We’re a poverty franchise, the fucking redditors could’ve done a better job building a team.
Taking a TE that high when, Jamar chase, micha, Devonta smith, Jaylen waddle, Penie Sewell, Patrick Surtain, were taking right after. Is why we will be a poverty franchise for decades
Then the following year taking the slowest wide receiver when our defense was ass and Garrett Wilson was on the board.
Then the following year taking a RB when we have an elite run game already, when arguably the best player in the draft is still on the board when historically we have had the worst pass rush in decades
Fuck my dad for making me watch this team and cursing me with being a falcons fan.
We just blew 1998 and 2016 when it mattered most. But the 90’s, 00’s, and 10’s our franchise was always in the mix in playoff contention. We never had a drought out of the postseason more than 3 years in row, and with Vick and Ryan in the GA Dome, never had more than 2 straight losing seasons. Since our 2nd year of Mercedes Benz Stadium our franchise has been its longest playoff drought since the 80’s in Fulton County Stadium.
In general, this franchise’s biggest problem has been passing on generational O-linemen and defense players (edge rushers) from legit schools who got that spiciness, that sauce, that swagger, that dawg in them, that strong leadership that would put no nonsense pressure on the locker room to get the job done, the type of defense players you see on the Eagles, Cowboys, 49ers, Ravens, Bengals, Steelers, etc. rosters, you don’t get that in Atlanta because our franchise fails to draft those type of players, we prioritize skill position players high while we go for soft guys at the D-line and O-line who can’t do anything here. That falls on Arthur Blank and Rich McKay up front, I’m sorry….
Ive used those 2 games to criticize ridder ever since we drafted him.
All you have to do is watch those 2 games (i can have the links of anyone wants them)
You see uga defense and bama defense each having at least 5 nfl defenders on their team… and ridder not being able to do anything when he also has nfl guys on his offense.
He just isn’t good unless his offense extremely over matches the defenses he is playing
And to he honest we have given him weapons here that outmatch most defenses at least in our division and he still cannot consistently run the offense much less win. He just can’t handle it. And smith is going to get fired for trying to make the offense work with him.
Smith offense worked good enough with ryan and mariota for as bad as those teams were. And things are probably a lot different if we started Heinicke from the beginning. Instead ridder cost us games in historical fashion and the fanbase and team have turned on each other the players and the coaches etc .
Its a dumpster fire mainly cause of ridder imo. Might be a dumpster fire either way but not as bad with another QB that can at least run an NFL offense