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TheDirtyWord
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The Falcons draft is largely in the books. Some thoughts
1) The draft couldn't have fallen better for them to secure Jalon Walker at #15. The perfect blending of opportunity and value matching need. And if you know anything about the Falcons fanbase, the UGA connection makes him a fan favorite and likely 'last guy out of the tunnel' fixture for a decade. The type of player who can set the tone up front which the Falcons have really lacked.
2) The trade up for Pearce though was a perfect example of the dysfunction of this franchise - Terry Fontenot is on the hot seat. In a draft class where similarly ranked players in Donovan Ezeiruaku (#44) and Mike Green (#59) were examples of the depth at this position...the trading of a 2026 1st was downright irresponsible. Yes, they got a late 3rd rounder (#101) which turned into Xavier Watts, another very good value, but from my POV, the Falcons are still a team on the outside looking in from a competitive standpoint in 2025. I won't project where that pick could wind up draft order wise...but it certainly places even more pressure on a young QB to be successful and produce wins pretty much from the outset of his starting experience.
3) In simply evaluating the players brought on board, it's likely Fontenot's best draft in 5 years. But with many saying that the depth of this draft was it's strength, I'm guessing alot of teams will be able to say that. But the Falcons needed to rebuild their talent base on defense and it would be tough to argue that they didn't take a big step in doing that.
1) The draft couldn't have fallen better for them to secure Jalon Walker at #15. The perfect blending of opportunity and value matching need. And if you know anything about the Falcons fanbase, the UGA connection makes him a fan favorite and likely 'last guy out of the tunnel' fixture for a decade. The type of player who can set the tone up front which the Falcons have really lacked.
2) The trade up for Pearce though was a perfect example of the dysfunction of this franchise - Terry Fontenot is on the hot seat. In a draft class where similarly ranked players in Donovan Ezeiruaku (#44) and Mike Green (#59) were examples of the depth at this position...the trading of a 2026 1st was downright irresponsible. Yes, they got a late 3rd rounder (#101) which turned into Xavier Watts, another very good value, but from my POV, the Falcons are still a team on the outside looking in from a competitive standpoint in 2025. I won't project where that pick could wind up draft order wise...but it certainly places even more pressure on a young QB to be successful and produce wins pretty much from the outset of his starting experience.
3) In simply evaluating the players brought on board, it's likely Fontenot's best draft in 5 years. But with many saying that the depth of this draft was it's strength, I'm guessing alot of teams will be able to say that. But the Falcons needed to rebuild their talent base on defense and it would be tough to argue that they didn't take a big step in doing that.
- Pick No. 15 - Edge Jalon Walker.
- Pick No. 26 - Edge James Pearce Jr.
- Pick No. 96 - Safety Xavier Watts.
- Pick No. 118 - Defensive back Billy Bowman Jr.
Hurl Bruce
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Does Jase McClellan have any value going forward? He's at the very end of my dynasty bench, and I'd rather cut a guy like Demarcus Robinson if McClellan has a shot as the main backup at all this year or next.
warpig33
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Who saw this coming? Spanked by the lowly Panthers. I picked ATL in my survivor league. Yet another early exit for me.
rockaction
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Who saw this coming? Spanked by the lowly Panthers. I picked ATL in my survivor league. Yet another early exit for me.
I had no survivor league but I used Atlanta as my streaming D/ST with a ton of confidence of gusto. Whoops. I'm lucky it didn't run negative. I think Carolina might have taken their foot off the gas looking at Hubbard and Dowdle's snap counts. Unless that's going the way of a competition for the RB1 job. Don't actually know. But damn, that was an ugly box score for Penix. I'm not always right, but I had a ton of questions about how anointed as the starter and franchise QB everybody said and assumed he was. Uh, he isn't. Better right that ship or Captain Kirk is still hanging around, playing good teammate and employee and they'll ask him to maybe captain that boat he never really felt well enough to do the first time, and we all know our captain o captain never refuses an adventure, so if Penix cannot get this going . . .
warpig33
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I also had them as my streaming D/ST. Needless to say that didn't work out well for us.Who saw this coming? Spanked by the lowly Panthers. I picked ATL in my survivor league. Yet another early exit for me.
I had no survivor league but I used Atlanta as my streaming D/ST with a ton of confidence of gusto. Whoops. I'm lucky it didn't run negative. I think Carolina might have taken their foot off the gas looking at Hubbard and Dowdle's snap counts. Unless that's going the way of a competition for the RB1 job. Don't actually know. But damn, that was an ugly box score for Penix. I'm not always right, but I had a ton of questions about how anointed as the starter and franchise QB everybody said and assumed he was. Uh, he isn't. Better right that ship or Captain Kirk is still hanging around, playing good teammate and employee and they'll ask him to maybe captain that boat he never really felt well enough to do the first time, and we all know our captain o captain never refuses an adventure, so if Penix cannot get this going . . .
I think I'm going with the Dolphins at home against the Jets. I totally expect that to go off the rails too. 
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