TomDiggs

Apologies to everyone for my Friday absence. thanks to you guys for using the Falcons list for the Hicks pick and I am completely good with the Gray pick for Tenn see everyone on Tuesday night!

With the 79th pick the Atlanta Falcons select Adisa Isaac, Edge, Penn State as they pray someone can get to the QB for that D

With the 74th pick the Atlanta Falcons select Spencer Rattler, QB, South Carolina need a cheap backup for those future expensive Cousins years lol

Dang. Sorry man. And sorry I had to disappear right after picks to put my kids to bed. The falcons are I think the longest standing team without a ten sack guy. 2016 I think is their last. So they need it. I almost went Turner in round one but wanted them to get Rome. So Braswell is a nice consolation

With their second round selection the Atlanta falcons select Chris Braswell, Edge, Alabama.

Me right? For falcons?

With their second round pick the Titans continue to remake their OL w Graham Barton, OL, Duke he might be listed at tackle but he likely plays somewhere on the interior in the pros I bet

I’m ready

I like the Mitchell pick but I’m in the minority here that prefers Arnold over him. Will be fun to see how they each do at the next level.

Hey what’s going on?!? Good to see ya and be able to participate and have some fun w everyone. Such an uneventful off-season in terms of new faces that it’s been hard to get excited. This draft is always fun and exciting.

I personally love Turner and secretly hope he’s there for the Colts even though it’s unlikely. He’s who I would have taken for Atlanta if I didn’t go Rome. Nice value.

With the 8th pick in the 2024 NFL Draft, the Atlanta Falcons select Rome Odunze, WR, Washington just have more faith him him than other options. Atlanta in real life probably goes edge. But the idea of cousins w London, Pitts, odunze, Mooney and Rondale is too exciting for me to pass up.

With the 7th pick in the 2024 NFL Draft the Tenn Titans select Joe Alt, LT, Notre Dame

Where is the sheet parked to keep up on picks and guys available? Just so I know

I'll take the Titans....makes it easy since i can be on and pick for them and Falcons side by side or close to it.,

I'll be good w whatever we decide as a start as long as i know the date and thew rough time of when i need to be online to make a selection. if i wont be around (example if it falls when i have to put my little ones to bed), then just let me know who to message my preferred list of picks in order to. thanks all and excited to have some fun w this again!

these parts of @stitches post resonate most w me. I admit I am usually a Ballard supporter. Love his eye for talent. And generally agree w the approach to not overpay for the top tier free agents because the ones that hit the open market usually do for a reason and they reset the market when they aren’t the elite of the elite and don’t deserve to be the ones resetting the market. that said , now is the time to push hard when you have your rookie contract qb. And I’d bet behind the scenes the colts did and they fell short. Hunter is a great example. If he truly took less to go play at home then what can you do? the funny things is this: if you said the colts signed a top-3 free agent wr and a top cb and a top DT and that they spent around $200M in free agency, we would all be throwing our hands up in praise and hallelujah. thsts what they just did. But it Doesn’t feel that way because all of those guys were our home grown guys. So we didn’t really get better as a team. We spent that to just remain at the level we were at. I don’t see any guys out there worth throwing major money at currently. I wanted Sneed. But that drama got to be exhausting and I don’t think he’s a $22M deserving guy either, especially not when trade compensation goes along w that cost. I will say this: last year I was hell bent on needing OL upgrades. We did nothing. I thought we were doomed running it back w the same cast and just a new coach. I was wrong and sparano killed it. I think the exact same thing could happen this year for our DL. if we make a couple solid secondary signings then we can allocate draft resources to critical areas and see a jump. after all, we spent recent fairly high draft capital in pierce, downs, woods, Brents, cross. Those guys haven’t made their leaps yet and if they do they’re a major improvement more so than free agency likely would bring. I have honest faith in this team if Richardson gets and stays healthy. But I’d love to add another elite pass catcher at 15 (please Thomas or Bowers if he’s there) or invest in Arnold or Mitchell and take advantage of the crazy wr depth and grab a good one in round two. I don’t see this as doom or gloom. And I do truly hope we live to see some exciting free agency news one of these years. This year it just happened to be all the internal re-signings were actually the right big money moves. but man, Sneed would have been fun lol

Genuinely I don’t care what the contract looks like. Even if it seems rough now (which I have faith it won’t ), it will look decent in a year or two as contracts keep skyrocketing. If we walk out of FA w Sneed and getting Kenny back then we arguably end up w the two best CBs on the market to put w Brents and Jones and hopefully a healthy Flowers coming back. Address safety and then this team is cooking. A third and a future mid round pick would be great value. Genuinely excited if this officially goes down.

Specs on Davis' deal. No guarantees beyond this year and probably just the $2.5M dead cap if it doesn't work out heading into next year.

Destin is funny lol But at least we are talking. As I expect we are. Probably super active and just not able to close the deal on guys. Ultimately free agency isn't just about fit. Most guys go where the money is. So it is either outbid everyone for a player (which I don't think Ballard will ever do. Just not in his DNA)or you mine for diamonds in the rough. Still, I would love to see a savvy vet like Simmons on the back end.

Agreed. Though I have a feeling Grover’s deal is really more like 2/$26M-$27M and he probably doesn’t see that almost $12M in yr three at age 33 or so. And I suppose technically if he struggles this year and loses at step at 30 and isn’t injured they could walk away after this year for even less. but I’d bet this is more like 2/$27M w a dead cap of $2M in 2026 if we don’t pay that almost $12M or so in 2026. I still like the Davis signing even if it isn’t the pinnacle of allocation of resources (As I believe you have mentioned and I also agree with) but if Ty Lewis is a $6M backup then Davis being a $7M backup I can see also. just seems to be the going rate even if I don’t agree with it lol

1 million percent agreed. I guess he's a more athletic Kittle without the blocking chops....which means not Kittle lol. I did see some La Porta comps that could be solid based on how he set the world on fire as a rookie and the athletic prowess.

100% agreed on the blocking and Kittle's prowess there. And maybe it is lazy takes on the part of experts but I would say 75% of the takes I see on player comps for him are Kittle and the others are guys like McBride and Pitts. All that said here, are just a few sources w the Kittle comp.....I admit I haven't watched tonnnns of film on Bowers. I've just seen him play a handful of times and the impact he makes. I could see him ascending to top-5 TE status quickly in the right scheme. Finding the next Dallas Clark would be awesome if he works out that way. I imagine he could actually be even better though. https://bleacherreport.com/articles/10091024-brock-bowers-nfl-draft-2024-scouting-report-for-georgia-te https://www.nfl.com/news/scouting-brock-bowers-georgia-tight-end-similar-to-49ers-pro-bowler-george-kittl https://www.nfl.com/prospects/brock-bowers/3200424f-5719-6560-aaaa-d9f4cc244721

I'll say this: like many folks say, both these guys could be gone when we pick.....buttttttttt This is a very, very, very good WR and OL draft class. And there are at least 4 QBs likely going before pick 15 (Caleb, Drake, Jayden, McCarthy- and McCarthy by the experts I tend to trust is said to be a lot higher in teams' minds than in the casual fan's minds). If those 4 QBs go before the Colts pick and some of the elite WR/OL guys go....it is entirely feasible one or both of those guys mentioned falls to 15. If so, I am taking Bowers all day. You want to hit on dynamic offensive playmakers. He immediately changes what you can do on offense. Steichen would scheme him into superstardom here. I've seen many comps for both guys....but the most common I have seen for Bowers (and seen many places) is George Kittle. Now I don't care what round Kittle was taken in (I know he was a later round pick). The reality is if you told me I could add Kittle to our team or Lattimore to our team, I am taking Kittle over and over again. Bowers is my dream pick since the only offensive weapons I would prefer over him are MHJ, Nabers and Odunze. Brian Thomas Jr is a heck of a consolation prize if he ends up being the pick also. At the end of the day, I like Mitchell a lot. I think I might like Arnold a tiny bit more, but it is close. But I would load up the offense with young, cheap guys and then if we are going to spend any money, spend it on defense....namely the secondary.....where there are tonnnnnnnnns of great DBs out there...especially safeties. Just my two cents. Glad to be back on the boards w some Draft fever!

what's going on?!? all is well here. little one turned 2 and she's 2 going on 21. her brother just turned 6. so they're keeping me on my toes that's for dang sure. glad to be back on the boards. this is always my fave time of year here.