Falcons: WAR ROOM

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I recently purchased the war room book.. Its a very interesting book... A couple of highlights of the books (falcons related)

1. How truly pissed off TD gets when we lose... He even gets pissed when we win games (that had inconsistent play) ... Consistency is the one thing he truly wants.

2. How close TD and Coach Smith is (working together) .. They are truly eye to eye on the moves we make.

3. We really did want either A.J Green or Julio Jones

Quote:When asked to compare Jones and Green, Lionel Vital quickly gets to the point.

“Green is Randy Moss,” he says. “Jones is Terrell Owens.”

When Les Snead is asked, his answer differs slightly.

“When you turn on the film, Green reminds you of a better-route-running, just-as-fast Randy Moss,” he says. “He plays fast and has that great body control. With Julio, I think you’re looking at a better Michael Irvin. He’s just a strong human being. Both of those guys are going early. They’re both starting receivers in this league.”

4. We had a chance to sign Deion but the Smiths (previous owners) didnt want to match the offer.

5. When scouting.. TD really like to look at a player movement.

6. How Competitive Julio Jones is... Julio had a predraft meeting with Todd Hailey and Hailey told Julio that he had a ping pong table (at his house) and was good at it... Julio wanted to skip Lunch, go to Todd Hailey's house and see who was the better ping pong player... Todd Hailey said he fell for Julio right then and there.

Also... At one point Mularkey asks him about a negative play he saw on film. Jones acknowledges the play and then promises the offensive coordinator, “Listen, I will kill that guy.”

7. Julio Jones had the same draft grade (an 8) as Matt Ryan had in 2008 (The Falcons grading) .

8. One of our head scouts said

Quote:“Character is not a problem if you have a strong organization,” he says. “If you have a soft organization, it’s a problem. What happened at your aunt and uncle’s house when those bad kids came over? They straightened them out, didn’t they? Because they didn’t take any junk. But in a soft house, those bad kids will run the house.”

I fully agree.. Thats the one problem i have with TD scouting .. He labels guys undraftable because some made young dumb mistakes in college.

9. We wanted to draft Justin Houston

10. The funniest this in the book... When we drafted Dent in the 3rd round... They turned up the tv (espn)

Quote:“The only question,” Gruden says, “is can he play on third down?”
“We don’t give a shit!” Dimitroff says back to the TV.

The draft room burst out laughing...lol

11. The Pats thought about going after Ray Edwards also.