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re: Official: Falcons name former Titans OC Arthur Smith as HC

Posted on 1/13/21 at 6:27 pm to
Posted by SteelerBravesDawg
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Posted by Rhino5
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Posted on 1/13/21 at 8:21 pm to
Who would art choose with the 4th pick?
Posted by VADawg
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Posted on 1/13/21 at 8:24 pm to
Still think we'll go QB. Reading the tea leaves, the GM/HC combos we're down to are Brad Holmes/Arthur Smith or Terry Fontenot/Joe Brady. I wouldn't be disappointed with either.
Posted by Rhino5
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Posted on 1/13/21 at 8:29 pm to
Yeah there’s no way we can pass up a QB. Who knows when we’ll have pick this high again.
Posted by retooc
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Posted on 1/14/21 at 9:47 am to
Posted by VADawg
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Posted on 1/14/21 at 9:53 am to
Supposedly, Fontenot is a cap/free agent guru, whereas Brad Holmes is a scouting guru.

Fontenot is from Louisiana, went to Tulane, and has spent most of his professional life in the Saints front office. Hopefully he isn't a mole coming in to set the Falcons back for 15 years .
Posted by VADawg
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Posted on 1/14/21 at 11:39 am to
Holmes got hired by the Lions today.
Posted by SteelerBravesDawg
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Posted on 1/14/21 at 3:05 pm to
quote:

Supposedly, Fontenot is a cap/free agent guru, whereas Brad Holmes is a scouting guru.

Fontenot is from Louisiana, went to Tulane, and has spent most of his professional life in the Saints front office. Hopefully he isn't a mole coming in to set the Falcons back for 15 years

Posted by SteelerBravesDawg
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Posted on 1/14/21 at 3:06 pm to
Dp
This post was edited on 1/14/21 at 3:07 pm
Posted by SteelerBravesDawg
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Posted on 1/14/21 at 3:06 pm to
Sounds like Fontenot is the guy:

Ian Rapoport
@RapSheet
The #Falcons have identified #Saints VP/Assistant GM for Pro Personnel Terry Fontenot as the favorite to be their next GM, sources say. They won’t do a deal until New Orleans is out of the playoffs, but signs point to him being the choice.
10:02 AM · Jan 14, 2021
Posted by dhuck20
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Posted on 1/14/21 at 3:58 pm to
Give me Brady and Fontenot
Posted by Tigertown in ATL
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Posted on 1/14/21 at 8:07 pm to
quote:

Hopefully he isn't a mole coming in to set the Falcons back for 15 years


It wouldn’t take much since they are pretty adept at doing it themselves.
Posted by Rhino5
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Posted on 1/14/21 at 8:14 pm to
Yep. I like, hope that’s what we’re setting up for.
Posted by SteelerBravesDawg
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Posted on 1/14/21 at 8:48 pm to
It'll most certainly be Fontenot. But if I were a betting man, I'd put it down on Arthur Smith being the HC.
Posted by dhuck20
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Posted on 1/14/21 at 8:54 pm to
Me too but I just am not thrilled with it. Derrick Henry masks a lot of his problems, IYAM.
Posted by Philzilla2k
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Posted on 1/15/21 at 7:23 am to
quote:

Arthur Smith being the HC

Local radio reporting he’s been offered HC position
Posted by Porter Osborne Jr
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Posted on 1/15/21 at 7:28 am to
Maybe we’ll draft Harris with our second pick
Posted by SteelerBravesDawg
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Posted on 1/15/21 at 11:44 am to
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Me too but I just am not thrilled with it. Derrick Henry masks a lot of his problems, IYAM.

Hr values the run, which is sorely needed here. He runs a lot of the same concepts that Shanny does. That's good, right?

And he has made Ryan fricking Tannehill into a top-10 QB the last 2 years. That's an A+ in my book.
Posted by Huge Richard
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Posted on 1/15/21 at 11:55 am to
His dad is the founder of FedEx lol
Posted by S1C EM
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Posted on 1/15/21 at 12:32 pm to
Wikipedia has already been updated to list Smith as our HC.

LINK
This post was edited on 1/15/21 at 12:33 pm
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