Free Agents Discussion

[Wyatt]

@ProFootballTalk
Per source, Dontari Poe agrees to terms with Falcons.

WELL FUCK

[smitty46953]

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Falcons have agreed to terms with Dontari Poe, per source.

[smitty46953]

Now go get Hankins !!!

[sherck]

Originally Posted by smitty46953

#Falcons are signing former #Chiefs first round pick DT Dontari Poe, per @ProFootballTalk

They were dumb play calling away from winning the SB in Jan (run the ball 3 fricking times and then kick the FG to go up by two scores, dummies). Why not sign with a team that has SB aspirations again this year?

Cheers,

[Wyatt]

@AdamSchefter 21s21 seconds ago
Falcons gave former Chiefs' DT Dontari Poe a one-year, $8 million deal that could increase to $10M with incentives, per source.

[Luck4Reich]

Originally Posted by sherck

They were dumb play calling away from winning the SB in Jan (run the ball 3 fricking times and then kick the FG to go up by two scores, dummies). Why not sign with a team that has SB aspirations again this year?

Cheers,

Only 14% on Suberbowl losers made it back the next year and that percentage was helped by the Buffalo Bills.

[Coltsalr]

$8M for one year was too rich for our blood? The fuck, Ballard?

[sherck]

Originally Posted by Wyatt

@AdamSchefter 21s21 seconds ago
Falcons gave former Chiefs' DT Dontari Poe a one-year, $8 million deal that could increase to $10M with incentives, per source.

I am honestly glad that we did not sign him to terms like that.

We are not one year away from being competitive. We are more like 2 or 3 years away from having a good defense.

I would rather sign "NFL average" guys now like Woods, Hunt and Mingo for modest contracts while biding my time to nab good players (Sheard, Simon) and difference makers (1-15 pass rusher?) in the draft and free agency.

In 2 or 3 years when we are ready to compete? Yeah, that is the time to splurge on big contracts.

But now? Keep filling the roster with "competition" so that we can at least get to the middle of the pack defense.

Chees,

[Wyatt]

I hear Tom Crean is a free agent now, maybe we could plug him in at NT, or better yet, HC

[FatDT]

I kinda wanted Poe. I think our defense is going to suck again. But I don't have high hopes for this season anyway. So outside of not getting Zeitler or Warford I don't care that much that we didn't sign any "big" names. I use that term loosely because FA was kind of garbage this year. Hopefully we have a good draft and bring in a few actual playmakers/future playmakers.