falconidae Posted January 8, 2015 Share Posted January 8, 2015 ...I just hope our new HC runs with two pass rushers at once to begin with. The rest will be gravy. ...Agree with the rest- just wanted to say that, if Rex is the coach, it'll be a 2 pass rusher minimum every pass play. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zekeyboy1 Posted January 8, 2015 Share Posted January 8, 2015 "After a successful offseason". We were 6-fkn 10.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vel Posted January 8, 2015 Share Posted January 8, 2015 Agree with the rest- just wanted to say that, if Rex is the coach, it'll be a 2 pass rusher minimum every pass play.It just grinds my gears, especially having played and been a DB who depends on the pass rush, to see us seriously believe we were going to get pressure with a lone pass rusher and he not even be our best pass rusher. I'm still trying to think of the last time a defense was successful using only one pass rusher. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FalconFanSince1969 Posted January 8, 2015 Share Posted January 8, 2015 "After a successful offseason". We were 6-fkn 10..We would have just beaten ARI and would be playing next week if our coach wasn't a bumbling idiot last year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PokerSteve Posted January 8, 2015 Share Posted January 8, 2015 They must have worked all this out with Rexy last night! I agree. The timing of this announcement the very next day just doesn't seem at all like coincidence, but rather Blank validating to Ryan what he wanted the FO situation to be. Not to mention, Ryan or whoever ends up HC reports directly to Blank, not TD. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zekeyboy1 Posted January 8, 2015 Share Posted January 8, 2015 So in other words, its Piolis draft board from now on..Meaning not as much 5th/6th rd talent, taken in the 3rd rd.(Chevis, Owens, Southward, Dent, etc........Good news.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PokerSteve Posted January 8, 2015 Share Posted January 8, 2015 Everybody needs to chill. This is a good thing. Can't be much worse if no action was taken and TD was still doing the same bs he does. And last I checked Baltimore are doing great. If we can just barely replicate that in the ATL with Matt Ryan as QB. Heh I know we got some superbowls coming to us in a few years. So everyone relax. I think it was a good decision and action.Agree. Although it's tempting to just go ahead and crucify Artie on the cross of past failures, I admit I like these changes. This seems to be an exceptionally good start on pushing this team back towards the top of the league. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
papachaz Posted January 8, 2015 Share Posted January 8, 2015 Hey young Thomas, we're out of mouth pieces and jock straps, can you handle getting us some more please.........oh, and you don't have to video the purchase this timeLMAO.......wonder if being in charge of equipment means he also has to clean the toilets now. That video someone posted of Forrest Gump and Bubba cleaning the floor with the toothbrushes instantly comes to mind Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vel Posted January 8, 2015 Share Posted January 8, 2015 As much as yall want Pioli to be in charge, it's a tandem. How is Pioli supposed to ignore TD when they are good friends and are on the scouting trail together? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
papachaz Posted January 8, 2015 Share Posted January 8, 2015 They must have worked all this out with Rexy last night! or Austin today......... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zekeyboy1 Posted January 8, 2015 Share Posted January 8, 2015 1969, so 7-9, 8-8 would've been a successful offseason? Not. Didn't get much from Solai, Jackson,(gonna give them 1 more chance under the new coach however. But its not looking good so far) or Hester imo..Heck, Dwight Lowery was their best acquisition.(besides Jake) And that was an easy one. They just had to find someone better than Decouldnt... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Hoopah! Posted January 8, 2015 Share Posted January 8, 2015 Hey young Thomas, we're out of mouth pieces and jock straps, can you handle getting us some more please.........oh, and you don't have to video the purchase this timeLMAO.......wonder if being in charge of equipment means he also has to clean the toilets now. That video someone posted of Forrest Gump and Bubba cleaning the floor with the toothbrushes instantly comes to mindTD in charge of equipment? Next season we're going to look absolutely Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
papachaz Posted January 8, 2015 Share Posted January 8, 2015 Maybe Pioli will shed the anti-SEC bias that we've seemed to have. I'm so tired of seeing LSU, Bama, UGA, etc. players flourishing for other franchises.oh good lord, there is NO anti SEC bias in the Falcons. this is brought up from time to time and someone posted a rather extensive list of players brought in the last 7 years from the SEC.Here's a few just off the top of my head:Peria Jerry, MississippiMike Johnson, AL,Coery Peters, KentuckyChevis Jackson, LSU,Jake Matthews, Texas A&M,Julio Jones, AL,Travian Robertson, South Carolina,Cliff Matthews, South Carolina,Akeem Dent, UGA,Thomas Brown, USA,Keith Zinger, LSU.......those are just off the top of my head. Do y'all expect every player drafted to be from an SEC school? oh, and the other teams are supposed to skip over them and leave them ALL for us? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AEFalcon Posted January 8, 2015 Share Posted January 8, 2015 Most HC want the some power of determining personnel. Is this arrangement appealing to HC candidates? It seems now that the Head Coach has to go through SP, the asst GM, but who is in direct charge of scouting & drafting but then he has to get approval from the GM to make the final decision. Sounds like too many Chiefs to me.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Falcons&Bulldogs#1Fan Posted January 8, 2015 Share Posted January 8, 2015 Pioli is better drafting linemen, TD is better drafting skill position players, and Rex has a eye for talent on the defensive side of the ball. Looks like the making of a hellva staff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoYouSeeWhatHappensLarry Posted January 8, 2015 Share Posted January 8, 2015 Twitter chatter seems to think this is less of a move than it reads. If it isn't, I think it could be a very successful approach. Dimitroff's strength has been his cap management and he'd still have final say but Pioli would likely build the organizational knowledge base from draft to draft, FA to FA. I would have liked to see the FO look at getting Tom Gamble in here for a fresh voice but I think Pioli did fairly well as a GM, he just picked the wrong coach and QB. We already have the QB and Blank is going to pick the coach. Pioli can do what he's best at. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanadonis Posted January 8, 2015 Share Posted January 8, 2015 oh good lord, there is NO anti SEC bias in the Falcons. this is brought up from time to time and someone posted a rather extensive list of players brought in the last 7 years from the SEC.Here's a few just off the top of my head:Peria Jerry, MississippiMike Johnson, AL,Coery Peters, KentuckyChevis Jackson, LSU,Jake Matthews, Texas A&M,Julio Jones, AL,Travian Robertson, South Carolina,Cliff Matthews, South Carolina,Akeem Dent, UGA,Thomas Brown, USA,Keith Zinger, LSU.......those are just off the top of my head. Do y'all expect every player drafted to be from an SEC school? oh, and the other teams are supposed to skip over them and leave them ALL for us?It's great to see SEC players on this team, but could TD actually get the GOOD players of the SEC? Those guys are **** except maybe 2... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aftermath Posted January 8, 2015 Share Posted January 8, 2015 We would have just beaten ARI and would be playing next week if our coach wasn't a bumbling idiot last year.deciding whether fire or retain the HC was part of the offseason and they bungled that one bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doobs Posted January 8, 2015 Share Posted January 8, 2015 Nope !"Interesting...... So Piloli is going to run the draft but report to TD? So actually has final sat?"I thought he was doing this the whole time tho Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FalconFanForLife Posted January 8, 2015 Share Posted January 8, 2015 Anything that diminishes TD's role in scouting or drafting is good news indeed. This is exactly how Mr. Blank managed McKay after his disastrous hiring of Petrino. It appears Mr. Blanks modus operandi for an incompetent manager is not to fire him, but to emasculate him instead. This really leads one to wonder who has any ultimate authority in Flowery Branch. Is Mr. Blank going the way of Jerry Jones without the title?The Falcons appear more and more to be a soap opera at this time instead of a football operation. Hiring the madcap Rex Ryan would be the cornerstone of the new circus in town.Poor Matt Ryan. First he has no offensive line, then he gets no defense, followed by an inept game manager, and now his future is controlled by looney tunes incorporated managing the show. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tribal Chief Posted January 8, 2015 Share Posted January 8, 2015 looks like a newb with an agenda Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hjerry Posted January 8, 2015 Share Posted January 8, 2015 looks like a newb with an agendaOops, first post on new page. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tribal Chief Posted January 8, 2015 Share Posted January 8, 2015 Oops, first post on new page. I know right Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FalconFanSince1970 Posted January 8, 2015 Share Posted January 8, 2015 Per Jay, https://twitter.com/falconsjadams/status/552959444242284545 @FalconsJAdams: The Falcons have announced a restructuring of the player personnel department today. @FalconsJAdams: Assistant General Manager Scott Pioli will take on pro and college scouting and NFL Draft responsibilities, reporting to Dimitroff. @FalconsJAdams: Dimitroff will also retain management responsibility for salary cap, player affairs, equipment, sports medicine and performance, and video.Dimitroffed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndySG Posted January 8, 2015 Share Posted January 8, 2015 Not sure how I feel about this. Appreciate that it goes through TD, but Pioli has been responsible for taking Tyson Jackson with the 3rd overall pick, taking Javier Arenas in the second round and Baldwin in the first. Saying that, pretty sure he also took Houston, Asamoah and Poe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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