Official 2014 NFL Free Agency Thread (Opinions/Rumors/Reports/Signings)

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Falcons might still enter the season as the worst team in the division :snoop: , and it'll only be partially our fault.

NO, TB and CAR are stacking.
 
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Stone said:
Falcons might still enter the season as the worst team in the division :snoop: , and it'll only be partially our fault.

NO, TB and CAR are stacking.
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The falcons beefed up the trenches tho. Bedard has a good write up on there signings..

As to the work done on players who will be on the team in 2014, the Falcons were aiming to get better and tougher on both of the lines, and they have done that. Soliai is a very good nosetackle who is extremely tough at the point of attack thanks to his immense strength. He doesn’t offer much in the pass rush, but that’s to be expected. He’s rugged and durable, so the Falcons should be fine with signing a 30-year-old to a five-year deal.

Jackson, who will be 28 this season, has never lived up to his status as third overall pick by the Chiefs in 2009, and he never will, because he can’t rush the passer. What he does and will do, is rough up offensive linemen and stuff the run. Jackson plays with a lot of strength in his lower and upper body and is tough to move.

Getting the severely underrated Jonathan Babineaux back in the fold means that the Falcons now have Soliai, Jackson, Babineaux and the previously re-signed Corey Peters as a very formidable inside group. Atlanta got pushed around in the run game the past couple of years. That should stop now.

Last season Asamoah, 26, lost his right guard spot in Kansas City to Geoff Schwartz (who is headed to the Giants), and the choice of which player you like better comes down to scheme. Asamoah is a good fit for the Falcons. He excels at pass blocking (Matt Ryan says thank you), but he’s no slouch at run blocking either. He’s not a road grader, but he can be very powerful. New offensive line coach Mike Tice should help Asamoah become more consistent.

The thing I like most about these signings is that the Falcons had very good intel on all of them. Assistant GM Scott Pioli drafted both Jackson and Asamoah with the Chiefs. Defensive coordinator Mike Nolan coached Soliai in the same capacity with the Dolphins. Often the biggest mistakes in free agency have to do with teams not having the full background on the players they sign. The Falcons have that background by the boatload.
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Brady-Carter said:
The falcons beefed up the trenches tho. Bedard has a good write up on there signings..



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I heard about this earlier today, it was more of a testament of how good the other teams in our division are than how bad we are/were.

We get Robinson or Mack/Clowney at 6 and address whatever we didn't in the first round then we should be good. Assuming we hit on the picks of course.
 
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