Falcons: bottleneck

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(08-13-2011 11:06 PM)Penumbra Wrote:  It's tough to see a player apprarently in his prime, to the normal NFL fan, and then see he's washed up. And it's tougher to say so, that he's washed up. In the past some of us have caught pure Hell for suggesting a guy is washed up.

When Jerry Rice went to the Raiders, he was washed. And some people caught Hell for that sentiment. The Falcons have signed many players washed up at the time,...Eric Dickerson, Mike Rozier, Tim McKyer, Peerless Price,...we could go on and on.

There was one man I was wrong about. We gave away a 1st round pick for Abe. Abraham has been a delight.

I think if you look at Gonzalez's career you can easily be misled by just how great he was. He is still one of the 10 best TEs in the league. No TE puts up numbers like he used to. He was the go to guy in KC because they had absolutely no one else to throw to. Here he was a security blanket for Ryan. I don't think that's the issue anymore.

Ryan forced that ball, but in reality he shouldn't have thrown it. It was one of the first passes in the first preseason game after a very short TC. I wouldn't put any stock into it.

As for Jerry Rice in 2002 in oakland 92-1211-7 and they went to the Super Bowl. His second season 63-869-2. He was 42 years old. Not bad for washed up.

McKyer played 2 years with the Falcons and recorded 7 picks Not bad. He went on to play another 5 years even spending another 8 games in Atlanta later.

Mike Rozier washed up, when was he ever not after college? Eric Dickerson was just signed for depth and well Peerless Price well he was never that good. He had one really good year with Buffalo but other than that nothing to be excited about.

Your examples suck