Falcons have built nicely...

[Diesel]

With London and Pitts... the Falcons have Pro Bowl/ possibly HOF players. 

At QB we have Mariota... not bad.  However, in the future, there may be another Young in town??????

 

[macdaddy]

19 hours ago, Diesel said:

With London and Pitts... the Falcons have Pro Bowl/ possibly HOF players. 

At QB we have Mariota... not bad.  However, in the future, there may be another Young in town??????

 

If only.   Too many teams ahead of us in the race to the bottom.   And we'll keep being a good team.  We've had a chance or beat some of the good teams in the league already.

[Gray Mule]

Built pretty good.  Switched over to rookie QB for the last four games.  Falcons had a lot of "dead money" this season, meaning $$$ that they couldn't spend and the players responsible were already gone.  They took their beating rather than try to spread it out.  That's mostly over.

With draft picks, beginning with #8, they should be able to add some pretty good players to the roster and with money to spend and being willing to trade some, free agency and all that jazz, Falcons will be fun to follow this summer.

[JayBirdHawk]

Wish we had switched to the rookie earlier.

[macdaddy]

15 hours ago, JayBirdHawk said:

Wish we had switched to the rookie earlier.

I think most people do.  I was actually fine with Mariota.   We really should be in the playoffs.   Remember that super-bogus roughing the passer on Jarrett/Brady that turned a sure win into a loss?  If we had won that game and every other game in the league had the same result the rest of the way we would have made the playoffs.   Now it's possible we lose to the Bucs in the last game if it mattered but still. 

[Gray Mule]

Dead money ~ ~ Players are gone from the roster but you're still obligated ~ ~ Falcons took a hard hit with this last season, Mostly Matty Ice and Hulio Jones.  We will be mostly free of dead money now.  This means more $$$ to spend on free agents.  

Rookie QB will enter pre season as the #1.  Looking for a #2.  Probably an older, willing to be backup player.

[HawkingAwesome]

falcons THIS year have built VERY nicely so far.

[HawkingAwesome]

stole bates from  the bengals ;D

[JayBirdHawk]

I.may actual watch some falcons game this upcoming season. Since the Sperbowl meltdown I hv not been able to watch.

[Spud2nique]

1 hour ago, JayBirdHawk said:

I.may actual watch some falcons game this upcoming season. Since the Sperbowl meltdown I hv not been able to watch.

YES! Bring kg back too! I know y’all a couple 

[Gray Mule]

New birds will be set to sail in the upcoming season.  Free agency has given the roster a boost in their defense.  Expecting a better, more powerful defensive line.  They have grown bigger.  They have a new head honcho on the defense, coming over from the hated Saints.

Added another QB to keep the pressure on our starter.  Money well spent, I believe.  Solified the offensive line.  The linemen, both on offense and defense is where it all begins at the snap of the ball!  No line, no team.

Draft is yet to come.  Falcons will be improved next season.  Last year they were blown out in one game.  All the other losses were within one TD of being either tied or won.  Watch out world!  Here comes the birds!!

Edited April 18, 2023 by Gray Mule