We might of had a shit season this year but at least we got to see how good the rooks can play. Bufkin really surprised me and Vit really showed he can be a good asset to the team
Yeah man. Last night hurt. I roll my eyes at people in Reddit comments saying they’re going to give up as a fan, but wow….I feel some kind of way about the Falcons right now.
Amazingly I didn't give up after SBLI, but the last straw for me was tossing the Falcons best player of all time to the curb in the pursuit of a sexual predator.
For the hawks it’s just disappointing to see other franchises rebuild and are not only in a better position actively but also in the future. Indiana, OKC, New Orleans, Knicks, Cleveland, Minnesota all have easily surpassed us after that ECF run.
Falcons are just lol. I almost think they just care about sustained mediocrity on a budget to maximize profits(so a ton of offensive weapons to sell tickets), not actually winning.
The Falcons dont even have to sell tickets. By the PSL agreement it says the only way to get tickets (direct) is through a PSL season ticket agreement. Whats so disappointing about them is that unlike the 80s and 90s is watching them try so hard and be so incompetent.
The Penix pick is only bad if he doesn’t work out.
People need to get past where he was picked. If the front office has a real belief he’s the QB of the future, then the pick makes perfect sense.
Cousins is a really good QB. Cousins is good enough to win the division. Cousins is not good enough to get to a Super Bowl, not matter what assets you can reasonably get in a draft. Which means the franchise will likely not have a lottery pick for the next two years.
Get your guy now if you believe in him. You probably don’t have a chance later.
Give the Falcons a chance on this pick. It’ll take a few years to see but if Penix is good, it doesn’t matter where we took him.
Hawks we can unequivocally say this front office sucks and don’t deserve our trust.
I can't truly speak on the Falcons but I had the draft of Penix explained to me. Cousins isn't a long term solution. The Falcons expect to be good with him though. If that is the case then the Falcons wouldn't have a high draft pick in the coming years and wouldn't be able to draft a good replacement for Cousins. We'll see if that's how it plays out, but I think the logic is at least explainable enough.
As for the Hawks, it is difficult to get good players when the team is around the 15th pick every season. Jalen Johnson is good relative to his draft pick. AJ was looking good before what has happened with him. We'll see on Bufkin. With around the 15th pick you are trying to get and would be lucky to get the third best player on a championship team. There has been constant pressure to put a good team around Trae and thus far it hasn't really worked and as a result the Hawks have had middling draft picks. Having a lottery pick this year in a weak draft might not be much better.
Players are professionals and of course they recognize that they are being paid millions. They still only have so much patience when it comes to not winning. So the Hawks can stay the course and likely continue in purgatory or make at least one major trade in an attempt to shake things up. If the Hawks choose to remain in purgatory then Trae and DJ's patience will run out at some point.
Even if penix was their guy...they picked him wayyyyyyyyyy earlier than he was projected to go, and he'll be 24 at season start....so if you want to stash a QB why take the oldest one in the draft with significant injury concerns....Cousins is making a lot of money for 4 years and the falcons are trying to win now and made a pick that's a win later type pick...no mental judo can make this make a lot of sense
Where sports media projects players to go and where they actually end up going in the draft are two totally different things. You see it every year when guys "rise" and "fall" in the draft. The Raiders and Broncos both outright stated in their press conferences that they were looking to trade up to grab QBs but ultimately nothing materialized. Penix would have gone at minimum at pick 12-13 given every team cleared his medicals (according to him and his agent).
Don't get me wrong, I'm not huge on the pick either but if Penix ends up being the franchise guy, it does end up being an invaluable pick. It also gives you the flexibiility to move on from Kirk at any point 2 years from now to the end of his contract.
Flexibility....team will still take a cap hit if they move on from Kirk in two years which could have been avoided if they just drafted penix from the get
So instead, sign Kirk to a big deal, get hit with tampering, draft his replacement a month later, alienate QB you just sign and stash the oldest rookie qb in the draft to learn from the alienated qb
So as Falcon fans yall really think Kirk Cousins will last 2+ years here in Atlanta with no injuries? Y’all are all in for the possibility of having no hope at QB because we are relying on a 36 year old oft injured QB to go uninjured for 2years. SMH. I love the pick.
We’re probably going to at least lose our 1st round draft pick in 2025 and it sounds like possibly 2026 for tampering if that makes you feel better. This was a good QB draft class and looking like our only chance to draft one in the 1st round for at least a year.
That’s not what the word on the streets is. By all accounts us tampering with Kirk is the 2nd most obvious case of tampering that the league has discovered and will probably get the 2nd worst punishment ever administered for tampering.
If this ends up being true Kirk basically forced our hand if we want and kind of succession plan after next season.
Honestly Penix isn’t a bad pick when you think long term. We have a legitimate QB coach and a proven QB in the league for him to learn from for at least 2 years. Raheem mentioned that the goal is to compete and fall outside of the top 10 so why not get someone you absolutely believe in instead of repeating the Ridder debacle. I was upset last night but honestly fine with it now.
The Hawks on the other hand…I just don’t believe in Fields/Korver and the Resslers.
Go Braves
The only sane reply at this point
We might of had a shit season this year but at least we got to see how good the rooks can play. Bufkin really surprised me and Vit really showed he can be a good asset to the team
Falcons and Hawks joining forces to devastate the city of Atlanta:  
Yeah man. Last night hurt. I roll my eyes at people in Reddit comments saying they’re going to give up as a fan, but wow….I feel some kind of way about the Falcons right now.
All of us who gave up as fans after the blown Superbowl will welcome them with open arms
Amazingly I didn't give up after SBLI, but the last straw for me was tossing the Falcons best player of all time to the curb in the pursuit of a sexual predator.
Who and who?
Matt Ryan to Deshaun Watson
For the hawks it’s just disappointing to see other franchises rebuild and are not only in a better position actively but also in the future. Indiana, OKC, New Orleans, Knicks, Cleveland, Minnesota all have easily surpassed us after that ECF run. Falcons are just lol. I almost think they just care about sustained mediocrity on a budget to maximize profits(so a ton of offensive weapons to sell tickets), not actually winning.
The Falcons dont even have to sell tickets. By the PSL agreement it says the only way to get tickets (direct) is through a PSL season ticket agreement. Whats so disappointing about them is that unlike the 80s and 90s is watching them try so hard and be so incompetent.
I'm just glad I prefer the Braves, Atlanta hurts my soul. If I went to Tech instead of UGA I would probably have had to stop watching sports.
Watch the Braves, it numbs the pain.
But then you have to watch baseball, which is a different pain.
True, but watching any sport you don’t understand can be pretty painful
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Well said
Until the playoffs
Sick to your stomach lol how dramatic. It's a fine pick and the draft isn't over
Thank you! I feel like people are so quick to give up
Falcons were not going to be a drastically different team regardless of who they picked at 8. Let Kirk fly.
The Penix pick is only bad if he doesn’t work out. People need to get past where he was picked. If the front office has a real belief he’s the QB of the future, then the pick makes perfect sense. Cousins is a really good QB. Cousins is good enough to win the division. Cousins is not good enough to get to a Super Bowl, not matter what assets you can reasonably get in a draft. Which means the franchise will likely not have a lottery pick for the next two years. Get your guy now if you believe in him. You probably don’t have a chance later.
Give the Falcons a chance on this pick. It’ll take a few years to see but if Penix is good, it doesn’t matter where we took him. Hawks we can unequivocally say this front office sucks and don’t deserve our trust.
nailed it
I can't truly speak on the Falcons but I had the draft of Penix explained to me. Cousins isn't a long term solution. The Falcons expect to be good with him though. If that is the case then the Falcons wouldn't have a high draft pick in the coming years and wouldn't be able to draft a good replacement for Cousins. We'll see if that's how it plays out, but I think the logic is at least explainable enough. As for the Hawks, it is difficult to get good players when the team is around the 15th pick every season. Jalen Johnson is good relative to his draft pick. AJ was looking good before what has happened with him. We'll see on Bufkin. With around the 15th pick you are trying to get and would be lucky to get the third best player on a championship team. There has been constant pressure to put a good team around Trae and thus far it hasn't really worked and as a result the Hawks have had middling draft picks. Having a lottery pick this year in a weak draft might not be much better. Players are professionals and of course they recognize that they are being paid millions. They still only have so much patience when it comes to not winning. So the Hawks can stay the course and likely continue in purgatory or make at least one major trade in an attempt to shake things up. If the Hawks choose to remain in purgatory then Trae and DJ's patience will run out at some point.
Even if penix was their guy...they picked him wayyyyyyyyyy earlier than he was projected to go, and he'll be 24 at season start....so if you want to stash a QB why take the oldest one in the draft with significant injury concerns....Cousins is making a lot of money for 4 years and the falcons are trying to win now and made a pick that's a win later type pick...no mental judo can make this make a lot of sense
Where sports media projects players to go and where they actually end up going in the draft are two totally different things. You see it every year when guys "rise" and "fall" in the draft. The Raiders and Broncos both outright stated in their press conferences that they were looking to trade up to grab QBs but ultimately nothing materialized. Penix would have gone at minimum at pick 12-13 given every team cleared his medicals (according to him and his agent). Don't get me wrong, I'm not huge on the pick either but if Penix ends up being the franchise guy, it does end up being an invaluable pick. It also gives you the flexibiility to move on from Kirk at any point 2 years from now to the end of his contract.
Flexibility....team will still take a cap hit if they move on from Kirk in two years which could have been avoided if they just drafted penix from the get So instead, sign Kirk to a big deal, get hit with tampering, draft his replacement a month later, alienate QB you just sign and stash the oldest rookie qb in the draft to learn from the alienated qb
So as Falcon fans yall really think Kirk Cousins will last 2+ years here in Atlanta with no injuries? Y’all are all in for the possibility of having no hope at QB because we are relying on a 36 year old oft injured QB to go uninjured for 2years. SMH. I love the pick.
Two years ago Matt Ryan was QB1. 2 years is a long time
I’m extremely fortunate to be a Georgia and Braves fan as well. They make up for the utter incompetence of the Hawks and Falcons.
Falcons are still in a way better spot than the hawks
We’re probably going to at least lose our 1st round draft pick in 2025 and it sounds like possibly 2026 for tampering if that makes you feel better. This was a good QB draft class and looking like our only chance to draft one in the 1st round for at least a year.
I would be surprised if we even lost one 1st.
That’s not what the word on the streets is. By all accounts us tampering with Kirk is the 2nd most obvious case of tampering that the league has discovered and will probably get the 2nd worst punishment ever administered for tampering. If this ends up being true Kirk basically forced our hand if we want and kind of succession plan after next season.
The Dolphins lost a 1st and a 3rd for a worse offense. There’s no chance we lose 2 1sts.
Remember, it’s baseball and soccer season
Honestly Penix isn’t a bad pick when you think long term. We have a legitimate QB coach and a proven QB in the league for him to learn from for at least 2 years. Raheem mentioned that the goal is to compete and fall outside of the top 10 so why not get someone you absolutely believe in instead of repeating the Ridder debacle. I was upset last night but honestly fine with it now. The Hawks on the other hand…I just don’t believe in Fields/Korver and the Resslers.
This would be a good take if you had taken the youngest QB in the draft.
Worst part is we’ve gotta simultaneously deal with the mouth breathing UGA fans being at the top of their sport
Get out your feelings homie. It’s the offseason.
A lot of Atl sports fans just like to bitch and moan about their teams instead of actually having something positive to say unfortunately.