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is if the Hawk's front office is content with just making the playoffs or building a championship team. we could very easily add some stopgap players this off season that could make us say a 6th seed in the Eastern Confernce, but we taking a couple of mediorce players as a stopgap would set this franchise back 2-3 years if they hope to win a championship. it seems to me the hawks are too caught up on JUST making the playoffs. I mean in the interviews all they ever talk about is just making a run for the playoffs, nothing more. I think we need to avoid the temptation to trade for a player like Eddie Jones or sign some average player to another bad contract, just to put some fans in the seats. We need to identify the players we want build this franchise around after this upcoming season, when we can get our bad contract's off the books. Yes we have some good players, however none of them are superstars. IF we can lure a KG or Kobe type player, we will have to be able to have cap space along with making the playoffs next year. As you have seen, you cannot win a title without a star and the 04-05 FA is prob. our best chance to bring in a superstar... but it seems to me that our team wants to be the team of the mid 90's..... a 2nd round exit each year instead of just waiting a year and building a dynasty.

Vince Carter has reportedly made a strong push for the raptors to trade Chris Bosh for a veteran because they need to win now and cannot wait. I'd send them Big Dog for Bosh in a second. I'd even throw in Nazr if it was needed. If Nazr had to be involved to complete this deal we could easily sign Kevin Willis and he's a good backup and we wouldn't have to worry about his health. Then we could move Reef to Sf where he seems comfortable. Jt Diaw Reef Bosh Theo Now that squad could win. I wish we could get Maggette with our exception... pretty much every NBA GM says he's on the verge of blowing up this season.... however I don't know if we would even make an offer to him or not...

If we were to do that second trade, I would make them take on Crawford's contract. Then that could be a good deal, but I dunno if they would do it then.

If we were to do that second trade, I would make take on Crawford's contract. Then that could be a good deal, but I dunno if they would do it then.

what in [censored] is this???? lampe is still here!!!!! we need to seriuosly think about trading up... whatever happened to him???????

If michael pietrus is there i think we should take him over just about anyone else. if that happens we NEED to think about a jt/dog/nazr for dre miller/odom. then sign a guy like maggette or pj brown. we would have a squad. id love to lineup.... miller pietrus odom reef theo with maggette and dj coming off the bench... talk about a total transformation... we would have a running, athletic team with a true floor general in dre.... prob. will never happen though

One of them has Hinrich dropping to us???? No WAY that happens. Even if he did drop to us I really don't trust him. I will admit he is better than Dickau at this point, but I have a feeling he will turn into a slightly better Dickau, but I could be wrong.

I think his stock is dropping, however I see no way he gets to 21. If he drops to 18 or 19, the only way we would get him IMO is to trade up. While I am not exactly certain the needs of the teams that pick right before us I am almost certain that any team would look at Jarvis Hayes as a steal that late in the first round. I think he would be great for us, but there are other needs of this team as that other plays can fill without having to trade up. I think Boris Diaw would be an ideal fit for us. Also what really do we have to offer to move up a few spots?

Acording to lots of posters on the espn hawks board iverson has been traded to atl for reef. the trade has been said to involve fillers and picks. It was said to be announced draft night. One guy had a link with the story leaked but it is now not avaiable. A couple of other people claimed they saw the story. I do not know what to think, but this seems possible and if it happened it would be great. We would need to find something to do with JT and Big Dog though. Maybe JT/Dog for Miller/Odom? How does this look? miller iverson odom fill in the blank ratliff maybe we could sign a decent defensive minded PF and draft maybe a daivd west or anderson varejo and take a chance on Kendrick Perkins?

What is the deal with this guy? Just a couple of weeks ago, I saw him being projected to go in the top 6, and now some mock drafts have us selecting him at 21. Would this be a good pick for us? I have read that some consider him a tweener but all agree he has great potential. At 21, I think he would be worth the risk. I would like to see us grab a couple high schoolers in the second round and try to develop them.If these guys went to college for a year or two they would all be top 5 picks, so I think in the second round they could provide great value and improve our overall talent level and athelticism.

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Jenkins singed a 1 yr contract for the league minumim. Great signing if you ask me.

I think the falcons take Ken Hamlin in the 2nd if he's there with the void at FS.

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It has been rumored that the falcons will select Anquan Bolden out of FSU if he is still aviable in the 2nd round. The Falcons were "thrilled" when he had a bad workout. He could become an elite possesion guy. Sort of like David Boston, but not with the problems. I don't know if I would feel comfortable selecting him with our defensive needs, but our offense would be set. This isn't too good of a draft for CB's, so I think it would be a great pick considering this. If we can sign a big NT and a veteran corner we would be in great position. Next year we would have to go all out for a great corner though. It would probably be a bigger need than our WR was this year considering big play ray will be older. I hope Bolden and Carpenter can make complete recoveries. If they can't if Ken Hamlin or I think Bethume Mathis? are aviable in the 2nd I would grab them, but I doubt they will be esp. Mathis as his stock has been rising greatly over the past few weeks.

Brooking vs. Spikes This is very close IMO. I give it slightly to brooking b/c he is normally very good in pass coverage although he a couple of times he looked silly trying to cover people, but noramlly he is excellent. Price vs. Mathis Now? Price by 10 miles. In both of their primes? Still price easily. They are different WR's though. Mathis is a possesion guy. Price is the great deep threat we have lacked since Tony Martin. This element to our offense got us to the super bowl. But we didn't have Mike Vick then. Price is also easily better than Martin was in our superbowl run.

I know for a FACT that this stuff is goes on all the time, but nobody talks about it. I am SHOCKED Tony Cole went public about this. Realize this will affect more than just UGA, but new rules and policies will probably result from this situation.

What about Shaq and Kobe??

Eat it Joe Horn.... maybe he will say he got food posioning this time lol

Actually Cassell is a better PG than JT, but the rest of those comparsions are correct.

great win for atlanta!!! this one came down to the end.... i was very surprised by reeve's play calling at the end... he put dunn at QB and faked a reverse to vick who was at wr.... then he went for 4th and 4 at the 30 to put the game away where he could of just had feely take a field goal! totally different play calling on the last drive, but it was refreshing to see.....

This is a huge weekend for football..... There are many great football games both pro and college that I think would be fun to predict: NFL: Falcons vs. Ravens Vick will destroy the a Ravens defense missing Ray Lewis and Michael McCracy. The Falcons Defense will put the clamps down on a Raven's offense that is just plain bad and is missing starting QB Chris Redman. Falcons 28-10 Raiders vs. 49ers Garica and Co will destroy the Raiders. The Raiders and missing a bunch of players on defense, but should be able to score plenty of points. This will be a shootout. 49ers 35-34 Dolphins vs. Packers I'm sure Dolfan won't be happy about this, but it is time for the annual meltdown of the phins'. Add Ahman Green and Brett Farve in a freezing Lambue Field at night and you get trouble. Pack 24-17 NCAA: UGA vs. Florida This will finally be the year UGA knocks off Florida. This bulldog team is the most talented one in a long time, maybe ever. The Bulldogs will get alot of key players back from injuries, and they shouldn't get too bad of a scare. Dawgs 42-28 Yellow Jackets vs. NC State NC State is too talented... Tech has many injuries.. should be close though WolfPack 34-27 Nebraska vs. Texas Nebraska has had a down year this year, but has finally started to shape up, look for them to finish strong. Texas always messes up Nebraska's seasons.... this time Texas gets some of its own medicine. Huskers 24-21

Here is a list of things the Falcon's should do this offseason that I think have a good chance of happening: Fire Reeves and hire a offensive head coach who can utilize Vick, Dunn, Duckett, etc Sign a big play WR.... TO, Boston, Holt are all free agents.... I would target TO, and maybe try to sign a guy like Peerless Price who would be a perfect fit with a start playing with him like he has now in Buffalo Move Brooking back to OLB.... this guy is incredibly fast and can tackle with the best of them, but he can simply not play MLB... he just cannot seem to shed blockers, and I do not see him as a playmaker like Lewis or Urlacher..... if he wants that kind of $$$ show him the door Sign Takeo Spikes.... this guy is fed up with the Bengals.... he is a pro bowl calibur player, but doesn't get any attention in Cincy... I have a feeling he would like to come back to ATL Draft EJ Henderson.... he is a great MLB, and can be a playmaker and eventual perrinal pro bowler, and contribuate as a rookie.... draft a SS in the 2nd to 3rd round.... there is some great safety talent in this draft that will no doubt be overlooked.... I am actually pretty content with Keion Carpenter at FS, but overall with need more talent here Figure out this RB situation... Duckett should be the full time back, Dunn can be used as a 3rd down pass reciving back and we could him 10 or so touches a game in that role and he would be very effective..... it is soo hard to share the role as a running back b/c you can never get into the rythm.... like Dunn said if a RB gets his touches, he will break one. Just look what happened aganist New Orleans. Also the O Line suffers from constantly changing from different RB's especailly with the contrast in running styles with Dunn and Duckett Post your ideas/thoughts/opinions.... I will post more later

If Duckett does not play, which is pretty doubtful, I would bet the Falcons would throw the ball a whole lot more than usual. I would expect Vick to get most of the yards on the ground as well. Vick will have to have a great game, I really don't think the Saints can contain, and I think we will go crazy on their subpar defense. The Falcons can't rely on Dunn to get steady yardage on the ground, so I would hope Reeves would get creative and run a few trick plays. I think that Dunn will play the kind of role that he did againist the Giants. He killed them on little dump offs and when he had some room, he got some nice yardage. I also think that our defense will do pretty well aganist the Saints. If we can get the kind of pass rush that we did last week, we will be in great shape. Either way, we will at least contain them and they won't have a huge game. I think this will be a close game somewhere around 24-17, and I think the Falcons can take this game if they well and have a good gameplan. I also think the Saints might be looking past us just a little bit with all of the media coverage they have been getting. That would give us an advantage. I think that the game will be in won in Special teams, where we are probably the best unit in the league, and which team makes the fewest mistakes. Vick has thrown 0 ints this year, and I don't see him throwing one tommorrow. He will have to do a good job protecting the ball though. If you have watched the Saints, a lot of their offense gets going when their defense causes a turnover, so if we can stay free of those we will have a chance to win.

Is anyone in Ga coming to the game this friday? ESPN is having their camera crew come cuz highlights will be on Sportscenter! I go to Norcross and last year we came the closest to beating parkview of any team since their 36 game winning streak. We lost by two in their home stadium, but the officals gave us a screw job. Parkview is ranked 2nd nationally, but this year the game is at Norcross... This will be a great game and our students will be going crazy.... I think we are gonna snap their winning streak this year!