Falcons GM Tom Dimitroff said that it was "very close" but they decided Thursday nite on Matt Ryan - I was not a big Matt Ryan fan before Saturday and not certain of his potential to be franchise QB - but I will be his biggest fan now and hope for the best.
Rams made the right call taking Chris Long and I know it was a popular pick on this board. I think Glen Dorsey has slightly better talent but its very close and it just "made sense" to take Chris Long - I also think, despite conflicting reports, that Glen Dorsey will have an injury plagued career - hope I'm wrong because I like the guy - but I do think the injury bug will get him eventually.....like I said, hope I'm wrong.
On Falcons:
70% of the ATL crowd wanted Glen Dorsey, so Matt Ryan will have to "win them" over. Most were OK with the Sam Baker and Curtis Lofton picks - love Lofton. However Falcons "2nd day" was very disappointing. Chevis Jackson is a "cover 2" cornerback who I don't know if he can play corner in NFL - 4.6/40-ugh! Thomas DeCoud is a decent pick at safety. However, we were all very frustrated with Dimitroff taking a bunch of smallish OLB and passing on tons of offensive/defensive lineman.
At the hiring of Mike Smith, we were "told" that Falcons wanted to build from "inside/out" and dominate the line of scrimmage. Well.......Falcons had almost no talent on either offensive or defensive line going into the draft and all they did was add Sam Baker to offensive line and NOTHING to the defensive line - I don't get it.
On Rams:
I like Chris Long, Greco, Justin King, Keenan Burton and Roy Schuening - I think you guys had a fairly decent draft - congratulations.
I may not be on the board too much anymore for awhile but I have enjoyed the hospitality from you guys and the knowledge. As I told MauiRam, this is a great board and I actually like it better than my own board at AtlantaFalcons.com.
Anyway, take care and feel free to comment/respond to this post - i will probably hang around for a few more days
