If Dunta Robinson's Signed, What's The New Direction Of The Falcons Draft?

Of course, I said that before the Robinson signing – it goes triple now. Other definite positions of need: C, TE. And I’d love to see a WR out of the draft as well.

a DE. I like the idea of getting an OLB but I don’t think that will help the pass rush. We need a consistent pass rush, and 4-3 defenses generally rely on their front four to do that. I would rather be able to drop the LBs we have now into coverage rather than have mediocre D-line play and be forced to bring extra pressure.

OLB or DE most likely

But they may peek at RB, WR, or OT now too

I would like to see a running back beacuse turner and norwood looks to be injury prone or a solid wide receiver to compliment roddy white.

We have three running backs and can find a quality backup in the later rounds. Our D-line is good and will get better with Jerry coming back and Bierman and Sidbury improving.

Mike Peterson, however, is 34 and was only average last year.

He or Graham would be great picks, but a solid pass rushing OLB is just something we sorely lack right now, so I think S.W. would make the biggest and most immediate difference to our defense. We definitely need to build up the D-line some but we already have developing young players there and it might be better for us long-term to draft a later-round project at DE.

In this scenario Falcons trade for great position in the 1st round

How do you rate my Falcons dream mock?

http://draftdebacled.com/publisheddraft.aspx?mdid=12109#

We can speculate, but much depends on who falls to us

If Spiller, a top OT, or even a Dez Bryant is there at 19, the team may consider offense.

But one of the elite OLB’s or DE’s will likely be there at 19, and that is the most logical direction.

I’m hoping for Kindle, Morgan, Pierre-Paul, Graham, Weatherspoon, or Mays.

Yes, Mays is a safety but could play a mean OLB.

Graham over Weatherspoon please——actually there are many picks I’d take over Weatherspoon. Owners and coaches alike found Weatherspoon annoying at the Combine, I actually grew tired of him just listening to his non stop BS at the Senior Bowl.

Please DO NOT take Sean Weatherspoon. Target someone that can play both the DE or LB position. Simple as that…….

In the later rounds we can target a TE(Pitta) or OT. I believe we could have the chance to take Ben Tate or Gerhart in the 3rd.

Glad to hear Williams coming back.

I know, I know, we will be getting Douglass back, but Jenkins is average at best. why not take the WR out of Ga. Tech at 19??

Can someone tell me why Pierre-Paul been flying up the mock drafts this past week, now into the Top 5 for some. This reminds me of how Tyson Jackson flew past Orakpo just before the 2009 draft and we know how that turned out…….

It’ll be fun to watch the progress of Pierre-Paul vs George Selvie over the coming years. But after our own fiasco known as Jamaal Anderson—-the Dunlaps, Pierre-Pauls, and Morgans are just too risky in the Top 1/4 of the draft. Seared in my memory forever is how Morgan was manhandled by Iowa in the Orange. And how impressive Beluga was at LT in that game.

I feel that if Abe was allowed to pass rush instead of fall back into coverage all day long we are set on defense.
My interest is protecting Matty Ice. Even one more second of protection would be wonderful and some third round help isn’t going to get that help. Matty needs someone to keep pass rushers off his backside so he has time to eat a sandwich like many of the ELITE teams do it. The best would be a monster tackle who can protect and run block too.

I don’t care who TD gets, I have faith in him, I just want to see the offensive line reinforced.

Call me crazy but i like our defense as is. I want more and bigger holes for Turner as well as time for Matty to become Icy Cold.

Maybe a new Defensive Coordinator would help keep Abe on the line where he shines.

Spiller !

Just had to say it .. :)

Witherspoon is my Guy!!! With the secondary we now have in the fold, mix in Jerry and Moore who did not play a down last year, I think our current DE’s are more than adequate. Kroy was a monster last year and Sidbury will be in his second season. Most teams only had to handle Abraham last year for a few seconds until they threw into our patch-work secondary. But not this Season. Let’s add speed to our Young and Rising LB’s and think Playoffs.

So apparently they are starting to realize we have no corners. So they go out and overpay a number 2 corner. We still need a true number 1 shutdown corner. I don’t know why we didn’t try to get Rolle or Rhodes. I understand not trying to pay Peppers that much, some talent in the draft. The rest of the corners we have are at best just 3 corners in the nickel package. We need so much help on defense I still don’t see much improvement next year unless they start getting more talent on defense.

http://www.youtube.c…h?v=HQ8_Y_Rgh6w

Check out the quickness and range of Williams playing @ 330-340 range all last year. Stick him next to Jerry or Babs (who’s probably gonna miss bout 4 games nxt yr)and they will blow up the middle of the line. Abe and Kroy can pick up the pieces. Recently Mike Smith commented about Having a talented big man, that they are rare to find. It would be hard to imagine him dropping to 19 but omg what this could be.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQ8_Y_Rgh6w

Our first round should be spent on either a defensive lineman or a linebacker. Then in turn in the third round spend that pick on the other. After those pics we can fill other needs of the team. With the picks we need to think health along with talent. I personally believe that health was what kept us from at least a repeat season at least finishing last year.