Falcons won't overpay to keep Lofton, Abraham

[mmmbeans]

well, they already overpaid ray edwards... so that's sort of like cliff avril.

[Kurb]

Falcons dont have tons of cap space.

Grimes isnt going to be cheap.

[bigdog10]

Avril is a product of that d-line in Detroit.

The guy is definitely talented, but he will be grossly overpaid. Similar to Ray Edwards last year

edit***Just saw mmmbeans and JTG's posts above mine. both are right on

[Ivan The Awesome]

Excellent.

[Proudiddy]

Would you all be in favor of picking up Lofton if we let Connor go?

Seems like a lateral move, but would be a slight upgrade... And regardless, I don't want Connor back.

[klumme]

Would you all be in favor of picking up Lofton if we let Connor go?

Seems like a lateral move, but would be a slight upgrade... And regardless, I don't want Connor back.

Why would we pay 7-8 mil a year for a two down MLB while having a all pro MLB on the team?

[Proudiddy]

Why would we pay 7-8 mil a year for a two down MLB while having a all pro MLB on the team?

I skipped the 8 mil part, my bad.

I meant in the same role as Connor to backup Beason. At 8 mil, no. I meant if the money is relatively equal.

Then again, I think we're going to see quite a bit more 3-4 this coming season, and as we saw this year, you can never have enough good LBs, lol.

[Riverboat Ron]

The Falcons would do well to protect Matt Ryan, getting a LT is critical to their success. Avril and Williams wouldn't come cheap, and Grimes will cost an arm and leg to keep. Avril is a pass rushing machine, but only because he had Suh, Williams/Fairley, and Vanden Bosch on the line with him. Falcons would need gap penetrating DT's to have the same results. If they could scrounge up the money, Mario Williams would be the better investment.