if many current NFL receivers could ever make. I also saw a highlight from his freshman year when they played NC State and he made an insane one handed catch on a ball that was thrown behind him. Sorry Green never makes that catch.
Johnson pretty much obliterated every Tech receiving recored with an awful QB. He probably would have won the Heisman if he had a good QB while he was there. Detroit fans didn’t give him the nickname Megatron for no reason. I’d take him over AJ Green every day of the week.
Sebastian is King
March 23rd, 2011
12:19 am
I’m sure the Falcons will go D-line with the 1st pick but I think there’s alot of room for improvement in the secondary. I wouldn’t be mad if they drafted a corner with their first pick either.
opie taylor
March 23rd, 2011
12:56 am
Seriously, I have covered the Falcons for over forty years, spare me the history lessons! The bottom line in any business is results. Of course Dimitroff started five players from the 2008 draft, he drafted them! Mike Smith does not have a choice but to play the players the GM drafts and forces him to play, any five year old knows that.
Moore did not start 15 games last season he missed five with a leg injury. What games were you watching? Dimitroff will certainly play the draft picks that he acquired any GM would. It does not justify his bad choices. Jim Mora has guided the Falcons to the NFC Championship game and he was an idiot! But he has won a playoff game. How many has this regime won?
Let’s hear the excuses. Baltimore has won several with Harbaugh and Flacco. Rex Ryan has won several with Mark Sanchez. How many has Smith and Dimitroff won? I’m still waiting. Both Coaches won with first year quarterbacks, I do not want to hear any excuses about Ryan being young, he played five years in a pro set at BC. Atlanta’s offense was better than the Ravens in 2008 and 2010, it was also better than the Jet’s offense and Mark Sanchez. Who forced Ryan to throw 6 picks, not one those throws were unforced. His New England draft style sucks! Corey Peters did not create any explosive plays last season, he was projected in the 5th round and once again Dimitroff reached and took a marginal player in the top of the 3rd round. If your defense constanly finished in the 20’s each year at what point do you change the damn scheme or DC? Three years of read and react mediocrity on defense!
Green Bay will be better this year with the return of all of their injured player, I can assure you their coaching staff will make adjustments and not rest on the past Super bowl. Atlanta has not made any adjustments on offense or defense in the last three years under this regime. As a lifetime Flacon fan it irritates me that some of you fans are satisfied just to have three winning seasons in a row!
geoholman
March 23rd, 2011
1:01 am
Not a chance…………………you’re just dreaming; move on!
3DawgKnight
March 23rd, 2011
1:26 am
Anyone on here who has ever taken the “wonderlic” test,
should understand.
Many people are meticulous, OCD even, but could have
an IQ out the roof.
Having taken the test myself, I could not finish either.
Some questions are almost elementaary while others impossible.
Another point, Some have an intrinsic aptitude for math while others
may be predisposed to learn language.
This would give an advantage to a math prodigy taking the “W T”.
It was fun to take but very subjective. AJ should not be ashamed.
bob
March 23rd, 2011
1:29 am
Maybe Joe Montana should unretire and pass to Alfred Jenkins. Why talk about a guy that is at the top of his value until he has to actually perform? The Dawgs had their worst performances under Richt when this guy was the star.
Najeh Davenpoop
March 23rd, 2011
1:38 am
Not going to matter if the quarterback can’t complete passes down the field to him.
Najeh Davenpoop
March 23rd, 2011
1:48 am
I liked Julio Jones better anyway. No disrespect to AJ Green, who is also very good, but I prefer receivers who have shown they can play physically and block. Jones does both of those things better than Green.
Columbus
March 23rd, 2011
3:07 am
This is an interesting concept. Instead of getting stronger on defense against the pass, get just as strong or stronger than the other teams in the passing game. If you cant beat them join them huh? I think I like it especially if we can somehow get Green and Houston or another pass rusher. Hmmmm. I was actually absolutely certain that improving the pass defense was a must but I like this Schultz. Go on the attack offensively instead of trying to stop the others attack. I dont know how a team could handle Green, White and Gonzalez and that would certainly open up more room for Jenkins. Heck he might could make the Pro Bowl since there wouldn’t be anyone left to cover him! The passing game would likely be the most dangerous offensive weapon possessed by any team. The running game would benefit also…I like it very much at the moment…
Columbus
March 23rd, 2011
3:13 am
BTW Julio Jones is going to be a good NFL receiver and he may be more physical in some areas however I do not think he has that something special that will ever make him great. Green does seem to have it. He gets the ball no matter the situation almost all of the time. He can do things with his body that are amazing and at the last second to make the catch and he is only going to get bigger, stronger and better. I would wager that he will have more catches and TD catches after 5 years than Jones but Jones is very, very good too just lacking the intangible I think…IMO
Columbus
March 23rd, 2011
3:24 am
Everybody talks about Richt but not all the other factors involved the last 2 years. I am sure that you and every other coach in America would have done so much better given the personnel, the turnovers, the QB, the depleted OL, the significant injuries, the coaching changes, the early NFL departures. You guys are plain stupid, ignorant, cant reason or are WAY too emotional to see the forest instead of the trees….WHo you want for coach LOL Donnan? Goff? Dooley? Meyer? Unless it was Nick Saban or possibly Les Miles, it’s pointless to want Richt to be replaced. You got that you so called fans? You make yourselves and other UGA fans look like emotional girls or that there are just VERY, VERY, EXTREMELY STUPID PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN THE STATE OF GEORGIA. So please STOP embarrassing your state, your school and yourselves by trashing a very good coach that you are very lucky to even have. Do you know how soon he would be getting million dollar offers to be a head coach at the top universities in the nation if you idiots had your way? Universities who recognize talent, integrity, morals and ALL of the important qualities a man and coach can have? About 5 minutes!
college.football.stats.com
March 23rd, 2011
4:02 am
A player who can take a game over is Nick Fairley.
Athens, Georgia
March 23rd, 2011
4:06 am
A 6-7 record with no touchdowns in your bowl game,
is not Very Good.
Stinger2
March 23rd, 2011
4:44 am
“I want to be mentioned with the greats”. A.J. apparently is full of himself. Same thing with Crowell who wants to be an All- American as a freshman and gain 1000 yards when he has not won (but may have been given) the starting running back position. Players like this may have great talents but why can`t they let the fans and media gush over them..they don`t have to do themselves
59bulldawg
March 23rd, 2011
4:45 am
I know it won’t happen but had rather him go to a winning organization like my Steelers. The Falcons will never be anything but jinxed pretenders. It’s the curse of the Clampett … err Rankin Smith family!
1,000 yards from scrimmage
March 23rd, 2011
5:03 am
No 1,000 yard season ?
Pat in Japan
March 23rd, 2011
5:20 am
The draft is an exercise in futility. The NFL is out of business. No players = NO BUSINESS
Move along nothing to see here; the building is empty, everybody’s LOCKED OUT
JB
March 23rd, 2011
7:25 am
AJ, Moreno,Stafford, Many others and no hardware in Athens. TEAM. Can’t spell it without M E.
geno
March 23rd, 2011
7:37 am
Dez Bryant was sitting right there for us to take last year….But Dumbatroff was scared (trouble making diva WRs, possibly giving him a bad rap for drafting him). ..TD blinked, ..thanks TD…..AAAARRRRGGG !!
John
March 23rd, 2011
7:56 am
How ignorant is this column? LOL AJ Green is a special talent…but come on. If you’re giving up this year’s first AND next year’s first, you better be doing it for Fitzgerald or Calvin Johnson. I know Schultz is all over his ****, but you don’t give up that much for an unknown. I think he’ll be very good, but not worth all that!!! Johnson and Fitzgerald are proven. Imagine those 2 receivers with a true QB and an elite WR on the other side of them….WOW.
Andy in Blairsville
March 23rd, 2011
8:11 am
Kinda ironic how a guy can be so stupid but supposedly passed the SAT and completed 3 years of college on his own.
Of course Auburn is the college that cheats and pays its players.
Yeah right. And I was born last night too.
MARK,MARK---TheHairLipDog
March 23rd, 2011
8:24 am
What a stupid idea. But the Falcons could draft him and trade for Calvin Johnson. Green cannot finish the drill and is unproven.
U?
March 23rd, 2011
8:26 am
You probably were, Andy.
dobearsbare
March 23rd, 2011
8:27 am
OK, the LSU game in 2009. That catch that preceeded the celebration penalty should’ve been a game-winner. Think he blocked a fg or xpt against Arizona State in 2009. So there’s a couple. Still, it’s nice to think Georgia would’ve beaten South Carolina with him, but the reality is they didn’t beat another good team with him after he came back. He might be a good pro, and there’s no shame in that. Next coming of Jerry Rice? Again, I’ll believe it when I see it. He’s not worth that kind of trade-up for the Falcons, not when they have so many problems on defense.
Preacherskid
March 23rd, 2011
8:39 am
Sounds great and the Falcons would certainly be a deadly offensive team with him but it’s not going to happen. The Falcons would have to give up way too much to get up to 4.
Tommy
March 23rd, 2011
8:44 am
Two things:
1) The Falcons will not draft Green after he scored about a -8 on the Wonderlic test. They have been biasing towards player intelligence in recent drafts.
2) Anyone who slams Dimitroff and Smith, after they have compiled a 33-30 record in three years knows absolutely, postively nothing about pro football. We didn’t beat the Packers in the playoffs? Neither did anyone else. Stick to following the amateur leagues.
Tommy
March 23rd, 2011
8:45 am
Whoops–meant to write 33-15, not 33-30.
JT
March 23rd, 2011
8:47 am
AJ Green? Dream on. Suggest you teach Matty Ice how to consistently run 3 yards for a first/touch down. That would be more of a game changer.
Joey
March 23rd, 2011
8:49 am
Jeff, Mike White would just use AJ as a decoy for his “power running” (ha) offense.
I would like to see him go to a team that will put the ball in his hands 12-15 times a game.
@mike – March 22nd – 7:59 pm
If AJ “disappeared” in games, don’t blame him. Blame his OC, who, even when AJ was owning whatever unfortunate DB covering him, would throw to him in the flat, instead of sending him down the field.
Bobo/Richt seemingly cannot fathom creating an offense around a major talent (unlike Auburn, UF, UA, etc). They just plug the star into their predictable offense, and waste that talent.
Example: How many times would Brandon Smith touch the ball on offense if he played for one of the above teams?
gt4ever
March 23rd, 2011
8:52 am
The Falcons need defensive talent, enough of this Green fixation…. AJ, like a lot of other UGA players are full of themselves….. How else do you explain the dismail record coming out of Athens with all the talent Richt gets every year….
Buckeye
March 23rd, 2011
8:54 am
Ya, it be nice.
It would also be nice to win the lottery, be married to Kathern Haigle, drive a 600 SEL AMG and shoot scratch golf.
Dream on. Oh, I get it, we’re still playing on the Deam Team theme……
Jeff
March 23rd, 2011
8:55 am
How about we not waste a first round pick and get Kris Durham at some point during the draft?
yeahsure
March 23rd, 2011
8:56 am
If we’re talking about unlikely scenarios, then we might as well throw Fitz and CJ into the mix. We have a lot better chance of trading for them than AJ. I seriously doubt we are getting a big-time receiver though. I think the explosiveness will come from a speedy back plus more diverse playcalling. HD looked like garbage last year but will be in his 2nd season since injury so we can decide this year if he’s legit or not. Meier supposedly is making a strong recover as well.
Whopper Dawg
March 23rd, 2011
9:00 am
Seriously:
You can’t be serious. Peters is a rotational defensive tackle, Moore did start some games, but was regularly torched in pass coverage. Bierman is not a factor at DE, that he starts shows how weak that position is, Baker is marginal at best and a liability at left tackle, Lofton is overrated (when is the last time he made a big play, but he is good at tackling after 5 to 10 yard gains), I won’t even talk about Jerry as I would throw up, DeCoud is more interested in hot dogging than coverage,
The guy who has done the most with the least is Coach Smith, that guy is the real hero behind this thing, not TD.
I guarantee you the next draft will be full of head scratchers and reaches. D drafts guys two rounds ahead of where anyone else would and none of them play. 6 DBs in three years and not one of them can cover a table. Where is the pass rush after three years? OLine is about to become a problem. What about the big contract he signed Jenkins to? For what?
The last two drafts are full, FULL of non-contributors. When that happens, teams start to slide back to the middle of the pack. Just think if the last two drafts had produced – 1) a starting WR to compliment Roddy, 2) a starting DE who can rush the passer to compliment Abraham, and 3) a corner who can cover a LITTLE and is taller than 5′7″. That is only three players out of two drafts. I would trade everyone we got in the last two drafts for those three players in a heartbeat.
You have to have players and TD has not given Smith any of note over the past two years.
I think Smith will wrangle another winning season out of this group, but we miss the playoffs as the slide to the middle begins.
You heard it here first.
isproab
March 23rd, 2011
9:06 am
I’m looking at a copy of the value chart, it is going to cost a lot to move up to say #3 to take A.J. Green. Maybe if at #5 the Bengals don’t take him, and he is still on the board then you can strike.
The value chart has #3 at 2200 points, #27 is worth 680. Making up 1520 points is a lot. Swapping 1’s this year would mean giving up a#2 this year, a #1 and #2 next year and then you still need 230 points or the equivalent of the #8 pick in round 3 to make it even. Maybe Stephen Nicholas or someone of that caliber is traded to complete the deal.
I like Green a lot, I’m a UGA graduate and football follower, he is the real deal and we need help at WR bad.
Joe Tess Fish House
March 23rd, 2011
9:07 am
Whatever Tomhas Dimtroff wants then I want the oposite B Cuz he has a histroy of fist round busts.
Perrier Jerry
Shawn Witherspoon
Mike Jenkins
And even Matt Ryan cuz he throughs 2 many INTS.
Bob
March 23rd, 2011
9:08 am
You need to remember the last great receiver from Georgia that the Falcons passed on in the draft to take Jamie German out of Florida instead. His name is Hines Ward, a certain Hall of Famer and all time leading receiver the the Steelers.
Ryan
March 23rd, 2011
9:13 am
We would have to give up a future first, and maybe more to even have
a chance of drafting him. Besides drafting a WR in the top 5 picks of the draft is rarely a wise choice. Green is a great talent, but we have other areas of concern that must be addressed.
jalex49
March 23rd, 2011
9:18 am
Would love to have A.G. but there’s no way he’ worth what it would cost. I am more in the midset DE in 1st round. WR in 2nd and maybe another one or two in the late rounds. I had rather trade draft picks for Larry Fitzgerald a proven receiver. I think he would compliment Roddy White and fit right in with the Atlanta Offense. I hope someone in the later rounds give Kris Durham an opportunity to play at the next level.
I do think Atlanta needs a running back from either free agency or in the later rounds. I hope the coaches will take the reins off the quarterback this year as Green Bay/ Indy/New England/N.O
have and let’s see what materlizes.
I hope we don’t solely rely on the draft as there as gems in free agency that can/would help Atlanta immediately.
isproab
March 23rd, 2011
9:27 am
I usually don’t get into this, but Joe Tess Fish House, you are joking. Jerry is the only guy in question. TD, didn’t draft Jenkins he only resigned him after the best season of his career in which he really looked as if he was coming into his own.
The Ryan comment is a joke. Rookie of the year and a pro-bowler. We don’t sniff the playoffs without him. There are 18 plus teams that would love to have him.
GT is a 4th rate high school team
March 23rd, 2011
9:31 am
After reading their comments on these AJC Blogs GT jockitch fans have really no clue in football even in the professional level. LOL
True Falcon Fan
March 23rd, 2011
9:32 am
Ask yourselves “WHY” would the Falcons take Green this chump/thug/outlaw???? Really no different than Vick – also i don’t think any smarter either based on his scores of the wonderlis oops i meant wonderlic, Green & Vick are right at single digit scores. But i am sure somehow all that is the society systems fault, they had nothing do with their growth process as it relates to neighborhoods they and who they decide to hang-out with. Are you kidding me NO way – “don’t take this guy even if he falls to the third round, he won’t.
Go Falcons
5150 UOAD
March 23rd, 2011
9:32 am
I think we could go after Calvin Johnson easier than trading up in the draft for A J Green.
Bobby Dodd lies a'molderin in the Grave
March 23rd, 2011
9:34 am
Tech fans laughing about Green’s Wonderlich obviously have forgotten about Stephon “Georgia Tech University” Marbury, and Kenny “0.0 GPA” Anderson…… keep classy, Tech….. and keep turning out those terrorists.
gt4ever
March 23rd, 2011
9:35 am
I guess to acknowledge the fact that the Falcons got beat last year because of DEFENSE is a stretch….. Another typical UGA MORON!
Great job GT is a 4th rate…..
Reality
March 23rd, 2011
9:35 am
Can AJ Green cover anyone??? If not the falcons need not waste a draft pick on the wonderlick genius. We need defense!!!! Dumb column Shultz
schmeckdawg
March 23rd, 2011
9:39 am
@yeahsure, I like that thought about getting Kris Durham especially after reading that he ran a 4.43 40 @ Pro Day!
Chris
March 23rd, 2011
9:42 am
Jeff…….If we have learned one thing about Dimitroff and his New England Patriot roots, it is that he builds his team through the draft. I am a DAWG and would love nothing more than to see the Falcons get him but there is NO WAY….I mean NO WAY that Dimitroff is going to trade two years worth of 1st round picks to get a receiver.
Barry
March 23rd, 2011
9:43 am
WE NEED PLEXICO BURRESS!!!!!!!!!! THE UNSTOPPABLE, PLEXICO BURRESS!!!
GO FALCONS!!!!!
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This is a SECRET from FALCON FAN. TELL EVERYBODY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
………………….”ONE HEARTBEAT,BABY!!!!!”…………….
Joe Tess Fish House
March 23rd, 2011
9:48 am
Not joking about Ryan. He trun the ball over 2 many times in critial sitautions. He looked like poo in the palyoff game. I was watchin and think the hole time that we had Vick on this rooster and now he is not hear.
Way to go Mr Blanks.
DawgFan
March 23rd, 2011
9:50 am
Would LOVE LOVE LOVE to see AJ in a Falcons jersey, but don’t believe that will happen. That being said Kris Durham is the REAL DEAL and the Falcons should def go after him.
DawginLex
March 23rd, 2011
9:55 am
5150,
I hope you are man enough to show up on these blogs when Stafford has an All Pro year in 2011. He got hurt. He will be lights out before he is through.
Took a UGA QB to finally get your boy Calvin some decent passes to catch and also convince him that Paul Oliver wasn’t playing on the other team to take his head off again like vs UGA.
Josh Smildress
March 23rd, 2011
9:56 am
Bring AJ to the Falcons
dirtybird
March 23rd, 2011
9:58 am
Jeff – trading who, besides Ryan could get you a top five pick?????
No D
March 23rd, 2011
9:59 am
This guy will disappear when he enters the NFL.
isproab
March 23rd, 2011
10:01 am
True Falcon Fan, you are an embarrassment to the Falcons nation. You call Green a thug and outlaw? Green didn’t break any laws. Yes, he sold his jersey and was flagged for an NCAA violation. That does not qualify him as an outlaw or thug. NFL talent evaluators didn’t even drop the guy in ratings because of it, I wonder why? We all know the NCAA makes questionable decisions at time.
I agree with the black and white rule that Green brok, but that does not qualify him as a thug. It was a dumb decision, but I don’t agree with everything the NCAA says because every years we hear and see how stupid some of these rules are. Yes, you need to follow the rules, but you don’t get to be qualified as a thug for an infraction. Just yesterda 790 the zone was talking about how Tennessee’s men’s basketball team had another violation on senior night, they gave out too many tickets. It was also reported that this happens at a lot of programs on senior night but goes unenforced as long as there are not other major infractions going on at an institution. Sounds like selective enforcement to me. Honestly, I can understand why.
Technically, there are guys with speeding tickets that fit the mold of an outlaw more so than Green does. I wonder what your real problem is with the guy, you can’t even find a quote from this guy where he said something that was out of line.
Hmmm?
March 23rd, 2011
10:04 am
Matthew Stafford, Knoshon Merino, Justin Houston and AJ Green; all top NFL picks but no Championships to show for them. Must be Helen Hunt lookalike CMR as their coach.
Hmmm?
March 23rd, 2011
10:05 am
Matt Stafford, Knowshon, Justin Houston and AJ; all 1st round draft choices with no championship. Must be Helen Hunt look alike CMR as their coach.
Hmmm?
March 23rd, 2011
10:06 am
Green not a thug or an outlaw; just stupid as his wonderlick test proves.
WJ
March 23rd, 2011
10:09 am
Hell no to Green !
CJ
March 23rd, 2011
10:10 am
This sounds like an article written as a Georgia fan and not a Falcons fan. I don’t know what it takes to trade up from a 27th pick to a 3rd or 4th pick, but I’m sure it will be something important. We have Roddy White, a legit #1 receiver, and we run the ball 2 out of 3 downs. What are we going to do with another #1 WR that we aren’t already doing?
5150 UOAD
March 23rd, 2011
10:12 am
DawginLex I will be happy to give Stifford some respect when he can stay off the IR. Calvin Johnson had some great games after Matt went out. I don’t hate Stifford because he is a dawg, but because he got huge money and has shown no reason to have earned it as of yet.
5150 UOAD
March 23rd, 2011
10:19 am
DawginLEX where do you Matt Stafford in these stats since you seem to think a UGA QB did anything to get Calvin Johnson the ball.
PASSING ATT COMP YDS TD
Shaun Hill 416 257 2686 16
Drew Stanton 119 69 780 4
RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD
Jahvid Best 171 555 3.2 4
Maurice Morris 90 336 3.7 5
RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD
Calvin Johnson 77 1120 14.5 12
Brandon Pettigrew 71 722 10.2 4
Stafford has thrown 19 TDs and 21 Ints
Last year Matt threw 6 TDs and 1 Int
Tell me again how he has done anything good for Calvin Johnson.
Joycee Banicheck
March 23rd, 2011
10:26 am
5150, how do you know he is such a joke? What are you basing this off of other than your hatred of Goergia? He’s a kid, why so negative?
PMC
March 23rd, 2011
10:27 am
Hey Barry. You might be onto something there. Plax would be a good risk worth taking.
Jimmy Crack
March 23rd, 2011
10:32 am
How to acquire A.J.:
If a GM had church bell-sized ones (and no worries of termination), it would take…
2011 #1(27) pick,
2012 #1(at least high 20’s) pick
2013 #1(at least high 20’s) pick
Also include Mike Jenkins and a bottle of salt pills and it’s a deal.
CJ
March 23rd, 2011
10:33 am
DawginLex. Not trying to argue, but Stafford’s only played in 12 games of Calvin’s 60 as a pro. It’s had nothing to do with his success in the pros.
DP
March 23rd, 2011
10:34 am
What a dumb, pandering column. The Falcons can’t generate a pass rush up the middle and consequently the Packers marched up and down the field virtually at will against them in the Georgia Dome, and Schultz wants the Falcons to give up personnel and give up a big contract for a guy who MIGHT be a star receiver in the NFL when they already have one of those? So the Falcons will be paying #1 receiver money to 2 receivers, which limits what they have to spend on the rest of the team. Jerry Jones would probably make a move like that, but the New England Patriots wouldn’t nor will Dimitroff. If the Falcons want to improve their offense, or at least keep it from dropping off, the highest offensive priority in the draft should be picking up a guy in the first (if they fill defensive needs through free agency) or second round who can replace Michael Turner either this season or the next. As we’ve seen with LaDanian Tomlinson, Shaun Alexander and others, NFL running backs tend to go down fast and it’s probably about that time for Turner.
5150 UOAD
March 23rd, 2011
10:34 am
@Joycee He played in 13 games and has a QB rating of 67.1 Matt is so far a 1st round Bust.
Joycee Banicheck
March 23rd, 2011
10:39 am
And for the record I’m a huge Dawg fan but think the idea of trading up for Green is a stupid suggestion, then again considering the source of this “blog” and it becomes obvious why we are even having this discussion. Schultz has never really been original in his columns so this is at the very least an attempt on his part.
No pass rush= No Super Bowl for Atl
Joycee Banicheck
March 23rd, 2011
10:41 am
I was talking about Green. I wasn’t a huge Stafford fan as he was the biggest Stafford fan out there, not a team leader while wearing the red and black IMO. It was always about being drafted #1 for him…
Jimmy Crack
March 23rd, 2011
10:42 am
TD will always be in the shadow of “The Patriot Way” until he sheds that label with an epic decision.
This is not that epic decision.
Trading up to #13 to get J.J. Watt, that would be epic.
d.carter
March 23rd, 2011
10:44 am
YOU GUYS KILL ME WITH THE LET MATT RYAN RUN THE OFFENSE THING! NOW ITS THE COACHES FAULT THAT WE GOT SMOKED BY GREEN BAY…LMAO YOU SHOULD NICK-NAME HIM MATTY CHOKE BECAUSE HE SIMPLY DOESNT SHOW UP IN BIG GAMES…. HE IS THE FOOTBALL VERSION OF JOE JOHNSON
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March 23rd, 2011
10:45 am
[...] the offense is need of creating more explosive plays, in his column today, he is directing them to pull out the stops to get Georgia wide receiver A.J. [...]
d.carter
March 23rd, 2011
10:46 am
MULARKY DIDNT THROW THE GAME CHANGING PICK AT THE END OF THE HALF DID HE?
GStateBen
March 23rd, 2011
10:46 am
Thank goodness you and the rest of these dopes are not our GM! AJ Green will take years to develop wasting Matt Ryan’s talent. You have 3 OL who are free agents and you need a pass rusher as Abe enters the last year of his contract. Priorities.
Green’s Wonderlic is just another example of a simplistic Georgia offense recruiting excitement over football players on offense. Caleb King, Washaun Ealey, Green all have had issues picking up the offenses. In the NFL, it’s not just throw it up and catch it.
Green was a very good player at Georgia. He has very high bust potential because he will forced to play right away and will be drafted by a team who is not very good.
Joycee Banicheck
March 23rd, 2011
10:47 am
d.carter, you’re absolutely right. That Thursday night game against Baltimore wasn’t a big game at all…
5150 UOAD
March 23rd, 2011
10:48 am
@Joycee I was responding to DawginLex about Stafford not AJ. Stafford has 21 Ints, 5 Fumbles, and 19 TDs. I don’t know what A J will do in the NFL, but I am sure the Falcons don’t need to work to get AJ. He is not worth it to the Falcons. We have many more pressing needs.
d.carter
March 23rd, 2011
10:52 am
Interior pass rush is the falcons biggest need… However i would suggest if Johnathan Baldwin is there we need to take him…
GT
March 23rd, 2011
10:52 am
Winning games has got to enter this equation somewhere. AJ Green did not win games at Georgia. It was not like when Calvin Johnson was at Tech, with 0 support at quarterback (Hell UGA gave Reggie Ball the MVP for Georgia one year he was so bad) and 0 offensive coaching from Patrick Nix , and even then won games for his school and was always on a winning football team. How did the Jones kid from Alabama fall so far off the radar. He was the hottest receive in that class of recruits and still looks like a pro receiver to me and he has won games at Alabama while staying eligible. Makes no sense to me but lets see if I am right. M. Vick looked good at these workouts to, that is what I think you are getting in Green, another Micheal Vick before he got religion.
manncall
March 23rd, 2011
10:54 am
AJ GREEN!
Rich
March 23rd, 2011
10:59 am
As much as I like AJ Green this is a bad decision. Falcons need to draft D-linemen and LBs because our front seven isn’t exactly getting younger.
Old Dawg
March 23rd, 2011
11:02 am
Truer words have never been written. Get him now, keep him a long-long time. Boom-boom against all defenses!
Falcons exec.
March 23rd, 2011
11:06 am
Thanks for letting the cat out of the bag..we plan to go after him
junenal
March 23rd, 2011
11:06 am
what was Calvins wonderlic?
ANTOINEFORD
March 23rd, 2011
11:09 am
Georgia Tech has a better chance of getting Phil Jackson than the Falcons do of getting Green.
UGA Fan
March 23rd, 2011
11:12 am
Enough talk about the Falcons… when are they going to put Auburn on probabtion. I mean I know they cant prove they did anything wrong but they had to have cheated… I mean come on I want a crystal football too
5150 UOAD
March 23rd, 2011
11:12 am
Calvin Johnson’s Wonderlick was never leaked. I am sure if it was and it was bad the Dawg Fans would have posted about it. We get very few Wonderlick scores because they are leaked by people in the NFL that shouldn’t be doing it.
The Watergirl
March 23rd, 2011
11:26 am
Falcons need defense Schultz!!!!!!
GT Dude
March 23rd, 2011
11:33 am
Shultz = AJ Green = Rock
As in Dumb as a Rock
GR82BAG8R
March 23rd, 2011
11:34 am
Calvin Johnson’s wonderlic score was 41. The average WR score is 17.
Woody
March 23rd, 2011
11:41 am
Wait a few years and sign the best reciever to ever come out of Georgia….Calvin Johnson
Jimmy Crack
March 23rd, 2011
11:50 am
Roddy White scored a 4 on his Wonderlic test, but that’s just Roddy being Roddy.
Put yourself in A.J.’s shoes…
If someone told you, “You’re going to make $50 Million in the next six months. Here take this test.”
You start to take the test and you start to have to think like you are in a math class, and your alter ego chimes in, “Who cares about this test, in six months you’re gonna have $50 M-I-L-L-I-O-N!”
Are you gonna finish that test?
Plus if someone DOESN’T draft him because of his low score, by default he goes to a better team.
gcs
March 23rd, 2011
11:52 am
Falcons need defense. Did you not watch the Green Bay game???!!!
.
Shug
March 23rd, 2011
11:55 am
AJ Green reminds this talent scout of another fine UGA receiver, Andre Hastings. He doesn’t remind me of Calvin Johnson. That is the final word. Good day.
A Conservative Voice
March 23rd, 2011
12:02 pm
Yeah, baby……even if he can’t read
jarvis
March 23rd, 2011
12:03 pm
If the Falcons draft anything besides a DE in the first round, somebody should be fired.
FJR
March 23rd, 2011
12:13 pm
Goog God no. Trading up to the top 10 is almost always a bad move. regardless of the player you get. Top 10 guys are only marginally more successful than second round guys on average (look it up, its true) and kill your cap room.
reebok
March 23rd, 2011
12:18 pm
i hate to be THAT GUY on this topic, but very rarely is a rookie WR a game-changer. the way the falcons’ mediocre defense got shredded (at home, with an extra week to prepare) by the Packers in the playoffs should tell everybody that defense is the far more pressing need.
dawgfacedboy
March 23rd, 2011
12:19 pm
If they can fill the other holes through FA then why not? FA will come in and make more of an immediate impact anyway. Bring in some vets and go get Green. It’s no secret this team lacks the explosive offensive play ability.
reebok
March 23rd, 2011
12:20 pm
i’m a tech fan, and i wouldn’t have traded up (in the falcons’ current situation) for calvin johnson either. a team needs to become fundamentally sound on both sides of the line…the birds are NOT…before you satrt mortgaging the future for a POSSIBLE offensive impact player.
JSS
March 23rd, 2011
12:22 pm
Somebody asked, Calvin Johnson’s Wonderlic was a 28. Larry Fitzgerald was a 18. But cheer up stalkers of 18-22 year old boys, Ben Watson (from UGA) scored a 48 when he took the cognitive intelligence test at the combine…
isproab
March 23rd, 2011
12:33 pm
Drafting any player is a gamble. I don’t care if you are a WR, QB, or DE. If your talent and production says top 10 pick then so be it. Larry Fitzgerald, Calvin Johnson and Andre Johnson all established themselves pretty quickly in the NFL. Anquan Boldin did the same thing and he was a 2nd round pick.
The notion that you can’t take a WR in the top 5 or 10 b/c they will take 2 or 3 years to develop is stupid. It is not an absolute that a guy will not be successful right out the gate. People do this every year and good/great players end up beating their draft status all the time. If you feel the guy is worth it, take him, the heck with the position he plays.
The moment I saw A.J. Green play as a freshman, I said the NFL already can’t wait on this guy, he was that good then and I see in him what I saw in Fitzgerald, C. Johnson and A. Johnson.
girldawg
March 23rd, 2011
12:34 pm
Falcons do not seem to like UGA players. If they draft them they cut them. But they love dog killers.
Sweet Old Buck
March 23rd, 2011
12:38 pm
You’re nuts. No one is worth that price.
5150 UOAD
March 23rd, 2011
12:44 pm
JSS you are wrong on Calvin’s Wonderlick score.
Pre-draft measureables
Ht Wt 40-yard dash 10-yd split 20-yd split 20 ss 3-cone Vert Broad BP Wonderlic
6–5 * 239 lb * 4.33 * 1.48 * 2.50 * 4.01 ** X 44½ in. ** 11′10″ ** 29 * 41 *
(* represents NFL Combine ** represents Georgia Tech pro day[33][34][35])
He made a 41 and that is way better than a 28.
dawgfan
March 23rd, 2011
12:51 pm
Techies jump all over topics such as this like flies on ****. They obviously can’t debate the superiority of our football program so they attack our individual players with lies, name calling, and all manner of hateful venom. ” AJ Green is a thug. AJ Green can’t read.” These kind of Techies are some of the most pathetic people on Earth. So so bitter.
By the way Techies, since your so big on running your fat mouths about AJ Green, please allow me to drop some knowledge on that Techie arse. Guess who didn’t even see the field in our win over your best team in 19 years in 2009? AJ Green!! LMAO. Georgia Tech football is a total joke.
Thanks.
Old Dog
March 23rd, 2011
1:01 pm
The Falcons blew it when they could have picked Hines Ward and didn’t! Georgia people don’t forget! Probably the dumbest thing the team has ever done! What ot go to the Super Bowl and win…do whatever it takes to draft AJ Green! We won’t forget!!!
5150 UOAD
March 23rd, 2011
1:06 pm
@old Dog What ot go to the Super Bowl and win…do whatever it takes to draft AJ Green! We won’t forget!!! Please. What did AJ do at UGA to prove he is any kind or answer to the Falcons going to a Super Bowl? AJ never led the SEC in any categories during his time in Athens.
Bill Lewis
March 23rd, 2011
1:09 pm
Georgia Tech sports are a joke now! Their fans have nothing to be proud of today so they have to take it out on Falcons, Georgia or Momma! Good therapy I suppose for them since they don’t teach real life courses at the trade school!
5150 UOAD
March 23rd, 2011
1:23 pm
Bill Lewis what are you doing these days?
Nobody is picking on the Falcons or UGA. The thought of doing what it would take to get AJ Green is just not worth it. The Falcons have other more pressing needs. If you see that as Bashing you are not a Falcon fan just a mad UGA fan.
bakerman
March 23rd, 2011
1:33 pm
Please. No Dawgs or Hokies needed here.
Falcons Chic
March 23rd, 2011
1:36 pm
Did a UGA intern with no previous sports knowledge write this? This reasoning CANNOT be from our pedigreed columnist, can it? That is, unless is just flagellating the red “meat,” Red State and rednecks!
Smiling Jack
March 23rd, 2011
1:49 pm
GO Green for Falcons success!
Bart
March 23rd, 2011
1:51 pm
Green isn’t even the best WR in the draft. Julio Jones (Bama) has the same speed, better hands, he blocks (which Green doesn’t), scored higher in the Wonderlic and has no character/work habit issues (Green does).
No way I’d trade up for Green and NEVER trade two #1’s for a single #1.
gt4ever
March 23rd, 2011
1:54 pm
Falcons Chic,
I think you just nailed it…. But, it is so fun to hear UGA fans talk….
BuzztheKiller
March 23rd, 2011
1:56 pm
Nice college player, will be an average second or third NFL receiver. Nothing to trade away picks that could go toward defense. ATL didn’t lose to Green Bay because of a lack of receiving, they lost because of a defense that could not stop the other offense.
BuzztheKiller
March 23rd, 2011
2:00 pm
dawgfan- take a pill and relax. Probably time to go back surfing the want ads anyway. Hang in there, you will find that job!
Get Real
March 23rd, 2011
2:40 pm
Lindsay Scott greatest highlight reel wide receiver in Georgia history…because he has a National Championship ring.
john
March 23rd, 2011
2:45 pm
NEVER NEVER THERE ARE A LOT BETTER PLAYERS OUT THERE THE FALCONS COULD USE . LOOK AROUND .
BMDPD
March 23rd, 2011
3:19 pm
1. Green doesn’t have character issues.
2. You people will be eating your words.
3. He is the real deal.
JSS
March 23rd, 2011
3:43 pm
@ POAD…
He took the Wonderlic twice at the 2007 combine…
28/41
It is a cognitive intelligence test, that is not the only way that one learns (or expresses what they have learned).
gt4ever
March 23rd, 2011
4:22 pm
Good grief JSS,
WHO REALLY CARES!
Whiskeydawg
March 23rd, 2011
4:42 pm
As much as I would love to see A.J. in a Falcons uniform, defense wins games and the Falcons need help there.
gt4ever
March 23rd, 2011
4:53 pm
Thanks Whiskeydawg, a UGA fan with some smarts….. Imagine that….
True Falcon Fan
March 23rd, 2011
6:36 pm
@isproab — hey maybe I’m wrong, “I don’t think so” — I definitely agree with some of your points. “Green” the kid in my opinion running in the same footsteps as ole MV7…That said I feel Atlanta doesn’t need another Vick on the team. It really doesn’t matter Green will not be available to the Falcons unless TD & Coach decide to go for him and that ain’t happen. We need a very fast DE!
Go Falcons
GR82BAG8R
March 23rd, 2011
6:39 pm
Bill Lewis, do you mean “real life courses” like Turfgrass Management Degrees that are taught in Athens???? It’s important to read the insecticide/herbicide label and set the blade at the right height.
Two rules of NFL draft 1) Get the best athlete 2) Address your greatest need. If AJ Green matches either of those and is available when your turn comes, get him. Do not try and move up to select him.
JSS
March 23rd, 2011
8:15 pm
gt4ever
March 23rd, 2011
4:22 pm
“Good grief JSS, WHO REALLY CARES!”
Did Lucy move the ball again when you tried to kick it? Ugh!!!
JSS
March 23rd, 2011
8:32 pm
Who really cares by the way are all of you quasi-pseudo sociologist who try to turn every kid who makes a bad choice into Al Capone or Michael Vick. The person who Green bares any resemblance to at his age was Plaxico Burress in a very far reach.
So you want to avoid that? You don’t do what the Steelers did and try to let veterans try to show him by example. You treat him like an impressionable young man and sit him down and talk to him about expectations and consequences… See how easy that was…
joewhite
March 24th, 2011
9:48 am
Get green and falcons are going to the super bowl, matty throws for over 5000 and turner rush for almost 2000 yards plain and simple, no one will stop our offense
wiseoldawg
March 24th, 2011
10:01 am
Package this years first round pick, next years second, and Michael Jenkins to any team with picks 4 thru 8. This would give you a shot at Green or Julio Jones.
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10:31 am
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BG
March 24th, 2011
10:44 am
I would love for the falcons to get AJ Green. I think the falcons are probably to cheap to move up the draft board and get him. Green will be a pro bowler by his 3rd year in the league.
1911A1
March 24th, 2011
11:32 am
Tune in next week for our next episode of “Trolling for Page Views!”
Kyle
March 24th, 2011
12:25 pm
I love AJ as much as any Dawg fan and as much as I would love for the Falcons to have him, they are not in a position to go after him. If he were the last piece of the puzzle then that would be great. The Falcons have more pressing needs. Justin Houston makes a lot more sense for the Falcons right now.
crabapplejoe
March 24th, 2011
7:00 pm
A.J. will end up in Cleveland and forgotten pretty much. Mohammed Maasq. will have more receiving yards, Peyton Hillis will outshine him coming out of the backfield and Colt McCoy will realize just how overhyped his new “go to guy” really is……LOL
Michael Scott
March 24th, 2011
7:48 pm
Crazy. With the help the Falcons need on D, no way should
they spend a 1st round pick on Green. We were middle of the
pack on defense, and our defense was on the field less
than any other in the NFL.
The lack of explosiveness on offense was as much a product
of our methodical game plan and play calling than it was
anything else. Even with that we would have been fine if
we had some semblance of a secondary line of defense.
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10:07 am
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stu
March 25th, 2011
10:20 am
I completely disagree with you, Schultz. I am one of AJ’s biggest fans, but I definitely dont want the Falcons giving up 2 1st round draft picks to get him. We have playmakers on offense. We need some defensive studs. Schultz, you are way off on this one.
stu
March 25th, 2011
10:21 am
kyle said it best, above
DirtyByrd ATL
March 25th, 2011
10:35 am
If there is no new CBA you cant give up a 2012 Draft Pick
DirtyByrd ATL
March 25th, 2011
10:36 am
Well if it isnt one by the draft next month, it’ll be like giving a team an IOU
RussDawg
March 25th, 2011
12:13 pm
I can not believe this.
It is just nuts.
we do not need another #1 receiver
WE NEED A DEFENSE.
Did you even watch the Green Bay game?
Just a fluke? Uh No Tampa Bay did the same and could have won!
Matt "CHOKE" Ryan
March 25th, 2011
9:00 pm
Doesn’t make much sense to waste draft picks on receivers unless they will make CHOKE’s arm strength improve on his 20 yard bombs
Saints LSU
March 26th, 2011
8:00 pm
You could have ( AJ TJ JJ ) the Falcons suck can’t win a playoff game @ home
Michael
March 29th, 2011
3:19 pm
Dawgs and Falcons don’t mix. ‘cept for Nique.
jt
March 29th, 2011
3:37 pm
No.We already have an elite receiver,Roddy White.We need another quality ‘big’ back to spell Turner before we work him to retirement or a top level linebacker.Theres a nifty thing called a ‘passrush’ that some teams use to win games,look it up.Has the team really been better since Mora and Kerney bolted in disgust? Or has it wallowed in ‘political correctness’ and medocrity?Hmmm…
realitycheck
March 29th, 2011
7:03 pm
The Falcons need a whole lot more than A.J. Green who will be long gone at 27. The Falcons hid that defense all season until Green Bay exposed it in a grand way. This team overachieved and lucked its way to the NFC’s top seed and then took that opportunity and pi$$ed it right away. Things will be tougher this season with the NFC North replacing the pathetic NFC West on the schedule. Zero championships in nearly 45 years of existence and the only two times the Falcons had the #1 seed, they failed to even win a single playoff game(1980,2010). They way last season ended with the Packers exposing them the way they did, I see no real reason for much optimism at all. The 2011 Falcons might make the playoffs, and they might win a playoff game, but they might not and might not too.