Sunday Football Fever

Rumor has it that the Falcons have received offers for he 3rd pick in the draft.

Should they trade the pick?  It’s hard to say.  On the one hand, there is no one player in this draft that will make enough of a difference for the Falcons to put them in the play-offs or to even contend for the play-offs.  So adding more picks will allow them to shore up multiple positions.

On the other hand a guy like Glen Dorsey or Chris Long could be the center piece of your defense and a franchise player for years to come.  So can you pass up on that type of talent?

I say the Falcons should keep the pick.  They’ve already got 11 picks total in this draft, so they’ll have the opportunity to add depth at multiple spots. They need to take one of the guys who could be a franchise type player with the #3 pick.

That being said, I’m hoping they pick Dorsey.  We need a defensive tackle and he was dominate in the SEC for 3 straight years - even when he was injured and double teamed.  You can’t pass up a tackle like Dorsey.  My fear is that they will take Matt Ryan.  Now I don’t have anything taking a QB with the #3 pick, but Ryan scares me.  He reminds me a lot of Ryan Leaf - he’s parlayed one good year in college into being a top 5 pick in the draft.  I think if you are going to draft a QB that high, he’d better have more than one year of success.  I want a proven track record.  And for me, one successful year doesn’t make you a “proven” QB.

The Falcons need Dorsey.  Use one of the second round picks (or package a couple of them together and trade up into the late first round) and draft Brian Brohm.  That immediately improves your team at 2 positions.  Plus, it saves you money.

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Tags: atlanta falcons, brian brohm, chris long, glen dorsey, matt ryan, NFL Draft, ryan leaf

The media is making entirely too much of Jeff Ireland’s slip of the tongue.

Media members and pundits seem to think that now the Dolphins have narrowed their choice to Vernon Gholston, Chris Long or Glen Dorsey. imagine that, the Dolphins have narrowed their list to the same 3 guys who have been the consensus best players in the draft. Why make a big deal about this?

You also have to consider that Ireland purposely “let it slip” that they were targeting a defensive player. That news could trigger better trade offers from teams panicking that “their player” might not be on the board when they pick.

What it comes down to is that the Dolphins are likely going to pick one of the defensive players, since their defense is getting older and breaking down more. Does Ireland’s goof tell us anything more or different from what we already assumed?

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Tags: chris long, glen dorsey, jeff ireland, miami dolphins, NFL Draft, vernon gholston