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Are the Falcons a QB away from contending? Do they have cap room to take on Stafford’s contract? Can they get a trade partner for Matt Ryan?
all that said, people should give a bit more credit to Trey Lance. He can do all that Fields can do and did it with less heralded talent. Arthur Smith would do wonders with him. Knowing the Falcons, they won’t take a QB or they will take the wrong one.
Would you have said last year at this time that Tampa Bay was a QB away from contending? Need to trade Ryan & oft-injured Jones.
no one knew they were getting the GOAT.
no one is taking Ryan and mmmaybe someone will take Jones. Well, no one is giving up a lot for either. Stafford is going somewhere other than Atlanta.
I am still high on Tua, let's see what happens now that he has a supporting coaching staff and specifically a QB Coach to help mentor the NFL gauntlet.
Yes, I would take Mac Jones ahead of Fields but I would take Lawerence and Lance before Fields. I fully understand how and why people are high on him and hopefully he can overcome what others haven't been able to do! The facts remain, the NFL is where college RPO quarterbacks go to end their careers - Early!. If he goes high enough in the draft, the amount of guaranteed money should provide him a quality life he has dreamed about. But, from those who are in the "know"he is lacking the quality that all successful NFL QB's have.......the ability to quickly read the defense, no matter what type of shift or camouflage they throw at you and not rely on your legs to get you out of your deficiencies. For the sake of Fields, I hope he can overcome that, but he won't, because it is blood in the water for the NFL DC's and they love those types of QBs!
Outside of Cam Newton, I can't name another one who has done it. He didn't win a Super Bowl because they forced him to read at the 2nd and 3rd level and that was all the time that Vonn Miller needed Auburn had to dumb down the offense for him, a typical call for him was Red75. One read and then run, same thing with Vince Young. Great RPO college QBs that won Nattys, but not so much in the NFL!
told ya...that was quick
I exaggerated a little bit, I’ve heard Lance’s name but know nothing about his game. My biggest question is how can Mac Jones possibly still fly under the radar? No one so far has argued against my statement that Mac was the best QB in college football this past year. So y’all got 3 QBs you’re gonna take ahead of Mac? That’s just fueling the Mac Attack and even more reason the Falcons should draft him. He’s on a mission, that college natty was too easy.
I actually did but you didn’t agree.
I think the pro’s complaints with him are that he’s at his ceiling, he will never have as good a crew around him, nothing he does is extraordinary. I don’t think he has one skill he can do better than Lawrence, Fields, Wilson, or Lance.
If the Falcons really want him (they don’t) they should trade down because he will be available outside of the top 10.
His Accuracy- in game- is unparalleled. Especially the deep ball. I should stop telling people about him. Mac likes it better as the silent killer.
i’ll take that bet all day Lance vs Mac Pro career. Bump this thread down the road.
You know I will. Love to say I told you so.
Since we're marking this for posterity, I will go on record and say I'm with you Kasey. As good as Jones was in college, he will probably not be among the top four QB's taken, because he doesn't have near the mobility that the others have, and that is a requirement for top QB prospects these days.
I researched some of this when we were debating J.T. Daniels on my NFL thread. 14 QB's have been drafted Top 5 in the past 10 seasons, and all except Jared Goff had significantly better rushing numbers than Jones.
Can you still be successful in the NFL as a pure pocket passer? Of course. Tom Brady proves that you can. But as everyone knows, he was a 6th round pick. (And that was also, literally, a generation ago.)
LOL! Good one.
I kind of think the Falcons still don't draft a QB this time. I'm not a horribly big fan of the hire but it telegraphs to me that they are still going to try to win with Matt Ryan and build to where they rely more on the run game.
Now if Ryan still looks like how he did in 2020 (he had a stretch that was bad), I suspect that in the year after, you'll see the Falcons look for a QB.
”Told ya” what? Didn’t see any place where you said Stafford would be traded to the Rams for Goff.
No the Falcons need a QB like Right now. There may not b a QB available in next years draft that would b a worthy replacement for Ryan. I say if he's available at 4, take Justin Fields. PERIOD.
If y’all are right and Mac will be available with a trade down, that would be ideal. Mac needs weapons and protection and he has shown he lights up the scoreboard. He can learn behind Marty Ice and unleash the Mac attack when his number is called.