Steel City Falcon Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 I'm not going to go out there and through out unrealistic contract numbers for FAs, but I tried to use rational when it comes to guys the Falcons have been linked to. I know a lot of people on the board want TD to go out and grab Mario Williams, and I'll admit I wouldn't hate it, but I simply don't think it's going to happen. The Falcons have some space under the cap and I see TD going after multiple productive players, rather than tying up loads of money on one guy. Notable FA to be let go:Grimes- Looking for to much money, and being an undersized DB coming off a season ending knee surgery.Abraham- Fools gold. Half his sacks came in two games against teams that are terrible.(Bucs and Jags) No show in big games.Weems- Non existent in the passing game, and he's not getting paid just to return kickoffs.Douglas- I really want him back, but I see him leaving to go to a place where he's not the 3rd WR on the depth chart.RELEASE MICHAEL TURNER!! I have been a big Turner supporter since he came here. But lets be honest guys.., he's fat, slow, and going to be on the wrong side of 30. The wear and tear of 4 straight seasons of 350+ carries showed this year. He no longer has burst or speed but worst of all he's failing to convert on short yardage down. See the Giants and Saints games! The Falcons can cut him and save 4 million. It's almost a no brainer. I would try to trade him but I dunno if another team would bite. So just cut him and move on.Notable FA returning:Lofton- He's a bigger part of the run defense than most people here realize. Yes he may not be the best dropping back in coverage, but he wasn't as bad is people think. Plus they can sub Spoon in for the nickle packages. Biermann- I struggled with this, because I think they may have to over pay him a little to keep him, but I think the upside of him playing OLB in a hybrid defense(where he just has to rush the passer) is worth it.DeCoud- I know he is highly scrutinized for his poor tackling and lapses in judgement in coverage, but he still has upside. He's a pretty hard hitter for a FS and led the team in INTs this year. I think the new secondary coach and Nolan will get the most out of him.McClure- Strictly value. He's old but he's still effective. He'll be cheap, because the Falcons are most likely his only option.Snelling- Yeah they'll finally realize he's the hardest runner on the team. With Turner gone they need a pounder. Plus they love his combination of size and catching ability.FA to be signed:Marcus McNeil, LT- He is most likely to be released by SD because he missed most of the season and in his absence his replacement played very well. I think we all agree that LT is the Falcons biggest need to address this off season.McNeil is still young so if he can come back healthy the Falcons could plug a huge hole for 2 or 3 years.Tracey Porter CB- Porter is coming off a down year and that works in the Falcons interest. It pushes him down the priority list behind Brees, Nicks, and Colston. He is an effective starting CB in the NFL and is expendable for the Saints because they still have Greer and Robinson to play CB. The Falcons can sign him away from way cheaper than it would take them to resign Grimes.Sinoe Pouha, NT- Apparently the Falcons are planning on meeting with him. He would be a nice run stuffer for a year or two as the Falcons make transition or continue a hybrid 34/43 defense.Chad Henne, QB- The Phins aren't bringing him back... point blank. But he would make a nice back up QB with actual experience. And he's a lot younger that RedmanDraftRound 2: Cam Johnson, DE, UVAI love the way he plays! I think he's the second most underrated DE in the draft behind Vinny Curry. He's coming off a down year but he's a solid player that put up nice stats in the ACC. The Falcons haveRound 3: Chris Polk, RB, UWCould be an absolute steal in the thirds round. Before this season he was ranked as the 2nd best RB in college behind Trent Richardson(ROLL TIDE!). He had a down year because everyone knew he was the only weapon UW had and he was forced to run behind a below average O Line and against a loaded box all year. He's a bigger back like Turner, but he still has decent speed and could probably gain a little more if he shed 5-10 lbs. He has above average hands and can be the lead back the same way Turner has been.Round 5: Travis Lewis, OLB , OUI don;t know if Lewis will fall to the 5th round... man I really wish they had that 4th rounder lol. But I'll place him here because ESPN still has him ranked as the #13 OLB in the draft. Players fall every year because of injury, and this is the case with Lewis. Two years ago he was ranked as a 1st round pick. He decided to stay at OU and got hurt. He recovered and returned this year to get nicked up again. 5th round picks are strictly depth picks and this is what Lewis will be. Anything more would be a great value.Round 6: Cliff Harris, CB, OregonThis is where the Falcons through caution to the wind in favor of winning. Harris was kicked off the team at Oregon and had multiple incidents but really most of them weren't as bad as were reported. He stepped in between a police officer and his brother and was charged for assult, and was caught speeding without a license. Not to say these aren't legit red flags. But come on the guy is still very talented. What happened to the last Duck to get kicked of the team and make it to the NFL. O yeah he's the lead back down their in Tampa. Harris is a high risk high reward player, and with no early pick the Falcons should gamble on strengthening the weakest part of their defense.Round 7: Chas Alecxih, DT, PITTI live in Pitt and have watched Alecixh over the past couple of years. I think if he would have stayed for next year he would be at least a 3rd round pick. He's been one of the few bright spots of Pitt's program over the past 2 seasons. But with the program in such turmoil he's jumping ship early so he's missing out on more development, which hurt his NFL stock. Very similar case as Vance Walker was a few years ago when TD drafted him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kane#7 Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 I don't like Weems and Douglas going... saying a negative for Weems that he was non-existent in the pass game is a little rough... he has caught everything thrown at him... it isn't HD and Weems' fault that MM couldn't figure out how to use them properly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Psychic Gibbon Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 I don't like Chandler. He comes from a weak conference and he did not come close to dominating it. I also do not like Soliai. He does not address a real need. We need a DT capable of collapsing the pocket and generating his own pressure, not a space eater. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egoprime II Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 (edited) Forget the year or two signings. NFL players look for and get multi year deals as in four to seven years. If a player cannot get at least a four year deal then he either is injured a lot or he is not any good.Turner tailed off last year because of an injury and our O line simply failed him, especially on those fourth down conversion attempts. Get Turner healthy and get him an O line to run behind....and he can be effective one more season at least.And no matter what happens in FA, if TD ignores our O line early on in this draft, then he deserves to be fired. Time to commit high draft picks to our O line, it is the most important group of players on our team. Edited February 22, 2012 by egoprime II Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caver50 Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 I don't like Weems and Douglas going... saying a negative for Weems that he was non-existent in the pass game is a little rough... he has caught everything thrown at him... it isn't HD and Weems' fault that MM couldn't figure out how to use them properly.Agreed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Negatorris Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 Forget the year or two signings. NFL players look for and get multi year deals as in four to seven years. If a player cannot get at least a four year deal then he either is injured a lot or he is not any good.Turner tailed off last year because of an injury and our O line simply failed him, especially on those fourth down conversion attempts. Get Turner healthy and get him an O line to run behind....and he can be effective one more season at least.And no matter what happens in FA, if TD ignores our O line early on in this draft, then he deserves to be fired. Time to commit high draft picks to our O line, it is the most important group of players on our team.If Turner's injury was that bad that it would have made his production decline that sharply, he wouldn't have even played. The dude couldn't even run against teams that wanted to play actual defense, The loss of Ovie somehow hurt him. The O Line is bad in pass protection, but they do enough for Turner to use his athletic ability and size to make a play. A guy that big shouldn't be tip-toeing at the LOS like a ballerina. He was made to run things over. Only thing he did was rush against teams bad against the run for the first half of the season, and then stopped even doing that. He got stuffed by even the Panthers. People want Abe to go so bad, but he had an injury that caused him to sit out, and everyone keeps pointing out the sacks he got against bad teams. If there's any logic behind that, then both Abe and Turner need to leave. Teams didn't have to plan to stop Turner. His stats are fool's gold, and you can easily tell. His time is ticking in Atlanta even though he will be back next season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDFIII Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 Does anyone think Lamichael James will be available in the 2nd or 3rd? I think he would be a great fit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T.Mays Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 Our Rb's will suck azz. Our oline will be the same as last year by week 4 when Mcneil get injured. And our Dline will be awful. One rule if we address our RG position in house then our Center position would have to be taken care of by a free agent. Im all for Hawley at center if we get a big name free agent RG. So our Oline will be the same if Marcuse get injured and most likely he will. Our Dline will be the same minus abe and add an unproven pass rusher. Our Rb's will be Rodgers, Snell and Chris Polk. Ughhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T.Mays Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 Does anyone think Lamichael James will be available in the 2nd or 3rd? I think he would be a great fitWe have to have had a great free agency to go BPA but year he would be a peferfect fit we need a speed back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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