James Laurinaitis

are that he spent nearly all of college on the inside. I dont fancy disrupting Lofton in the middle so how good is JL pass coverage? we all know he can get after a guy but can he play out cover 2 OLB spot?

with so many holes on defense, just one guy will never be our answer. He’s a great kid, but I don’t think he is the answer to our greatest needs… not with Lofton shining so bright anyways.

DT or SS first round or Trade Down.

Theres no out and out OLB or DE in the first round this year. They are all 3-4 hybrid OLB or DE

JL teammate Freeman has come up as a geniune OLB that will hunt the ball down. but he is seen as a 2nd rounder.

I would like to see Sintim paired beside Lofton. The Falcons could use a pass rushing linebacker and he’d be perfect. They major holes on D, so the debate of DT, LB, CB, S will continue.

They can address the secondary with 2nd and 3rd picks and DT with their 4th, or pick another LB. They have 2 5th round picks which could be used on either of those along with a TE.

I’d rather take Cushing, since he actually plays OLB. I heard somewhere that Laurinaitis didn’t want to move from ILB, which would take him off our list I would think. That may have been just a rumor though

I don’t think Cushing will be available with out Pick. I do like him though, he’d help out the defense quite a bit. Sintim will be available when we pick at 24 though, and he’s more of what the Falcons are looking for.

1. TD can’t and/or doesn’t want to trade up or down
2. Moore (Missouri) is off the board
3. Delmas (Western Michigan) is off the board

Then we could do worse than Laurinitis (assuming he’s there). The great thing about Laurinitis is his football intelligence. He’s not the kind of guy that blows you away physically, and he isn’t the strongest or fastest guy on the field, but he has a ridiculous nose for the ball.

BUT … the more I read about Maybin, the more I like.

His coverage skills are above average.