209Mason
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I agree that Ryan is a good prospect and may very well be a franchise quarterback for years to come, but the same can be said about Henne or Flacco... or heck, even Beck, because at this point... no-one knows!
Here's the thing... if we have him ranked on par with or slightly above other QB's (Flacco, Henne, etc) ... and we also have him ranked similar in terms of BPA along with Long, Long, and Gholston... I think we'd be stupid NOT to trade down with Atlanta if we can manage to pick up a player from BOTH of those lists... IE, we trade to Atlanta at #1 and take Long(s) or Gholston, and get a high 2nd that allows us to pick up Henne or Flacco. In that scenario, we get BPA on par with him AND a QB on par with him... :up:
To me it comes down to this...
Is Matt Ryan > (Long, Long, Gholston) + (Henne, Flacco, or BPA in RD2) ????
I don't think anyone can answer that, but I'd LOVE to GREATLY improve our Defense or O-Line AND bring in a ? mark at QB as opposed to just bringing in a ? at QB... plus, I imagine we'd get a 6th or so thrown in... and hey, you never know what you might find there.
Here's the thing... if we have him ranked on par with or slightly above other QB's (Flacco, Henne, etc) ... and we also have him ranked similar in terms of BPA along with Long, Long, and Gholston... I think we'd be stupid NOT to trade down with Atlanta if we can manage to pick up a player from BOTH of those lists... IE, we trade to Atlanta at #1 and take Long(s) or Gholston, and get a high 2nd that allows us to pick up Henne or Flacco. In that scenario, we get BPA on par with him AND a QB on par with him... :up:
To me it comes down to this...
Is Matt Ryan > (Long, Long, Gholston) + (Henne, Flacco, or BPA in RD2) ????
I don't think anyone can answer that, but I'd LOVE to GREATLY improve our Defense or O-Line AND bring in a ? mark at QB as opposed to just bringing in a ? at QB... plus, I imagine we'd get a 6th or so thrown in... and hey, you never know what you might find there.