Aluminafalcon Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 Letting the o line deteriorate to point where we felt we needed to get both lindstrom and mcgary was the mistake. Lindstrom looks to be on cusp of becoming a top tier guard and mcgary has had streaks of success ( imagine if cam Jordan didn’t have his number). I would take either over drafting another Beasley or takk vitaman 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faithful Falcon Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 I keep seeing you guys talk about McGary. I think he has been solid. Funny how he got blamed for 3 sacks vs Cam Jordan in the first game vs the Saints. It was Ryan holding onto the ball too long. The sacks on the other side were legit bluffs by Matthews. Classic AFMB Logic though. 1989Fan 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1989Fan Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 Hmmm, Lindstrom and McGary have made one of the better first rounds that TD has had in recent years...bad take. I dont recall any other Falcons getting all-pro votes in their first full season. PokerSteve and Faithful Falcon 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wade C Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 When they announced we had traded fort he pick I was so excited, I was sure Cody Ford was going to be the pick. Caleb who? PokerSteve 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1989Fan Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 1 minute ago, Doug Carlton said: When they announced we had traded fort he pick I was so excited, I was sure Cody Ford was going to be the pick. Caleb who? It’s Kaleb, so point has been made! 😂 PokerSteve, Faithful Falcon, Wade C and 1 other 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SipDirtyBird84 Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 18 hours ago, Smiler11 said: Yeah I don't agree with this. Linemen aren't typically short-term fixes but more long-term investments. Next year will be the true litmus test for McGary and Lindstrom in a new offense and having to step up with Mack no longer here. In my opinion, they're going to look like pro bowlers under Smith. Takk has got to be the worst draft mistake we made. Do you remember this guy?!? PokerSteve 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snafu Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 (edited) Paying Brown and Carpenter was a worse mistake than drafting McGary and Lindstrom. Edited February 13, 2021 by Snafu ukfalc, Herr Doktor, FA91 and 4 others 3 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1989Fan Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 42 minutes ago, SipDirtyBird84 said: Do you remember this guy?!? I blame Patrick Kerney for that massive reach. Once he screwed the Falcons, McKay panicked. I don’t even think the Falcons had a formal meeting w JA98 before drafting him. Hated that pick before Goodell even finished announcing it. That said, the article said past 5 years. SipDirtyBird84 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herr Doktor Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 28 minutes ago, Snafu said: Paying Brown and Carpenter was a worse mistake than drafting McGary and Lindstrom. This. McGary had a better year pass blocking than most give him credit for. Run blocking was atrocious across the line. Scheme, poor coaching, zero adapting to change played more a factor in the poor run blocking. Great point bro. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SipDirtyBird84 Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 7 minutes ago, 1989Fan said: I blame Patrick Kerney for that massive reach. Once he screwed the Falcons, McKay panicked. I don’t even think the Falcons had a formal meeting w JA98 before drafting him. Hated that pick before Goodell even finished announcing it. That said, the article said past 5 years. Ohh okay cool! I missed that part. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ukfalc Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 The problem was, we spent our main money on the interior OL too. It was a major need, but adding 2 significant FA and then drafting 2 more was excessive in that it resulted in us neglecting other needs. The front office should have been able to address our needs with our making that quite that level of investment. Geaux_Falcons, PokerSteve and Herr Doktor 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sidecar Falcon Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 21 hours ago, Summerhill said: https://www.pff.com/news/nfl-the-biggest-draft-mistake-for-each-team-in-the-past-5-years I don't totally disagree with this but don't think the explanation made the greatest case for it. I think the better explanation for why this was a mistake is because the Falcons went all out to pick Lindstrom and McGary in the 1st while some really good offensive linemen went well into the 2nd round who don't seem any worse. I understand why we did it but don’t agree with it. One of my biggest issues with those picks is I didn’t believe they were the BPA at a position of need. I was more ok with Lindstrom than McGary. McGary felt like a desperation move to me. Lindstrom has been good and McGary has been average to above average. All in all, not bad picks. Wade C 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Godzilla1985 Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 (edited) Lindstrom was not in anyway shape or form a reach. Maybe McGrary but taking Yack McKinley over Watt was the worst decision in the past 5 years. Edited February 13, 2021 by Godzilla1985 PokerSteve, Dr Long Shot and vitaman 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smiler11 Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 1 hour ago, SipDirtyBird84 said: Do you remember this guy?!? I do. It did say in the last 5 years though. Jamaal Anderson was a horrible pick by McKay though, particularly with Darelle Revis and Patrick Willis on the board. PokerSteve and SipDirtyBird84 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfensheim Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 I can't help but think that Lindstrom and McGary were only picked for this article because of the whole idea of them being "reaches". They even say that they were considered reaches around the NFL, even though we heard reports that Minnesota was going to pick Lindstrom a couple picks after us, and McGary was likely going to be picked up by New England if we didn't trade up for him. I don't buy into this at all. Lindstrom will turn out to be the best player on our OL and McGary has shown potential. Now where's takk??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PokerSteve Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 21 hours ago, Summerhill said: It's pretty hard to argue anything is worse than pick McKinley over TJ Watt when they played the same position and were mocked to go at the same spot. TTTTTTRRRRRRRRROOOOOOOFFFFFFFFFFFEEEEEEEEEEEDDDDDDDDDDDDD!!!!!!!! 🤪 SipDirtyBird84 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Long Shot Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 20 hours ago, FalconFanSince1969 said: Investing in either line is never a mistake. Well, it's a mistake if you pick bums, but I don't think that's the case, definitely not with Lindstrom and maybe not with McGary. Next year we'll be able to evaluate these guys in the Smith scheme and get a much better idea of what they can do on our team moving forward, and my expectation is much improved play from everyone including Jake. PokerSteve 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PokerSteve Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 2 hours ago, Snafu said: Paying Brown and Carpenter was a worse mistake than drafting McGary and Lindstrom. Absolutely moronic. Money flushed down the toilet, two wasted roster spots. Pathetic. If one needed any evidence the FO was desperate and dysfunctional, bringing in Brown and Carpenter was solid proof. Aluminafalcon and vitaman 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Summerhill Posted February 13, 2021 Author Share Posted February 13, 2021 5 hours ago, Wolfensheim said: I can't help but think that Lindstrom and McGary were only picked for this article because of the whole idea of them being "reaches". They even say that they were considered reaches around the NFL, even though we heard reports that Minnesota was going to pick Lindstrom a couple picks after us, and McGary was likely going to be picked up by New England if we didn't trade up for him. I don't buy into this at all. Lindstrom will turn out to be the best player on our OL and McGary has shown potential. Now where's takk??? I’m not sure the author is even commenting on the abilities off the two. I think he is pretty simplistically saying the Falcons OL stunk, they used two 1st round picks to try and fix it, and now their OL is mediocre to show that it wasn’t worth it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Akod2017 Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 7 hours ago, 1989Fan said: I blame Patrick Kerney for that massive reach. Once he screwed the Falcons, McKay panicked. I don’t even think the Falcons had a formal meeting w JA98 before drafting him. Hated that pick before Goodell even finished announcing it. That said, the article said past 5 years. I argue if we had won the super bowl TJ would have been taken as the obvious falcon locker room fit. TD wanted a guy with an edge after watching his team pray time would run out. I swear he thought he was drafting Marshawn like swagger. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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