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He's pulling a Viking... Trying to save money by paying his rookies 2nd round payscale.

Who cares... Mel Kiper already posted his top 5 picks for Panthers: Only problem is they're all taken already.

At this point, Panthers might as well double dip and revamp his CB corps.

Thanks guys for not giving the Panthers Barnett or Thomas. The Falcons do not want to face this type of D-line twice a year. I believe Tampa and Orleans agree too. Barnett - Short - Lotulelei - Horton

Dang! Cleveland got so many picks.... He can literally take all the QBs in the draft and still have picks to spare.

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He's getting paid more than Weddle, who was considered the best safety in the league this past season. I hope Ozzie knows what he is doing because his free agency signing record has been spotty at best with a lot of money being thrown away.

We got so many holes on our team. I feel it will take this year's and next year's draft to replenish the roster. Losing Wagner, Juszczyk, and Williams are going to hurt.

I guess Ozzie has a plan because we have so many holes to fill, yet he went to double down on a pretty good safety tandem.

Jimmy Smith is a great player for 12 games (77% Game Rate). We might have to accept that fact because history doesn't lie. I say we double dip cornerbacks this year's draft, so we only need Jimmy for 12 games.

I feel like Ozzie has a 50% track record on 2nd rounders. However, it's interesting that only one was resigned. Maybe Ozzie thinks 2nd rounders are just complementary starters. However, not everyone can get a contract extension if Ozzie keeps getting good players to keep throughout the draft. However, it's different to see Ozzie spending more money in free agency since the recent drafts haven't produce a lot of gems.

I don't know... If it was 15 years ago, having two stud Linebackers like Ray Lewis and Peter Boulware would've wrecked offenses. However, it is a passing league and it seems Old-school LBs are going away with coverage WLB or Moneybackers like Mark Barron and Deone Buchanon.

I'm thinking Ozzie is going to take a shot on some small school players like Taylor Moton to beef up our running game. I wonder moving Alex Lewis to RT is a good option since he is built like a tackle.

I have a feeling we're going to address our right tackle need in free agency, so we can focus on the strength of the draft: CBs.

DB is so deep, I don't mind double dipping this year. I have a feeling one of those late 1st rounders like Quincy Wilson, Adoree' Jackson or even Ahkello Witherspoon. I can easily name 5 other names that are in that range. I say go with the strength of the draft. Jimmy Smith ain't getting younger or more durable. Tavon Young is perfect for the slot. The rest of the DB is in shambles. Let the rookies battle it out for the 2nd outside spot. We just have to believe in Marty to fix our offense.

We been rebuilding ever since we lost Ray Lewis and Ed Reed. At least, we landed some key pieces with CJ Mosley and Eric Weddle. We had the best shot to return to the Super Bowl in 2014 with Kubiak's offense until we got Belichicked like the Falcons. We can't laugh at the Falcons when we threw away a 14 point lead.

Ozzie is human, but at least he gets it right unlike whoever is running the Browns. Browns Last 5 years of 1st Rounders: 2012 Trent Richardson - RB - BUST 2012 Brandon Weeden - QB - BUST 2013 Barkevious Mingo - OLB - BUST 2014 Justin Gilbert - CB - BUST 2014 Johnny Manziel - QB - BUST 2015 Danny Shelton - DT - Solid 2015 Cameron Erving - C - Positional Bust 2016 Corey Coleman - WR - Injury Bug Ozzie can't screw up that many 1st rounders.

Let's see the market value of Torrey Smith first. I would for very fair price like around 4 millions. Perriman, Wallace, and Smith will make a pretty good track team. However to use their potential fully, we have to sign or draft quality offensive linemen to give Flacco time. However, if we rebuild our running game, then those fakes are really going to hurt defenses.

So it's basically resigning Matt Elam, if he turned out good. When Johnathan Cyprien was on board, I thought he was going to be our pick because he was the FS we wanted to replace Ed Reed. However, Cyprien wasn't an All-Pro, but he was much more productive, which we could've used in the past 4 years. Now we have our two outfielders with Eric Weddle and Tony Jefferson. Ozzie needs to go with what he is at best in the first round 1st Round - Trench Players

In the draft, we better go Cornerbacks back to back because New England didn't need a pass rusher because they get coverage sacks against the #1 Offense. There are 8+ Cornerbacks with 1st Round grades. I say double dip if one lands on our 2nd round pick. Let the lesser teams reach for those QBs.

The forum is closing and Ozzie is reversing his philosophy for free agency. The world is coming to an end...

Atlanta Falcons Geno Smith 0.5 Stars

Should've been like Jerry Jones and used this year like 2011. Should've 50+ those top free agents to make the ultimate team.

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