Comments on: Broncos claim Falcons made no offer for No. 2 pick

By: thefiesty1

thefiesty1 — Tue, 03 May 2011 15:10:10 +0000

Good move on the part of the Falcons. They ended up giving away the bank to Cleveland and stole their go to receiver. They didn’t need to move up to number two.

By: touchdownroddywhite

touchdownroddywhite — Tue, 03 May 2011 13:50:50 +0000

I keep seeing people talk about Jones drop issues. Didn’t White lead the league in receptions for most if not all of the season?

Watch how many he catches now after Jones catches a couple bombs because defenses are tuned into White too often.

By: mr92687

mr92687 — Tue, 03 May 2011 13:04:03 +0000

Reasonable minded people will realize the Falcons gave up alot of picks because they weren’t able to negotiate player contracts due to the Labor situation. Discussing this trade is getting old, I really wish there was something more interesting to read when I go to this site.

By: broncobourque

broncobourque — Tue, 03 May 2011 12:45:16 +0000

I don’t think the trade chart had as much to do with it as the fact that there were only 4-5 players above the rest of the pack in this draft. After Newton, Dareus, Green, Miller and Peterson, there was a dropoff and players started to have more red flags associated with them. That is not to say that Jones or someone draft even later won’t be the best player in the draft but I think the difference between the players you are looking at with #6 vs. #27 was a lot closer than #2 vs #27.

Just using Jones as the example, the guy is an amazing athlete and blew up the combine but his hands have been a problem throughout his entire college career. He will likely give the Falcons a lot of big plays but he is also likely to be among the league leaders in dropped passes.

By: tv426

tv426 — Tue, 03 May 2011 12:36:49 +0000

Sure they didn’t. They got the only guy on their draft board. The one and only guy that was perfect for their system and team. Just like every other team did – in every single round.

By: shaggytoodle

shaggytoodle — Tue, 03 May 2011 12:02:50 +0000

To give up that many picks it should be for a proven player, and they should be named Andre or Calvin Johnson.

Julio Jones is only going to be a #2 WR on that team, which makes it even that much more silly to give up what ATL did.

I dont know if there was an attempt to trade with Denver. They offered the same deal to cinci and cleveland, if they offered it to denver, buff. would have recieved a call too. Maybe the trade chart didnt add up as stated.