Atlanta Falcons GM Thomas Dimitroff goes against 'The Patriot Way' with Julio Jones

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(04-29-2011 12:07 PM)atljbo Wrote:  I agree that this was out of the norm for a Patriots type guy.... Real Ballsy move...


I get why TD did this and i like Julio A LOT... But we also gave up Alot...The only thing that bothers me is the 1st round next year... I know that technically count as a 2nd round pick tho.... TD need to atleast find to more really good players in this draft.

But i keep hearing analyst say that this is a weak 2nd round and i felt like we would not have found a difference maker at 27 (not the caliber of Julio Jones) ... So half of me love this trade because we got a difference maker... The other half of me is thinking about all the picks we had to give up tho...

MOVE SCREAMS PANIC

Just think if we TD was this bold to make this kind of move and offer up this much for a unproven player what else could have we gotten is the bigger question from Fitz to whoever.
This moved screamed panic move..I believe TD tried for AJ Green and failed
and that lead to this package that was probably sweetened even more when AJ off the table

TD and our front office only MEET with Jones 1 time

Im sorry you dont move up like that and you meet with player once and your sold..Your selling future draft picks for this player..SHIT we meet with Jerrigan 3 fucking times and he was rated a 2nd round player