"Falcons have hit on many gems under Dimitroff"

[cooperbh]

I don't think the author was necessarily saying that TD drafted all those players or brought them in from other teams. Only that he was responsible for "putting them on the roster." Sometimes, who you keep/who you let go is as important as who you bring in. It's not like Babs, Clabo, Grimes, et al were already established full-time starters when TD arrived.