Turner to Falcons official

by Gliddog on Mar 2, 2008 4:58 PM EST

What does it mean?

So now they really don't need McFadden. So here is an interesting thought: At one point Atlanta had options: McFadden or Matt Ryan. Now, they truly need a QB. Based on FA moves, Miami has made it at least appear that Ryan or Jake will be the pick. Maybe we can play this into a trade with Atlanta? It could be one of those trades where Miami takes Ryan #1, trades to Atlanta at #3, then we pick one of the Long boys? I think St Louis takes Jake, but you never know. Thoughts?

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St. Louis likes Jake...

...but St. Louis also likes Chris. Orlando Pace is old, but he's still Orlando Pace. Alex Barron is coming along well, but he's no world-beater. I think they need Chris Long (as a complement to Leonard Little) more than Jake. Plus, as we've stated and heard ad nauseum, this is an OL-heavy draft.

In a perfect world, we can make that trade with the ATL, and still not have to worry about the STL, get Jake or Chris with #3 and continue to add depth with the extra picks...all while keeping JT.

See what I did there? I used ATL, STL, and JT in one long-ass run-on sentence.

Go Dolphins.

by lancelotlink on Mar 2, 2008 5:15 PM EST reply actions

Atlanta

needs a lot of help on the OL which makes Jake Long a very real possibility.

As I see it, ATL is looking at Jake Long or Matt Ryan.

And, with the signing of McCown, the money already committed to Beck - I can't see us dropping another bundle of money on a #1 overall pick for a QB, meaning no Matt Ryan.

Think about it, no team would have so much money committed to the QB spot if we paid McCown $3M/year, Beck his deal, and Ryan probably $5M/year.

So IMO, I see us taking a QB in the 2nd or 3rd round for a much more reasonable amount of money.

And if that's the case, then there's no deal with ATL.

All a bunch of what-if's of course, but that's what I forsee....

by Natalya on Mar 2, 2008 11:29 PM EST reply actions

You misread

What I was saying. I'm saying we pick Ryan only to trade him to Atlanta, not we'd pick him to keep him. I hope Matt Ryan throws the laces off the ball at his pro day. We need to trade down.

by Gliddog on Mar 3, 2008 9:00 AM EST up reply actions

I didn't misread or misunderstand

anything you said.

I simply don't think what you are suggesting or at least hoping for, a trade-down scenario with Ryan, is likely to happen.

You certainly can disagree and if anything, it would be great if your trade-down scenario with atl/whomever, did play out.

But if you look at the history of trades in the top 5, it has been a long time since such a thing has happened. So I think it is unlikely to happen again.

by Natalya on Mar 3, 2008 11:08 AM EST up reply actions

eh

Sorry, when you started talking about Ryan being a hit against our salary cap I interpretted that you assumed he'd be on our roster...

While a trade down is unlikely, nothing is out of the realm of possibility. Everything is speculation at this point, the past doesn't always predict the future.

by Gliddog on Mar 3, 2008 11:42 AM EST up reply actions