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Swarly

By Swarly,
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here's some "intelligent smack" :

the falcons are a team in "win now" mode that can't win in the playoffs. their genius coach/GM combo in smith and dimitroff have done nothing but spin their wheels and trade draft picks as if they've done anything of note with their current guys and are "just a few pieces" away from taking it all.

here are some more refined points about our pooty rivals to the south:

a. they've got a guy in jason snelling who's fully capable of splitting carries with turner the way we do with williams/stewart which would allow him to not be gassed by the end of the year, but they don't.

b. they traded five draft picks to acquire julio jones. six if you count the pick actually spent on him. meanwhile their star franchise guy in roddy white is near the top of the league in drops and tends to be hot/cold and their other main pass catcher in tony gonzalez is on borrowed time and will eventually retire, taking a bunch of receptions in that offense with him. i think something like 150 catches over the last two seasons are walking out the door with gonzalez when he calls it quits.

c. the stuff described in b means, in effect, that they've further neglected their DL/OL depth issues for another season. sam baker (a guy they traded back in to the first round for) was supposed to be their franchise left tackle and he's quietly busted. his stand-in is will svitek who's nothing to write home about himself. their center in todd mcclure is getting up there in age as well.

d. dunta robinson has been a huge FA bust for them. football outsiders ranks him 52nd against the pass for the 2010 season. this guy was handed the second biggest contract ever for a cornerback according to the estimates available.

you may look at this list and realize that we have a lot of the same issues-DL depth is weak, OL depth is just alright, we basically don't have a (proven) number two corner on the roster, any safety we have not named charles godfrey is a problem.

well, we also didn't spend six picks on a #2 wide receiver this previous draft.

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