Mel Kiper Jr gave the Falcons a C+ for its recent draft. The Biggest Falcons fan I know Paul Mac weighs in on Kiper's thoughts.
C+ is slightly better than average, I think he's afraid of posting a C honestly. No one's played a down yet so he's basically ranking perceived value. That's cool. It's hard to give a high grade when you don't have a 2nd or 4th rounder. That said, I totally understood what Dimitroff and co were trying to do even if I was taken aback by the trade and what they gave up. About 3 months ago you and I both said it, wow would Julio Jones be a good fit for what they like to do. Then they get Akeem Dent who helps improve depth and he's an excellent tackler. This will help take some of the pressure off of Lofton having to play every down. It keeps him more fresh. Jaquizz Rodgers is a great get where they got him. Murray and the kid from Kentucky were gone. I've liked Rodgers since he powered his way over that vaunted SC defense.
Not sure why they drafted a punter when Koenan is good, but maybe they like his versatility. All in all I'm happy. A lot of people are looking only at the negatives of Jones probably because of the picks and that he's a WR when there were other perceived needs. They needed a playmaker though, and they've got one. He plays longer than 6'3" in my opinion. Now they can go a lot of ways in the red zone.
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i won't kill gmTD for making the trade. If Julio Jones comes in and does what you expect him to and that 1st rounder will be in the late 20s (or you are hoping in the early 30s) and what were you going to get there anyways?
and why bother with drafting a bunch of fifth rounders, fourth rounders when odds are they would be hard-pressed to even make this team. You needed fifth rounders back in 2008 when you were building the team. Not right now.
You pushed your chips in and made a move. You DON'T make this move and suddenly everyone is moaning, "We don't have have any weapons other than Roddy." You answered that problem. The defense? Unless you traded up to get Peterson (or Fairley, but is it too early to give up on the Ole Miss kid?) there wasn't anyone worthy of that big of a splash for defense. Von Miller? Didn't you JUST take Spoon last year?
I am a TOTAL fan of this move. You set your sights on getting better NOW and you did. No problem with this move at ALL!
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