Should the Atlanta Falcons pursue Brandon Marshall?

He’s too much of a locker room cancer. Even if he’s not one all the time, the potential is there because he’s been a problem for Denver.

Even if we had a solid starter across from Abe, we need to have a replacement for Peterson now so we don’t have a green rookie coming in at OLB next year and we don’t have a solid replacement on the roster right now (though Coy is a great utility LB)

If we had a second round pick, it might be a little more worth the risk, but trading away our first leaves our first pick on the wrong side of 80 and we can’t have that.

Weatherspooooooon.

Marshal is a great reciever it’s the quality of person that concerns me. He’s always got drama not like the goofy kind but the violent criminal kind, we don’t need that.

One thing I’m starting to see on all these mock drafts is Weatherspoon going to Saints….. Uh, heck no! This would not bode well for us. I know it’s just draft mockery but I just don’t like the sound of it.

He was involved in the Darrent Williams incident a couple of years back, he’s made trade demands frequently, he’s not known as someone who gives a huge effort play-in and play-out, and he and Roddy seem unlikely to mesh well together. I appreciate the crux of your argument—dude is talented—but I don’t think it’s worth our first rounder.

i think he’s capable of having the rest of his career be drama free, I just don’t want it to be in Atlanta. He’ll cost to much for the risk v reward potential. If he were a free agent and all it came down to was dollars, then I’d be more willing to welcome that kind of risk. Ideally, I’d like to work the draft this year and see how it plays out receiver wise for next year.

possession Wr in the later rounds, Dave’s boy Decker or R.Cooper(UF) and we’ll be fine

I see no reason to even attempt this trade. I think you all agree, with Turner being healthy, that we’re are a pretty good running team. Our passing game feeds off our running game. Most of our passing yards in ’08 are from the playaction.

Sure we could use a better #2 then Jenkins but we might actually find that in the draft. I wouldn’t be as worried and Marshall’s past issues as I would with how pissed Roddy would get. Imagine being Roddy, for a second, and then your team goes and gets Marshall. My first thought would be, “WTF?”. Yea, I’d be angry.

So, in conclusion, HELL NO!

but its already been said our needs are definitely on the other side of the ball, I dont think we can afford to give up a 1 round, and besides the attitude that comes with this guy probably will not help the team a whole lot, so i dont see it happening

I would definitely like to see it, but it is highly unlikely and not quite worth us giving away the 1st. Especially without a 2nd, that said Riley Cooper for the ATL please.

ATL does not need to replace one drama queen (Vick) with another one (Marshall). He is either causing problem in the locker room or getting into trouble off the field. That type of player, no mattter how talented, will be a distraction for the team. Like gritzblitz said, add a possession receiver through a late or compensatory pick.