Knight of God Posted May 4, 2015 Share Posted May 4, 2015 When was the last time we took an edge rusher in the first round? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
falconidae Posted May 4, 2015 Share Posted May 4, 2015 Kerney in 99? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoodnightATL Posted May 4, 2015 Share Posted May 4, 2015 Busterson.. pick 8Beasley will NOT follow suit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirtybird56 Posted May 4, 2015 Share Posted May 4, 2015 (edited) Anderson in 08. Or did you mean a good one?Edit 07 draft Edited May 4, 2015 by Dirtybird56 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hjerry Posted May 4, 2015 Share Posted May 4, 2015 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlanta_Falcons_draft_history Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoYouSeeWhatHappensLarry Posted May 4, 2015 Share Posted May 4, 2015 At all? JA in 07.A good one? Kerney in 99. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hjerry Posted May 4, 2015 Share Posted May 4, 2015 Busterson.. pick 8Beasley will NOT follow suitYep, and before that it was Kerney. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoYouSeeWhatHappensLarry Posted May 4, 2015 Share Posted May 4, 2015 We also used our 1st on Abe in 06. So that kinda sorta counts in a "use of assets" way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knight of God Posted May 4, 2015 Author Share Posted May 4, 2015 Even if Busterson, do you guys realize that was nearly a decade ago? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sponge Posted May 4, 2015 Share Posted May 4, 2015 Wow, it's really been that long? Have we ever had a 15 sack DE? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoYouSeeWhatHappensLarry Posted May 4, 2015 Share Posted May 4, 2015 Even if Busterson, do you guys realize that was nearly a decade ago?I think that's less of a problem than the lack of potential edge rushers in the 2nd and 3rd since then.That's a position that you should be putting a decent pick into almost every year.It kind of made sense through 09. You had Abe, a Top 10 pick and Kroy who flashed a little. I get why youd think to move forward with that. But once it was clear who JA98 and Kroy were gonna be, we should have started pulling again. Thats on TD and Smitty. But I think Nolan was a big part of the problem. He really thought he could scheme it.....which makes what we actually did with our players on the field over the last two years that much more infuriating. "I'll scheme pressure....3rd down, give me Kroy, Soliai, Babs and TJAX!!!"ugh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoYouSeeWhatHappensLarry Posted May 4, 2015 Share Posted May 4, 2015 Wow, it's really been that long? Have we ever had a 15 sack DE?I believe Abe had at least one season of more than 15....16.5 if I recall correctly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knight of God Posted May 4, 2015 Author Share Posted May 4, 2015 I believe Abe had at least one season of more than 15....16.5 if I recall correctly.2008 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beast-N-Da-Sheetz Posted May 4, 2015 Share Posted May 4, 2015 And to think, some people still wanted to take a rb with the 8th overall pick. Coupled with the fact that we were the worst ranked D last year with the fewest sacks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knight of God Posted May 4, 2015 Author Share Posted May 4, 2015 And to think, some people still wanted to take a rb with the 8th overall pick. Coupled with the fact that we were the worst ranked D last year with the fewest sacks.I think Quinn, TD, and Pioli will be looking at what happens June 1st. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ukfalc Posted May 4, 2015 Share Posted May 4, 2015 Even if Busterson, do you guys realize that was nearly a decade ago?We did have a borderline HOF pass rusher in Abe, so we didn't need to be investing high picks in the position for most of that time. We should have invested a high pick in the position in 11/12 when it became apparent that Abe had limited shelf life, but chose to go in a different direction. Since then we've been playing catch-up with a lot of other needs an not enough picks or cap space to fix them all, hence having to make do with a cheap vet like Osi. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
since68andcounting Posted May 4, 2015 Share Posted May 4, 2015 Wow, it's really been that long? Have we ever had a 15 sack DE?Claude Humphrey maybe. Not sure if they kept that stat then. I think Joel Williams had a year in the upper teens as a LB. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
since68andcounting Posted May 4, 2015 Share Posted May 4, 2015 We did have a borderline HOF pass rusher in Abe, so we didn't need to be investing high picks in the position for most of that time. We should have invested a high pick in the position in 11/12 when it became apparent that Abe had limited shelf life, but chose to go in a different direction. Since then we've been playing catch-up with a lot of other needs an not enough picks or cap space to fix them all, hence having to make do with a cheap vet like Osi.If we'd have paid up for Osi ONE year earlier to pair with Abe we wouldn't be worried about our first Lombardi right now. We could have afforded it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDaveG Posted May 4, 2015 Share Posted May 4, 2015 At all? JA in 07.A good one? Kerney in 99.Correct answer. And that's effing criminal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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