j.lane lineman 82 Posted May 31, 2012 Share Posted May 31, 2012 mine would be the tradeing of bret farve. kind of obvious--but hind sight is 20-20 and i did say IF. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
delaigle 2,212 Posted May 31, 2012 Share Posted May 31, 2012 Firing Dan Reeves as head coach Quote Link to post Share on other sites
paulitik 15,196 Posted May 31, 2012 Share Posted May 31, 2012 The Michael Vick trade. We could have had LT, Drew Brees, and kept Tim Dwight. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FalconinPA 12,712 Posted May 31, 2012 Share Posted May 31, 2012 Letting Deion Sanders who is my all-time favorite Falcon go to a division rival for basically nothing. Recently drafting Peria "Jelly" Jerry. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
paulitik 15,196 Posted May 31, 2012 Share Posted May 31, 2012 Letting Deion Sanders who is my all-time favorite Falcon go to a division rival for basically nothing. Recently drafting Peria "Jelly" Jerry. Yeah, that was painful. Second worst thing I remember after the Vick debacle. The Andre Rison fight was so humiliating. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
WavesCrashing 37 Posted May 31, 2012 Share Posted May 31, 2012 Taking Jamaal Anderson over Patrick Willis Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tuggle'2 47,648 Posted May 31, 2012 Share Posted May 31, 2012 Vick or Petrino. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FalconinPA 12,712 Posted May 31, 2012 Share Posted May 31, 2012 Yeah, that was painful. Second worst thing I remember after the Vick debacle. The Andre Rison fight was so humiliating.QFT Quote Link to post Share on other sites
no1gunna21 92 Posted May 31, 2012 Share Posted May 31, 2012 Primetime Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The O.D.B 4,349 Posted May 31, 2012 Share Posted May 31, 2012 letting go of Dan Reeves and more relevant in today's league Wade Phillips. We handled that whole thing poorly and without class IMO. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Gritz Posted May 31, 2012 Share Posted May 31, 2012 Favre wouldn't have had 1/2 the career he did if he would have remained a Falcon....I wish the Smiths never would have been the original owners. My late mother-in-law worked for the man who was the other serious bidder (along with the R.J. Reynolds Group) to be the original owner of the Falcons, Lindsey Hopkins....(owned Buick dealerships).My mother-in-law always swore Mr. Hopkins was a very smart man and that the Falcons entire history may have been altered if he had been the owner instead of the Clampetts.So, I'll go back to the beginning. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
muskokas finest © 7,580 Posted May 31, 2012 Share Posted May 31, 2012 Drafting Travis Claridge, Mark Simoneau, Michael Thompson, Anthony Midget??? and Mareno Philyaw, passing by some QB from Michigan each time. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guvmintcheeze 890 Posted May 31, 2012 Share Posted May 31, 2012 (edited) Toss between drafting Vick Or hiring Petrino. And that's minus the Hurtwell equation, and allowing a certain head coach to leave will call tickets for Elvis on game day. Oh I could go on. Edited May 31, 2012 by Guvmintcheeze Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Gritz Posted May 31, 2012 Share Posted May 31, 2012 Yeah, you could essentially have a telephone book thick essay on "What Moves The Falcons Shouldn't Have Made." Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FalconinPA 12,712 Posted May 31, 2012 Share Posted May 31, 2012 Taking Jamaal Anderson over Patrick WillisThis was a big one.I was actually hoping that we would take willis. I often wonder if Willis would have performed here like he has in San Francisco. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guvmintcheeze 890 Posted May 31, 2012 Share Posted May 31, 2012 Mark Simoneau I'll assume you mean after we got rid of him. He played like a beast for a few years after that. ... And then poof. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SavvyFalcon89 4,862 Posted May 31, 2012 Share Posted May 31, 2012 Trading a first round pick for peerless price. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Serge 8,959 Posted May 31, 2012 Share Posted May 31, 2012 It's hard to predict what would happen if you got back more than a few years; so I would say taking Anderson over Willis.The exact team we have today with an elite player in the middle of the defense instead of a question mark between a rookie and a guy that wasn't in football last year would be great. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
clownorg 10,487 Posted May 31, 2012 Share Posted May 31, 2012 Drafting Vick, no doubt about it.Runner up, taking TJ Duckett with Ed Reed still on the board Quote Link to post Share on other sites
paulitik 15,196 Posted May 31, 2012 Share Posted May 31, 2012 Favre wouldn't have had 1/2 the career he did if he would have remained a Falcon....I wish the Smiths never would have been the original owners. My late mother-in-law worked for the man who was the other serious bidder (along with the R.J. Reynolds Group) to be the original owner of the Falcons, Lindsey Hopkins....(owned Buick dealerships).My mother-in-law always swore Mr. Hopkins was a very smart man and that the Falcons entire history may have been altered if he had been the owner instead of the Clampetts.So, I'll go back to the beginning. That's the sad truth, Brett Favre would be a homeless drunk flashing his junk to passersby in Buckhead if he stayed a Falcon.Was Clampett the one that tried to get an AFL team here? Smith got cozy with the NFL, which is how he got the Falcons, right?It could've been worse though, The original team name ideas were the Goobers, Peaches, Baptists, or Yellow Dogs. (Yikes) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Butudontseeme™ 9,939 Posted May 31, 2012 Share Posted May 31, 2012 Trading up for sackmaker baker. It seemed like a good move but you all know about hindsight. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guvmintcheeze 890 Posted May 31, 2012 Share Posted May 31, 2012 Trading a first round pick for peerless price.Price was worth it just to abuse. (Pun Intended) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
paulitik 15,196 Posted May 31, 2012 Share Posted May 31, 2012 Yeah, you could essentially have a telephone book thick essay on "What Moves The Falcons Shouldn't Have Made."I think that there have been dissertations written about that very subject.It should be a class in business schools for Sports Management majors. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Peyton 21,045 Posted May 31, 2012 Share Posted May 31, 2012 Well, it's like this....the more recent it is, the worst it is....so the recent one is taking Jamaal Anderson instead of Patrick Willis.That being said, once upon a time the Falcons traded two (1994 and 1996) 1st round draft picks for a QB that had a 14-35 career record at the time. Not only was he a losing QB, but he was a complete ********* too. I am, of course.......talking about Jeff George.The Colts traded the 1994 pick to the Niners, who drafted Bryant Young, who went on to be a 4 time All Pro, and may be in the HOF someday.The second pick was used on a guy named Marvin Harrison, who may not go to the HOF, but certainly had a HOF worthy career.So, all things considered, if I could go back in time and undo one transaction, this is it. I would have kept those two first round picks and drafted those two future studs. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
WavesCrashing 37 Posted May 31, 2012 Share Posted May 31, 2012 No 1 can fault the Vick trade .. The Vick 100 million $ ext was worseVick had talent . Our owner baby Michael Vick wheeling him on field like a clownIf we would have brought in a tough nosed HC or kept Reeves and Vick was no hanging dogsamd showed Vick tough love we would have looked at his era a lil different . As great as LT turned out he also quit on his team in playoffs . Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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