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.

    • Bromodrosis@alien.topBEnglish
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      10 months ago

      You can always tell newer Falcons fans because they get spun up by the hype in the summer and they’re furious by December. SMH

      • Pieralis@alien.topBEnglish
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        10 months ago

        Legit, 8 years ago I started watching nfl and chose the falcons to follow, a friend of mine was like are you sure? Because it’s a hell of a ride every year being a fan 😂

      • SpiderManias@alien.topBEnglish
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        10 months ago

        Nah this is facts. People on the sub are freaking out about the season and I’m just like eh we won more games than I thought we would I’m happy. Hope we win some more not gonna expect much

      • Moneybusinesslove@alien.topOPBEnglish
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        10 months ago

        Bro I’ve been a fan since 2008, first game was Matt Ryans first game when I was 12. I remember his first passing being a touchdown to Harry Douglas. I’ve been a fucking fan for 15 years. FUCK THIS

        • Bromodrosis@alien.topBEnglish
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          10 months ago

          15 years?

          Brother, I have Falcons shirts older than you.

          You’ll adapt. You’ll figure out and finally ignore the hype train that gets going in the spring and hits full speed in late July. You’ll get your Sundays spoiled for just the satisfaction of beating the Saints.

      • Bigred1367@alien.topBEnglish
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        10 months ago

        I saw us never going above .500 at any point, but it’s safe to say that the NFC South Champion will have to face either a red hot Philadelphia Eagles squad or a red hot Dallas Cowboys squad. I would rather face Dallas than a mad Eagles squad.

    • MrIrvGotTea@alien.topBEnglish
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      10 months ago

      Peak Falcons fan. High preseason and then the high wears off. Shit I been a fan since 2012… Only had 2012, 2016, 2017 not be soul crashing seasons

    • 068151@alien.topBEnglish
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      10 months ago

      He also is acting like taking a tight end is the problem…

      Not like we are in QB hell, which 90% of this Reddit actively WISHED FOR…

      • Moneybusinesslove@alien.topOPBEnglish
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        10 months ago

        Bro the fact that we didn’t build up a DL or OL and decayed a TE is the problem. The lions are 8-3 because their OL is elite and so is their DL. They gave an average qb.

      • redrkop@alien.topBEnglish
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        10 months ago

        Drafting a TE at 4 when those players he listed are there is a massive problem

      • Bigred1367@alien.topBEnglish
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        10 months ago

        Yup, the 90% of Falcons fans wanted Matt Ryan gone, and they have gotten their wish. I wish we would have held onto that Super Bowl and brought home the Lombardi. That would have eased the pain of how bad we are now. Then again, we wouldn’t be in this spot if the Falcons managed to survive the comeback.

        • SpiderManias@alien.topBEnglish
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          10 months ago

          Bro if we ever win even one championship I will literally not give a shit about losing ever again holy fuck I can’t imagine the euphoria

        • SGT-JamesonBushmill@alien.topBEnglish
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          10 months ago

          Then again, we wouldn’t be in this spot if the Falcons managed to survive the comeback.

          I don’t know about that. Maybe. Winning the Super Bowl would’ve extended Dan Quinn’s tenure with the team. Maybe we avoid hiring Arthur Smith. Perhaps we don’t carelessly discard our ethical and moral compass and try to acquire a sexual predator, thus we don’t publicly humiliate our franchise quarterback, who sticks around for a few more seasons allowing us a smoother transition between quarterbacks. Hard to say.

          However, what I do know is that , in 2016, we were only into year 2 of Julio’s “Falcon-For-Life” contract, and then we doubled down 3 years later. That contract killed us for the foreseeable future. We still would’ve been handcuffed financially.

          I don’t know. Just a crappy situation all around.

    • fillymandee@alien.topBEnglish
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      10 months ago

      You’re better off hedging that bet and betting against your team. They lose, you win money. They win, you win as a fan and it only cost you what you put in.

  • Common_Arachnid_9649@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    as a cowboys fan the falcons have a good team outside of qb and some wr depth. imagine if they had a qb like kyler or kirk. they’d be beyond better in the division

  • mqg96@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    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….

    • AnukkinEarthwalker@alien.topBEnglish
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      10 months ago

      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

      • Themisto-Cletus@alien.topBEnglish
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        10 months ago

        Get a RB that can’t run routes or run power? C-Patt is out-running him today.

        Get a pass blocking guard that can’t run zone plays?

        Get a slow WR when Olave or Wilson were on the board?

        Try for Watson because the owner is nuts?

        I’ve had it with ASs, but this is Terry’s team. He can’t evaluate in the draft for shit.

  • AnukkinEarthwalker@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    All this is pretty much right and hard to argue add against.

    Excellent post.

    Fucking Falcons are what they are. Smh

    They could have done better in the last 4 or 5 drafts with first picks literally just by drafting in state sadly.

  • Nostos5@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Yeah. I get far more enjoyment out of following UGA players in the NFL than being a falcons fan but them’s the breaks man. We’ve mismanaged our picks, after taking this high and mighty “we take the BPA approach” and sometimes it works. I was in favor of taking jalen carter over bijan put he panned out well enough (he’s selling jerseys and putting asses in seats). I think Pitts could have been very solid if we’d been able to get any decent QB (for less than 250m guaranteed). I’m not against replacing Arthur smith but I can still appreciate that it’s not more failed Matt Ryan + Julio schemes

  • Roxas72541@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    My preferred draft picks since the Arthur Smith era was the following:

    Fields instead of Pitts Jermaine Johnson instead of Drake Jalen Carter instead of Bijan

      • ohsballer@alien.topBEnglish
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        10 months ago

        He’s not trash but there’s no guarantee he would’ve done any better here to start his career

      • Crabuki@alien.topBEnglish
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        10 months ago

        Utterly irrelevant. You didn’t know he would be trash on draft day. The job of a GM (in terms of drafting) is to maximize the draft capital you have, and then leverage it into quality players at high value positions via either trades or drafting players. There is no position of higher leverage than QB, Fields clearly had a 1st Rd grade, AND we needed a QB.

        That said, I would’ve taken Sewell to anchor the line, as OT is also a high value position.

  • Legitimate-Map-5351@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Don’t even start with the “we took a Te when we could of had…” BS. This hindsight stuff is so annoying. Pitts was viewed as a sure fire stud who’d be a Pro Bowler right away. It was a good pick at the time.

    London is now merely classified as a slow receiver? He’s a good player.

  • Bigred1367@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Yup, they could have gone in multiple directions, but considering how safe Arthur Smith was after the bye week. The Arthur Smith era is missing some playoff heartbreak. Falcons have the easiest schedule imaginable plus a Jets squad that is going to reel from that pick six yesterday.

    • Crabuki@alien.topBEnglish
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      10 months ago

      The Jets are going to shut us out and perhaps break a QB because of that pick 6. So they’ll win 6-0.

  • kazmir_yeet@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Idk why this community is being suggested to me but holy shit you’re the epitome of a hindsight GM

  • GilliesGladiator@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Pitts was the right pick. Now the other two I can’t defend. I’d have gone Hamilton and Carter and made our defense elite.

    • Crabuki@alien.topBEnglish
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      10 months ago

      There is no universe, including one where Pitts has consistently played at Hall of Fame levels since draft day, where taking a TE at #4 is a logical choice for building a franchise. If you don’t understand why no other club has done that, then you do not understand positional valuation. Don’t feel bad, though, because clearly our GM doesn’t either. Two years later he made an even worse value decision to take an RB in the first.