Stabbing Guessward: Falcons Starters, Attempt Three

After watching Grimes being picked on last week i think he has grown some confidence and is ready to start for this team. The only question mark on this starting roster is Curtis Lofton. I didnt see him blowing up the holes like he did in college. But since he is one of our future guys starting him might be good for his confidence as well.

How long do you think they will keep Matt Ryan in this weekend?

No one is ready for Calvin ‘Spiderman’ Johnson. The guy is a freak and can catch anything thrown in a ten foot radius of him. Too bad the guy had to put up with an inconsistent Reggie Ball for three straight years.

Sorry, just had to throw out some GT love there. Also, I think you mean Roy Williams. Also another great WR.

Yeah, I’m hoping that he doesn’t get hit with the injury bug this year so we can see how well he does for a full season. He had some flashes at the beginning of the season last year but never really got going because of minor nagging injuries. Plus, Kitna or not, it’s still the Lions and that place is seriously poisoned. I fully believe Millen is cursing that frachise. I was so hoping that Atlanta would move up and draft CJ, but McKay screwed the pooch on that one as well.

…if I recall correctly you have always been quick to express your disdain for Jamaal Anderson’s production last year so could you not say the same about a boom or bust DE? Speaking of which, let’s not forget how that pick came about. Which team didn’t re-sign Kerney the year before? That’s right Atlanta, and what did he do in ’07? Not much I guess, just the best damn year in his career is all.

Anderson had no business being picked in the top ten that year and we had a very clear need at WR, and it would have been an obvious choice had McKay not been in charge to blow up getting that deal done. And please for the love of the football gods, no one try to argue the Vick or Petrino issues as they were completely unseen and are unrelated in any way to the choices management made that led up to the drafting of Anderson.

Personally, I have nothing against Anderson at all and I’m sure like most talented defensive ends, he will come around in his sophomore year and make up for his lackluster rookie campaign. My beef has always been with the piss poor performance of upper management and their utter lack of vision for the future of the team when making decisions. Time and again I have watched them put themselves in a hole they can’t get out of that sets the team back yet another year as well as getting rid of key players that they think they won’t need just to go out and sign a player of lesser talent, but with the same skill set after realizing they needed the original role filled. Sure, I understand that there is a cap and that at time there will be casualties because of that, but at the same time I don’t agree with setting the team up for failure because of incompetence and I think most of us have agreed that McKay clearly represents that to a T.

As for CJ being a prohibitive pick, I can’t say I understand the reasoning behind that. We had the 8th pick that year with almost 9 picks total, plus about 9 more in this years draft, so it’s not like we couldn’t have given up that 8th plus a couple then current late rounders or future late rounders and been in the same position we are now. Well, except we would have a better defensive end combo with Abraham and Kerney, and a much better wide receiver in CJ over L-Rob, or even with L-Rob because we could have still drafted him.

I guess sometimes I just wish the team would think about the bigger picture and stop getting caught up in the big moment, constantly trying to make a big splash. And I completely attribute a majority of that to Blank as he is a flashy guy.