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LETS GOOOOO!!!!

So much for all the pundits and the parrots in here claiming Atlanta was not in the running for the top tier coaching/GM candidates, eh?

Time to get to work! He is going to absolutely love Flowery Branch after working in a rat infested, poop smelling swamp for all these years.

Keep Patricia away from the Branch

🤪😀Of all places, I saw this in the middle of a political thread on Facebook. Suck it Saints.

Some good, unbiased writing there. 😃

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Shanahan certainly disputes that notion. The idea is to be committed to running the ball, not necessarily good at it. Committing to run plays means the linebackers can't just sit back. The safeties can't just sink deep. It keeps both on the balls of their feet and makes them hesitate, which of course opens up both the run and the pass. I think it's nonsense. You commit to running the football and you do it win lose or draw. And you design your offense around the blocking and spacing assignments in the run game. Shanahan does it. La Fleur does it. Stefanski does it. The elder Sha

I just need to know...WHY??? Why would we do this?

Matt Ryan and Julio Jones deserve to retire a Falcon!

Oh good, another draft a QB thread. I look forward to 500 more of these over the next three months.

I think Gurley predominately was signed here to improve the run game inside the red zone.Gurley can still score TDs.

Never underestimate The Godfather. I never got that either FJ. McKay wasn’t the reason Dan Quinn stunk as a head coach.

By all indications both hires were impressed with the franchise stability and management commitment. Then throw in our top notch facilities, and its almost a no Brainer. The whole cap thing was overblown. We got this. Welcome aboard Terry and Arthur. FONTED.

YEEK!

Just hear me out everyone. Would you trade for a crappy QB just because I don't like Matt Ryan. I know it sounds crazy but imagine this. The Falcons get a new QB and some draft picks that probably won't work out, but at least we get rid of the franchise's greatest player. Who's in?

What a joke. My sons school can wrestle, but cannot shake hands. They can play football, but the stands are basically empty. Bread and circuses.

Yeah, the board's gonna implode 5 minutes into FA when we haven't signed every single top FA on the market yet.

Board will implode no matter what. Lol.

Welcome to Atlanta Looking forward to the Fontenot/Smith regime Let’s get to work

Trade down or get defense.

Found this while searching for Smith news. Nice breakdown of a few plays.

Personally, contrary to what peeps in here were projecting just a week or so ago.... I think Ryan and Julio were a big reason Smith took this job over others out there.

Gurley's signing was literally for one reason, to put Ga Homer's in the dome. Then covid hit, wiping out that thought. He was busted prior to coming here.

That was some clown shoe level tabloid reporting.

They say the main benefit is the teams being able to interview and do medical checks of a bunch of prospects in a short period of time.

Keep in mind there numerous people and groups that would have to sign off on this for it to happen. The NFL had to make many concessions in order for the season to occur. Without knowing all the backdoor conversations, it's hard for me to place blame on any one group or one person.

Good me who is the whiny ***** that wrote this? Imagine getting a job writing about sports but you don't understand how coaching works.

Sean Payton deserves so much more credit than he gets. And I absolutely despise his sorry, dirty ***. Brees worked that system his entire career to perfection & their org put the perfect pieces together to protect him & have quick release targets while fielding good defenses for the most part. Just like Tom Brady & BB. I have no doubt in my mind that MR would be top 3 with that sort of consistent support every year.

Painful? It was the most enjoyment I've gotten from watching football in a while.

I am in favor of keeping Matt and Julio another year, but this is a business. A winning product is what the fans truly want. Emotions aside.

Let's get some stuff out of the way first. This boils down to two players. Zach Wilson and Justin Fields. If both are gone, then plan C is a trade back. Plan D, take the offensive lineman. I'm okay with both of those approaches. "You dont sit a top 5 pick". Maybe you do this time. Let a rookie QB sit and learn, from our best, and surround him with talent with all our picks this year, FA next year, and one more draft. Before he even takes the field, everything becomes focused on his success. Build the team while he watches and learns. Matt's jersey is going in the rafters no mat

A new era of Falcons football begins! Let’s get it right this time ladies and gents!!

Something I was thinking about this year, was how much of the running game garbo was really Koetter's fault, i.e., he just hates running the ball and/or can't scheme it effectively. What made this conflicting for me, is that I kept reading that Koetter was basically told to run outside zone...forcing an ex-OC's scheme on the new one seems an awful idea to begin with, but that's a different conversation. That said, if we were supposed to run outside zone, why was so much of it between the tackles? I feel like the FA signing of Gurley hamstrung this situation...I feel like for what flaws Ko

This is a loaded WR class on paper, for sure.

There were other backs on the roster that could run outside zone so I don’t buy that excuse. Koetter was a below average OC.

refried beans or R the Great??

If we get enough picks and we keep his as our backup, I’m good with it. If we do this with the intention of him being our future starter I’m not. Not sure why they would want to dump a guy making as little as he is, gonna be very cheap the next two years.

Liability. Lawyers, lawsuits and liability.

And this may be a draft that puts the Falcons in a strong bargaining position to do just that - if 2 of the 3 QBs (Lawrence/Fields/Wilson) have been picked, QB-hungry teams may feel they have to trade into the 4th spot to avoid missing their chance. Wouldn't surprise me to hear some talk out Falcons camp about them being open to selecting a QB, to help grease the wheels.

If that happens this board will implode.

The Panthers nearly had 3 1000 yard WR's last year.....

Just find us a great OL coach...that’s my biggest remaining concern on the offensive side now that Smith is here.

We could do worse than getting a puppet for one of the brightest offensive minds in the game. Get me some more of those 30 ppg puppets please.

I don't know that it will. If we take a QB, then I'm assuming the owner is going to be patient and understand Rome is not built in a day. Taking a QB is not a "win now" move. The only people who think it is are those who blame Matt Ryan for everything that goes wrong with this team. And those people are stupid.