Rai

Rams tendered him with an original round tender so a 1st round pick would be the compensation for any team trying to sign him.

http://nflspinzone.com/2015/07/13/atlanta-falcons-justin-hardy-upgrade/ I recommend clicking on the link since the formatting comes out on here terrible but some eyeopening info from the text: Hardy's 387 receptions is an all-time FBS record. 12 of Matt Ryan’s 31 interceptions the last 2 seasons have come when he’s thrown to Douglas. This works out to 38.7% which is an incredibly high amount compared to the rest of the Falcons’ receivers corps. Julio Jones and Roddy White have the next highest amount of interceptions come when they’ve been targeted but that’s only been 4 each which wo

The little graph for Jake Matthews' PFF grade splits in the article is interesting. The 4 weeks he played through injury before the bye was the reason for his low overall grade otherwise he was fine the rest of the season.

If you compare the Falcons to the Cowboys, In Dallas, teams would have to invest an extra defender in the box against Murray and their OL leaving Dez in more 1-on-1 situations. In Atlanta, non-imposing run game and OL meant that the extra defender would help out the CB guarding Julio. We were 6th best in redzone touchdown % anyway so I wouldn't worry about it too much. Teams choosing to give Julio more attention means lighter boxes for our backs to run through and looser coverage on our other receivers.

Every time I see someone mention PFF, I always see you come along expressing your disdain for it. How come you hate them so much? I can understand not agreeing with their methodology for their grades but statistics are statistics.

Big upgrade to last season. We wasn't going to be able to fix everything so we'll just have to get by with the possible weaknesses on paper at MLB and FS.

If Mariota fell to #8, Eagles are a possible trade candidate and could package in Kendricks with #20 and their 2nd rounder.

Gregory

Pass on both

Run/Pass Rush/Penalty Sheard: +9.4/-0.7/-0.6 Hughes: +9.7/+7.6/-9.1

Dee Milliner and DJ Hayden, both have struggled with injuries so far.

Smelter is really good. Shame he tore his ACL because he could have found himself in the top 2 rounds.

http://bloggingdirty.com/2015/01/30/falcons-dan-quinn-rebuilding-front-seven/ Article discussing Quinn, scheme and free agent possibilities. Good read. Agree with getting 2 pass rushers in free agency.

Cover-3 is easier to play than cover-2 for a safety, less room to cover. Cover-1 is what Earl Thomas and Ed Reed are known for. Devin McCourty is the only safety I see in FA or the draft that can play that role.