falconsfan8412502 Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 2013 Atlanta Falcons offseason plan Resign:SS William Moore 4 year dealCB Robert McClain 3 year dealCB Chris Owens 2 year dealSS Chris hope 1 year dealDT Vance Walker 3 year dealOT Sam baker 3 year dealQB Luke McCown 1 year dealTE Michael Palmer 3 year dealRb Antone Smith 1 year deal*Keep core players together and some key reserves. I let grimes walk I think we move forward with asante/dunta and mcclain as our top 3 corners for now and 2014 draft address a shutdown corner. CUTS:DT Peria JerryRB Michael Turner*These two don’t produce and would save us around5-6 millions on next years cap. Restructured Contracts:CB Dunta RobinsonOT Tyson ClaboWR Roddy white*transfer base salary into bonuses to keep salary money the same but not count against the cap. Free up hopefully 6-8 million. $$$ With the move to a 3-4 in mind I think we draft/free agency focus on our front 7 rb and te.Free agents:*With anywhere from 10-12 million saved on cuts and restructures I feel that will be free agency money. The 7 we have before this I think we work out our own free agents.DT Alan Branch- 6’3’’ 325 Our new nose tackleOlb Manny Lawson Rushing olb Draft:1-TE Zack Ertz Stanford2- Larry Warford, G, Kentucky3-Chase Thomas, OLB, Stanford4-Baker Steinkuhler, DT/DE, Nebraska4(comp)- Cierre Wood, RB, Notre Dame5-Kenny Okoro, CB, Wake Forest6-T.J. Barnes, DT, Georgia Tech7-Ben Cotton, TE, Nebraska Depth Chart:Qb- Ryan/ McCown/ DavisRB- Rodgers/ Wood/ Snelling/ SmithFB- EwingWR- White/ jones/ douglas/ davis/ coneTE- Ertz/ Cotton/ PalmerLT- Baker/JohnsonLG- Blalock/HawleyC- Konz/HawleyRG- Warford/manleyRT-Clabo/holmes DE-Babineaux/SteinkuhlerNT-Branch/Robertson/BarnesDE-Walker/Mathews/PetersOlb- Abraham/biermann/MassaquoiILB-Weatherspoon/NicholasILB- Dent/NicholasOLB-Lawson/ ThomasCB-Samuel/Mclain/owensCB- Robinson/OkoroFS- Decoud/ MitchellSS- Moore/ HopeP-BosherK- Bryant Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
falconsfan8412502 Posted January 23, 2013 Author Share Posted January 23, 2013 With improved dline and olbackers i think we can stop the run and pass rush at a higher level. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kayoh Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 You seriously waited until the 4th round to pick a DE? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtlantaFalconsWR11 Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 I think if they were going to switch to a 3-4 some different moves would need to be made. I like signing Branch as the NT but I'd also target at NT in the middle rounds. I'd use the first two picks on ILB and DE and get Manti Te'o in the 1st and Datone Jones DE out of UCLA in the 2nd. I honestly think a very good TE could be had later on like in the 5th. I think Philip Lutzenkirchen TE out of Auburn could be an absolute steal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
falconsfan8412502 Posted January 23, 2013 Author Share Posted January 23, 2013 Thomas Steinkuhler and barnes are there to fill out 3-4 de nt and olb rusher. I think if you get branch and lawson you can go after a TE/OG first to help those spots and still get better on defense Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LookAboutFalcon Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 I'm not a fan of this mock, sorry man.Alan Branch is getting up there in age and is nothing special.TE in the 1st round is a major reach. You have us taking two offensive players in the 1st two rounds when defence is our problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ssippifalcon Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 I wouldnt be completely upset with this draft but i still feel like we would be lacking in defense Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
falcon90 Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 TE in the first? Our defense needs d**** near everything. TE is deep we can get one later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigBird35 Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 Got to pick a DE way before 4th round, that is the most pressing need on the entire defense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirtyBirdSupabowl Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 I hated the idea of the 3-4 at first but at this point we have been running the 4-3 for 5 years and I see little improvement from our D. I know losing Grimes hurt a lot of what we were trying to doing to do but we still can't get to the Qb so at this point Im open to any fixes. I just think if we do go to a 3-4 we should grab a DE/OLB in the 1st and a NT in the 2nd. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mumblesjr Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 if we switch to 3-4, i don't see why going O early. it would only make sense to draft 3-4 type players early Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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