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Originally Posted by TJ Eckleburg12
The only thing I worry about is if we're repeating the Colts' last offseason, paying too much for middling talent. I do like that we're getting the prime years of the guys in most of these deals.
Yeah. But given how many holes the Falcons had, we couldn't just go get a difference maker to fill all of them.
$16M a year for 3 proven starters on our lines is good with me, and even if Soliai is 30 years old I feel like "fat guy clogging up the middle" probably ages as well as any position in the NFL. Justin Houston got REAL good when he had Jackson, Poe and Devito occupying the line in front of him. Hopefully Jackson, Soliai and Babineaux can have the same effect on an edge rusher.
Clowney's still a boss, but I have to assume this shuffling is a conscious reaction to us being unlikely to get him at #6 and not being willing to trade up. I mean, if he's available you obviously take him and figure it out but I wouldn't expect TD to give up more assets to draft a guy who doesn't seem like a 3 down player if we're going between a 3-4 and a 4-3.
I think Mack's the clear first round pick at this point, but wouldn't be disappointed if we went for Gregg Robinson.
There are actually a lot of DE/OLB hybrid rushers I'd be happy to end up with.
Rd2: Kony Ealy, Dee Ford
Rd 3: Kyle Van Noy, Jeremiah Attaochu
I'd also be happy getting Stephon Tuitt in Rd 2 to play DE, especially since he could float between 3-4 and 4-3 looks (moving to DT on passing downs).
The biggest remaining need is a safety. I'm not too sure what the likely possibilities for that position are.