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Our needs going into next year draft and FAs - evo - 09-19-2012 12:34 PM
For right now it seems like next year going to be another busy year for TD. Doesnt matter how this season fall out, our team already have several holes that need to address next year.
Matt Ryan going into his last contract year, Will he get his big payday?
Mike Turner slowing down, and we need a major upgrade with our RBs. Will he be resign to a cheap deal, or will we cut him and go for another RB? if we do, where do you see us going, drafting one or signing another upcoming rb?
Tony Gonzales said this is his last year playing, So will Micheal Palmer run the show or we will draft/sign another TE? (i highly doubt we go with Palmer).
CBs, Grimes coming off a season ending injury and in his 30s, Ansante not getting any younger. How will we go about this situation? Will we resign Grimes to a cheap contract? or letting him go and draft/sign(yes sign another FA cornerback) a CB?
At LB, we are set with our OLB but will we put faith on Dent and give him another year to develop?
Last but not least DEs, Ray Edward is no where to be found, John is old as dirt, Beirman is finally showing signs, Massqoui and Sidbury is still not ready yet. Will we go for a big name in FA??
That's 5 Position of needs right there, and Matt Ryan will be resign no matter what. What are your 2cent on this? Nonetheless its going to be an interesting for us to watch.
RE: Our needs going into next year draft and FAs - papachaz - 09-19-2012 01:17 PM
one danger of jumping the gun is getting shot in the ass
RE: Our needs going into next year draft and FAs - RnB - 09-19-2012 01:42 PM
Just have to wait and see how the FO and coaching staff approach it after the season. Matt is going to get paid for sure. Its useless to worry about a RB until our OLine shows that they can run block. The same with the DLine, until we know how they operate under Nolan over an entire year it is hard to say if we need to approach overhauling the DLine or stick with what we have.
Corner seems to always be the sticking point and it is even more unpredictable now that we have the Grimes injury and an older CB starting for us; whether we try to draft DBs or steal them away from some other team remains to be seen, I am pretty confident it is still a major area of emphasis for us going forward.
I don't think the LB corps is going to see major changes. Again, you need a season under the new defense to evaluate Dent. This is his first year as a "starter" but he still sees less playing time than he would have in our old defense. It is too early to tell if Nolan really wants a third star LB for depth or at the MLB slot.
RE: Our needs going into next year draft and FAs - RFlagg - 09-19-2012 02:12 PM
For those Curious, Here's the Falcons upcoming Free Agents and how old they will be when they become a free agent. (I realize some are missing, this is what I could find)
2013
Sam Baker - T - 27 (28 on May 30th)
Drew Davis - WR - 24
Tommy Gallarda - TE - 24 (25 on May 8th)
Tony Gonzalez - TE - 37
Chris Hope - S - 32
Robert McClain - CB - 24 (25 on July 22nd)
Todd McClure - C - 36
Luke McCown - QB - 31 (32 on July 12th)
William Moore - S - 27 (28 on May 18th)
Christopher Owens - CB - 26
Michael Palmer - TE - 25
Mike Peterson - LB - 36 (37 on June 17th)
Lousaka Polite - FB - 31
Garrett Reynolds - T - 25 (26 on July 1st)
Lawrence Sidbury - DE - 27
Antone Smith - RB - 27
Vance Walker - DT - 25 (26 on April 26th)
2014
Robert James - LB - 30
Peria Jerry - DT - 29
Mike Johnson - G - 26 (27 on April 2nd, 2014)
Terrence Johnson - CB - 27 (28 on July 5th, 2014)
Kevin Cone - WR - 26
Matt Ryan - QB - 28 (29 on May 17th, 2014)
Jonathan Babineaux - DT - 32
Joe Hawley - G - 25
Michael Turner - RB - 32
Dominique Franks - CB - 26
2015
Matt Bosher - P - 27
Matt Bryant - K - 39 (40 on May 29th, 2015)
Julio Jones - WR - 26
Cliff Matthews - DE - 26
Jacquizz Rodgers - RB - 25
Tyson Clabo - T - 33
Asante Samuel - CB - 34
John Abraham - DE - 36 (37 on May 6th, 2015)
Dominique Davis - QB - 25 (26 onJuly 7th, 2015)
Jason Snelling - RB - 31
Kroy Biermann - DE - 28
Akeem Dent - LB - 27
Sean Weatherspoon - LB - 27
Roddy White - WR - 33
2016
Stephen Nicholas - LB - 32 (33 on May 1st, 2016)
Harry Douglas - WR - 31
Ray Edwards - DE - 31
Lamar Holmes - T - 26 (27 on July 8th, 2016)
Peter Konz - G - 26 (27 on June 9th, 2016)
Charles Mitchell - S - 26
Travian Robertson - DT - 27
Dunta Robinson - CB - 33 (34 on April 11th, 2016)
Jonathan Massaquoi - LB - 27 (28 on May 11th, 2016)
2017
Justin Blalock - G - 32
Thomas DeCoud - S - 31
Our needs going into next year draft and FAs - juraitwaluzka - 09-19-2012 02:15 PM
I'm curious to see how Sidbury does in the new scheme. It was good to see him get a few meaningful snaps the other night.
RE: Our needs going into next year draft and FAs - Beef - 09-19-2012 02:24 PM
The first 3 picks next draft could/should be these 3 and in no particular order: TE, CB, RB.
After that it's LB, DE, and OL depth.
Matt already makes a crap ton of money. Not sure where the "big pay day" notion is coming from. We will give him a very long contract, like 7+ years, but only slightly more than he is making now.
Grimes, IMO, is gone. It really sucks that we will likely not get a thing for him either. He'll just go be a UFA and someone will gobble him up. And with as athletic as he is, he'll recover just fine and play at a very high level again, but for some other team.
RE: Our needs going into next year draft and FAs - AUTiger7222 - 09-19-2012 05:10 PM
(09-19-2012 02:24 PM)Beef Wrote: The first 3 picks next draft could/should be these 3 and in no particular order: TE, CB, RB.
After that it's LB, DE, and OL depth.
Matt already makes a crap ton of money. Not sure where the "big pay day" notion is coming from. We will give him a very long contract, like 7+ years, but only slightly more than he is making now.
Grimes, IMO, is gone. It really sucks that we will likely not get a thing for him either. He'll just go be a UFA and someone will gobble him up. And with as athletic as he is, he'll recover just fine and play at a very high level again, but for some other team.
I agree that I think our top 3 picks needs to be RB, TE, CB in no particular order.
RE: Our needs going into next year draft and FAs - evo - 09-19-2012 05:32 PM
(09-19-2012 02:24 PM)Beef Wrote: Grimes, IMO, is gone. It really sucks that we will likely not get a thing for him either. He'll just go be a UFA and someone will gobble him up. And with as athletic as he is, he'll recover just fine and play at a very high level again, but for some other team.the injury didn't do anything but improve our chance of getting grimes back, coming off from a season ending injury and being on the wrong side of 30, if TD can work out his magic again, we can have Grime for a decent price.
Our needs going into next year draft and FAs - juraitwaluzka - 09-19-2012 06:59 PM
(09-19-2012 05:32 PM)evo Wrote: the injury didn't do anything but improve our chance of getting grimes back, coming off from a season ending injury and being on the wrong side of 30, if TD can work out his magic again, we can have Grime for a decent price.
Not sure if the wife will stand for that.
RE: Our needs going into next year draft and FAs - evo - 09-19-2012 07:24 PM
(09-19-2012 06:59 PM)juraitwaluzka Wrote: Not sure if the wife will stand for that.If she wont stand for that then she will stand on the street. Her choice.