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Jalen Carter to select him and they’ve made the playoffs exactly 0 times with him

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Yes because Jalen Carter and not Bijan would make the difference for the Falcons…

Do y’all even hear yourselves? Do yall not hit preview on your posts to review and then say, hmmm, this seems dumb maybe I shouldn’t post?

Not in the slightest. It needs work. I just hate that our fans think the only way we can address it is 1 FA Guard and a Tackle at 8.

Plenty of good linemen have been found in the 3-7 rounds.

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we really need to establish the OL first and foremost

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Every time I hear this I want to fricking scream.

Both Fuaga and Banks played well down the stretch.

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How is being rational and correct being "deranged"?

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None of those things mean anything to the cultists.

God damn man. He wasn’t even diagnosed a year ago. ALS is probably the scariest thing that can happen to you, even more so than cancer and Alzheimer’s

Yeahhhh we’re not going to do this


We’re not going to argue that Audric Estime is on Love’s level. We’re just not going to do that. I don’t think you’ll find anyone that would agree with that - unless they’re also stupid :lol:

I’m just in the camp of helping the young QB develop more. Sure, having a great D helps and I’m sure Delane and Downs would be great but you’re not going to be able to fix everything this year. I’d rather focus on offense and helping the only position that really truly matters, develop more.

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We upgrade OL and the RB hole shrinks significantly. Audric Estime had several 20+ runs at the end of last season with the worst OL.

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I knew this would happen when Estime broke a thousand tackles and gave us an inkling of a run game. It’s just not the case. You’re not going to win a lot of games depending on Audric Estime.

I just don’t see the hole at CB that others do. Slot, for sure. But I saw enough from Riley and Kool Aid to let them start next year.

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Realistically if Delane is a true #1 CB then that's the bigger reward but for sure the bigger risk.

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Ehh. I mean we saw what Christian Gonzalez did in the SB but man elite CBs fall off HARD and fast. LJairus Snead was a monster for the Chiefs but as soon as he left for the Titans, he fell off a cliff.

Same for Sauce. He was THE CB1 in the NFL and he’s supposed to be in his prime and he was just ok this year. Got better once he was around better players but if I’m taking a CB at 8, he better be an eraser.

Delane might be Gonzo, but that’s such a volatile position. One year, your guy is a game changer. The next they could be a hindrance. I actually think CB is one of the more overrated positions in the league BECAUSE of that volatility

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I think it is as simple as people wanting a player with a top 10 grade vs reaching for a guy with a mid to late 1RD grade, when you can get a similar caliber player with your next few picks. This is specifically how the following positions are situated: OL, DL, edge, WR, CB. There are a log jam of players at these positions that are similarly graded from about pick 15 to pick 60 or so.

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Exactly.

Sure, Tate, Tyson and Lemon are the top 3 guys but it’s very close between them and the next tier of guys. And you can say the same thing with the other positions you mentioned, even Delane. Delane is very good but there’s solid depth there.

Vs guys like Downs and Love who are considered top 3 players in the ENTIRE draft and there’s a steep drop off in those positions after those guys. And that’s coming from someone who loves Emmanuel McNeil-Warren (another safety.)

Love isn’t a Josh Jacobs. He’s closer to Bijan and Saquon (even though those guys were/are better.) he’s the type of player that can become the identity of your team.

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Run heavy team means more than just having a good RB.

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No fricking shite retard. But you’re acting like the Saints are going to trot out the same OL that they did last year. By every metric they had one of the worst run blocking groups of guards in the entire NFL AND THEN McCoy went down which made it worse.

But the fact remains that even if they improve the interior OL, which they will, the RB room doesn’t even have the caliber of players they would need to have a good run game even if the OL was better. We haven’t had a player in the backfield capable of taking a run 80 yards for a TD since Mark Ingram. As great as AK was, he was only ever that type of player the first two years of his career and then Ingram left. We haven’t had a legit threat in the backfield that defenses have to seriously gameplan for in 7 years. Having that type of threat opens up some much for the offense.

Don’t believe me? Go watch the Eagles Super Bowl run. Hurts had some of the easiest completions of his life during that run. Why wouldn’t we want that for Shough? Sure, I’ll concede that if they improve the OL and just kept the same dudes they’d be better than last year, but that doesn’t mean they would be good, or elite like the 2024 Eagles. You can argue against positional value all you want and we all know even Love would struggle behind the OL we had last year. It’s asinine to think an improved OL + Love would be a mistake. Actually, borderline idiotic

I feel like I’m arguing with a fricking wall.

As badly as I want Love or a WR at 8

I think it would be a mistake to take them over Downs or Styles (if Demario leaves.)