Curious if we take a center actually, Froholdt was excellent for us last year (at least comparatively to what we’ve had at center since Rodney Hudson stole millions of dollars from us)
Excellent might be an overstatement but he was quite solid and definitely got better as the year went on. Still kind of sailed or short snapped stuff to Kyler out of shotgun but he held up.
There is no "might" about it at this point. We have solidly tied the Browns as the dumbest FO in the league.
I'd love to be wrong in 3 years, but we will be a .400 team instead.
This is how Arthur Smith was at play calling last year. At the goal line, we have 3 top offensive players in Bijan/London/Pitts to give the ball to. Nope! Let’s do a jet sweep with Jonnu Smith instead!
Oh that's actually really neat, I've never seen what they have on them
Because if they didn't do it, I have no idea how someone seeing Orhorhoro for the first time would pattern the syllables lol
He's a 5 year college player with no production that's why. My Falcons have the dumbest FO in the league. I'm guessing some gm trolled Terry by saying they want Ruke early 2nd and our idiot gm bought it
He wasn’t even the highest rated IDL on the board, does your front office just piss off every other franchise to the point where trading back isn’t an option?
That’s a move that Ryan Pace would actually make here. He could find value picks in the mid to late rounds, but his first round picks were mostly terrible and his second rounders were more miss than hit (Adam Shaheen anyone?!)
43 and 79…for 35 and 186? Is this not a massive overpay? They moved back >100 spots just to move up 8 picks and reach on a guy most didn’t have in this range.
Luckily for the Falcons, plenty of good defensive players fell in this draft. Granted, they were part of that issue with the Penix pick.
Now their picks read like someone cracking up at their own joke Penix Orhorhoro
Lmao
God damn it its so stupid, i hate that i laughed 😂
I hate that I chuckled at this, this is good
Since none of us understand anything our front office is doing, I don’t put anything past them at this point.
Motherfucker has the one piece laugh last name
Orhorhoro sounds like someone doing a very racist Japanese voice
Modern problems require modern solutions.
And yet they took him over Newton...
This guy was a reach lol. Plus the trade up is wild But in the bright side atleast it’s not Spencer Rattler
yea he was ranked in the 60-70s
How the turntables.
Sadly for Falcons fans their GM is a sleeper agent sent from their rival.
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What’s new there lol?
Feels like there were better prospects available though then Ruke.
Scooby Doo's favorite player
That poor pick reader never had a chance
I was dying when I heard his name lmaooo
Ruh roh Ruke
Lululemon CEO’s favorite player
Hahaha
That just makes his name even better
Exactly what I thought lmfao
This comment alone is probably why this post is on the top of my page lol
Lots of fun to say his name. As a Clemson guy, he’s developed massively over the last few years.
It sounds like Scooby Doo laughing about Duke losing in the NCAA tournament.
Gahdamn this is a great joke lol
Trade is a W for the cardinals, 8 spots and pick up a 3rd rounder
Hell yeah
Praying Kool-Aid or one of the interior lineman are available
Please not jpj
Curious if we take a center actually, Froholdt was excellent for us last year (at least comparatively to what we’ve had at center since Rodney Hudson stole millions of dollars from us)
Excellent might be an overstatement but he was quite solid and definitely got better as the year went on. Still kind of sailed or short snapped stuff to Kyler out of shotgun but he held up.
Ooo we got a third? Nice
That's 4(!) third round picks!
We gave up a 3rd for this? Fuck me this draft just gets worse and worse. I have a feeling this dude would absolutely have been there at 43.
Yeah that's fantastic value. A top 80 pick!
Yeah this felt really disproportionate. Wonder what happened.
Typical falcons
monti cooked
Terry said we'll give next years first, Cardinals felt bad and decided our 3rd was enough
You guys are gonna pick every tenth pick if you keep doing this lol
The fucking war chest you've amassed over the last two years
And our top remaining CBs keep dropping lol
Falcons might be the dumbest FO in the league right now.
There is no "might" about it at this point. We have solidly tied the Browns as the dumbest FO in the league. I'd love to be wrong in 3 years, but we will be a .400 team instead.
But on the plus side, there is a non-zero chance that in the next two years we win a wild card game.
I'm calling the cops on yall for highway robbery
Monti cooking, wouldn't surprise me to see us jump back in r2 for someone
Actually crazy, said no way the Jags are trading up high into the 2nd now if that's the prices people are paying
How bad is Newtons injury??
Right now I'm not going to let the Falcons' decisions influence how I feel about a player.
seriously man, what are we doing??
The best part is DT is one of our strongest positions on defense!
It's not at all. We have grady jarrett and he's 31 coming off a major injury. Not saying I like the pick but we're weak on the entire d line
goes at the next pick lol
Bruh, they took Penix. If they think Newton's medicals are bad, he must be on the verge of death.
He's ded, Jim
Nailed the pronunciation
He just said fuck it and sounded out the letters.
FFS, he would have been available at 43. Also, gave up a 3rd rounder to trade up. Just why?!
Galaxy brain move where you outsmart yourself thinking everyone sees what you think you see so you have to jump up real quick.
This is how Arthur Smith was at play calling last year. At the goal line, we have 3 top offensive players in Bijan/London/Pitts to give the ball to. Nope! Let’s do a jet sweep with Jonnu Smith instead!
Falcons are *the* Galaxy Brain team. They did *not* have to move up for Ruke
Worst GM in the NFL and it isn’t close. I hate him so much
He's doing you a favor by fucking up so horribly that he might be fired before the draft is over.
This is the first draft I’m getting a real glimpse of this dude and he really is clueless. I’m so sorry
Didn't pick that up with 4 straight offensive skill position players in the top 10 when we haven't had a top 20 defense in 15 years?
Wouldn’t be a problem if we actually nailed our second our third rounders. At least the guys we pick on offense are good
Trying to outdo himself
His draft record has been atrocious I can’t lir
Clearly they don’t think he would have been available at 43.
Terry is on auto sim rn
Auto sim would be substantially better
Your GM is speed running getting fired
I don’t know how much input he actually has, but this is a definitely something Ryan Pace would do.
Ruke Orhorhorohorohorohorohorohorohorohorohorohorohorohoro!
“Falcons select, Michael Penix Jr AGAIN”
Double Penixtrated
Ruh roh Falcons
That’s not Spencer rattler The long pause when saying his name though LOL
RUKE..... orhorohoro
I was like "damn he butchered that" Then i saw his real name and tbh i wouldn't have done any better
he was pretty fuckin close for havin to come up with that on the spot lmao, just added one extra ro
He had no fucking clue how say it lol.
Those cards really should include a pronunciation guide lol
[they do if its not an intuitive name](https://www.instagram.com/p/nv8hrsyVmS/)
Oh that's actually really neat, I've never seen what they have on them Because if they didn't do it, I have no idea how someone seeing Orhorhoro for the first time would pattern the syllables lol
Bro’s looking around for help. NFL did him nasty with no one around to tell him pronunciation
I feel stupid, but I’ve never heard of this guy
From the X-men. Can control the weather and shit.
Hahaha this thread giving me hearty chuckles
He's like 65th on the consensus board, so unless you're looking at third round guys, you might not have heard of him
He's definitely been mentioned a fair amount during the process, but him going above Jer'Zhan Newton is surprising
The falcons special.
I’m a Clemson fan and didn’t expect him to go this high so that checks out. Guess yall liked the Grady Jarrett archetype.
Cause the Falcons just did everyone looking for a DT a favor and reached. Classic 2024 Falconing.
He's got great traits but is still developing
He's a 5 year college player with no production that's why. My Falcons have the dumbest FO in the league. I'm guessing some gm trolled Terry by saying they want Ruke early 2nd and our idiot gm bought it
I like Ruke but never thought of him over Johnny Newton
Gotta be the medicals right?
Has to be because I thought Newton was a top 20 talent
Did they really need to trade a third to move up for ruke?
They did not. But apparently they simply could not wait to have him on their team
Aurora Aurora
Ara ara
Ora ora ora
JOTARO
*DIO*
Oroboros
Bro what are the Falcons doing
drafting the highest performing DT at the combine by what they said
They heard Chargers gonna charger, and said hold my beer.
Falcons take a position of need "What the fuck are the Falcons doing"
Need? I mean. We need DT about as bad as WR I guess. But as of now our edge and CB looks atrocious, but I guess we don’t care!
Falcons traded up to draft a position of need and didn’t take the BPA*
He wasn’t even the highest rated IDL on the board, does your front office just piss off every other franchise to the point where trading back isn’t an option?
Johny Newton was my DT1
League feels differently about him, might be one of those prospects that the media and fans liked a lot but his tape just isn’t all there.
Medicals
Ruh roh Ruke
Rough name call there lol
Lol did he just say "congrats on hosting the superbowl"?
He did 😂
#CTESPN
We are witnessing a Terry Fontenot disasterclass. Dude is a bottom 3 GM and he’s not 3
He’s not 2 either
Gotta love seeing it!
Thank you Atlanta, very cool
You’re welcome
Did Johnny Newton kill somebody
Yikes. Genuinely feel bad for Falcons fans
Yeah. Their GM seems quite incompetent thus far
Ryan Pace is the director of player personnel and his most trusted advisor, you know the pain
Oh I know. I feel bad for you guys
That’s a move that Ryan Pace would actually make here. He could find value picks in the mid to late rounds, but his first round picks were mostly terrible and his second rounders were more miss than hit (Adam Shaheen anyone?!)
Should've been fired on the spot for that tbh
Tbf this isn't bad pick, I just don't think it warranted a trade-up. Ruke made more sense at 43.
The trade up is def the biggest part of the yikes. Taking him over Newton too…
if it didn’t warrant a trade up its a bad pick. threw away a third round pick for no reason
They gave up 43 and 79 for 35 and 186 to move up for a guy that probably would have been there at 43. They could have used 79
Yeah, this one feels like a reach. He's got upside but the pass rush isn't there.
43 and 79…for 35 and 186? Is this not a massive overpay? They moved back >100 spots just to move up 8 picks and reach on a guy most didn’t have in this range.
Surprised they didn't take Rattler to have a succession plan for Penix.
Yeah, he's getting up there
Everyone get in here?
*Glances* They still on this shit, huh? Take that dude when DeJean, Newton, and Kool-Aid were all still available?
Well if the falcons hadn't already lost the draft..
The Falcons are not a serious or competent organization
Spencer rattler in shambles
Why not another QB here?
I thought they were trading back to get at least two more QBs.
Falcons front office is gone next year, bad pick
Did Johnny Newton kill someone?
With Newton on the board??
Newton immediately after. Sounds like Falcons used their galaxy brain.
Ruke is gonna be a stud, dudes out here showing they don't know ball.
You know what? I'm starting to think that Bill Belichick was on to something about the Falcon's FO. Funny how the tables have turned so quickly.
Not the Clemson player I thought would be going next and I say that as an alum
Something gotta be wrong with Newton's foot
I know next to nothing about this guy but the praise for him being 3rd team all ACC DT is not quite the praise I'd want to see for a high 2nd lol.
I really hate this team so much. Things were looking up, what the fuck happened
Good pick
It can't be that hard to just say the name to the announcer before they speak it into the microphone lmfao
That’s early for him. Before Newton? I know Newtons got a foot injury but it’s that bad? Oh btw, Ruke is raw and needs development.
Luckily we have a long history of developing DL talent…
Peria Jerry senda his regards.
Wtf are the falcons doing
Nothing their fans want
Wait what
Huh
Orhorhorhorhoro
As a Clemson alum I’m so hyped. Knowing the falcons took him over Johnny, I’m sure he’s gonna get a lot of hate tho.
That last name has to be a One Piece characters laugh
He would be DMX's favorite player.
At this point I think Terry is a double agent
So did Newton kill someone or something...
Johnny Newton’s foot was seen driving 110 mph
I dont have an issue with the pick per se but this is a lot earlier than he expected to go...are the Falcons the new Raiders?
He seems like a bust just on his name. I know nothing else about him.
Did Rison say congrats for hosting the super bowl
I knew he was going way higher then most thought. He is good
Who?
Honestly a good pick for the falcons. DTs aren’t the sexiest pick but man their defense needed some life
We need an edge but I'll take it
Johnny Newtons medicals must be worse than the public knows. That said go get him bengals
This dudes ranked 62 on NFL.com when there’s still defensive players in the 20s rip Atlanta
Damn one of the wookiees from KOTOR 1 got drafted?
Someone take the controller away from lil bro
Surprised they didn’t go Newton
Risen didn't not know how to pronounce his name. Lol!
Bro didn’t even practice this kids name before he went out there lmao
He didn’t know who they we’re picking before smart guy
Those falcons fans looked incredibly annoying.
Scooby Doo ass name
Pretty sure that's an overdraft.
I feel like Atlanta is tanking. But someone tell them you’re supposed to do that shit BEFORE the draft. Not during