Davidson Deac II

As good as Julio Jones is, I think the Falcons made out fairly well. A second round pick, and cleared up a lot of cap space (from what I read).

Was wondering if this was a question from some of our offensive linemen. lol

If he gets in, he should send a thank you note to the Giants defense.

I think our defense could struggle some first half of the season, but improve as the games go along, much like last year. Just got to get all the young/new guys in synch.

I tend to prefer historical books. Just finished reading Target Tokyo, the story of the Doolittle raid. It is one of the better books I have recently read. Goes into a lot of details that are generally overlooked. Such as the Japanese homeland reaction to the raid, the savagery with which they treated the Chinese in areas where the American flyers crashed, and the Russian treatment of the aircrew that landed in Russia.

I can see them doing something like "hey will somebody make us a stupid offer for a WR who had a good year with a not so good qb". Nothing wrong with that, and it doesn't mean we are really trying to get rid of Anderson.

Your comment makes me think of Earl Campbell. Probably the best running back I saw, at least for five or so years.

You do realize football is a team game don't you? I dislike the Tarheels, but even if Trey Lance is the next Tom Brady, I think 7-8 times out of 10, the Tarheels beat North Dakota State. I feel dirty for saying it, but its probably true. Just more talent across the board.

I bought AAL at around 10 a share and dumped it a few weeks later at 14. Got back in at 21 or so. I will probably end up getting rid of it around sep.

This is a loaded question.

I disagree. The Saints lived off their defense and run game last year. By the end of the season, Brees didn't have much left in the tank, especially after the injury. The question for them next year will be if Winston is going to be feast or famine like he was at Tampa, or can the Saints coaching staff turn him into an effective qb?

We will not. At a minimum, 8 games. And maybe as much as two years. Personally, I was not sure Cam was going to be a long term qb until the New England game when he lead us on a game winning drive. Of course, injury shortened him, but the difference between a decent NFL qb's and a very good NFL qb is how they perform in crunch time. I can't imagine we will know that after two games.

Personally, I agree with the guy who said we would be a contender with AR, but I don't think there is a chance in hell he wants to come here.

My guess is that they thought they could build for the future and win now. And to be honest, had they been able to play a little better in the last 4 minutes of most games last year, they would have won more, maybe even competed for the last wildcard spot. Hopefully, the team is better this year and Darnold can perform better under pressure than TB did.

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Where is the drama? I see signs of mild disagreement.

Actually, he decided to go back to Wake Forest to do their pro day. Makes sense since he never played a down for Georgia.

Because BB didn't want him there. BB is a good coach, but in some ways, he gets a bit overrated. His record without Brady as qb is nothing to brag about.

He definitely knew when to let Brady go. I mean TB is completely washed up.

Are you new around here?

I don't know who is better, but I do know this. What the media/mock draft/nfl analyst thinks should be irrelevant when the staff makes the pick.

Talk to me in a couple of years.

For Cam's first three years, he actually had a decent offensive line. Not great but ok. And the wide receivers, well they had Smith and signed Ginn in 2013. The team had a lot of holes to fill when Cam got here. So they had to make a lot of choices, and while the defensive picks were good, the offensive picks not so much. We spent a second on Silatolu, a first on Kelvin Benjamin, a second on Funchess. We also signed Oher, who was good until his injury. And Ted Ginn of course, who gave the offense some firepower. IMO, both Hurney and Gettleman both tried to pick players that would help the offense, but they generally sucked at it (except for running backs). Gettleman seems to have continued his lack of offensive success at NY. I guess we could look back at the 2013 draft and say that Gettleman should have focused more on the line, but had he done so, the defense if we hadn't picked Star and Short, our defense would have been pretty bad, so I am not sure it would mattered in the long run.

I do. Get as many picks as possible to increase the amount of young talent across the board and hope enough of them pan out to make us a contender. This is how teams become consistent winners. If enough of the picks pan out. Or change coaches every 3-4 years if they don't pan out.

They tried to build around Cam, they just weren't very good at it. If you look at the draft picks and free agent signings while Cam was here, we used a lot of capital on offense. But to many of their choices flamed out.