Notes, News, and other shit

Sorry for the long stay away, but the baseball season is starting and Pedro's toe has taken over my life.

On to the Falcons

STEVE WYCHE continues his great off season work by writing about the Falcons seeking immediate help on defense.

The Falcons have made no secret they've targeted defensive help, but claim it's too early in the evaluation process to determine which unsettled position — most likely defensive end or safety — would be addressed with the 15th overall pick.

Which player the Falcons pick could be determined by which players are drafted with the top 14 picks.

However, Atlanta probably will spend extra time during the next few days with Texas safety Michael Huff, Virginia Tech cornerback Jimmy Williams, a converted safety who some project to return to his natural spot in the pros, defensive ends Mario Williams of North Carolina State and Tamba Hali of Penn State.

Atlanta plans to fortify its secondary and right defensive end spot, where veteran Brady Smith's health remains a question, through free agency. The Falcons hope to overhaul both safety spots and would like a veteran to complement a younger player along the last line of defense.

"It's never perfect to have to rely upon a rookie to play a great deal for you, but in some instances, there are rookies who could do it and help you win," Falcons president/general manager Rich McKay said. "Some guys can play on first down, different situations, that type of thing. Two years ago, we started DeAngelo Hall as a rookie at corner and made it to the NFC championship game and, as you can see, he's a pretty good player."

The Falcons also want to fill needs or add depth at cornerback, offensive line and tailback. With Brian Finneran, Dez White and Jerome Pathon set to become free agents, Atlanta also could draft a wide receiver, something it has done in the first round the past two drafts. It is unlikely the Falcons would use another first-round selection on a wide receiver, though.

Alright, i have an idea! Follow me on this one

In the first round we'll most like draft a safety, right? Let's just say we get lucky and draft Michael Huff. So how about we put him at one safety spot and move Demorrio Williams to the other safety spot. He's atletic enough to play safety, right?

Atlanta likes to have 8 men in the box, so he'd be like the fourth linebacker anyway. I like Michael Boley, Brooking and Hartwell as the starters, so Demorrio will only play some backup linebacker. I think he's to good for that. We put Demorrio in the box on obvious running situations and will have our fastest players on the field together. Demorrio wouldn't have to stand over linemen, he'll be able to use his speed.

Why not give it a try? The Seahawks turned Michael Bolware into a safety, why can't we do the same with Demorrio? That would improve our run defense greatly in my opinion. It's worth a shot. It'll probably never happen, but i'd give it a try when training camp comes around.

Did anybody else notice that Michael Vick said this on thursday in the USA Today?

Vick said in Thursday's USA Today that Knapp "needs to know exactly what type of talent he's working with. . . . You've got to be creative. There's no reason I should be passing for only 2,300 yards for the season. My passing attempts per game [2/4.2] are not even that high. I hope it's not that they don't believe in me, because I believe in me."

Mike is driving over knapp, reversing the bitch, and running over him again. The only thing left for Mike to do is play the race card. The Jamie Fox speech from "Any Given Sunday" would work perfectly.

Mark my words; next year there will be a coach-player battle and one of these guys will have to go.

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Do you guys dislike my blogs color pattern?

Ski, the only Yucs fan i like, wrote this to me about a week ago

A few months ago I was approached by the guy who owns the SportsBlogs network to join (I didn't). I recommended your site (then you went on sabbatical and made me look like a fool) but the SportsBlogs guy (who I believe is the same guy who runs Daily Kos) mentioned he had seen your site but he was turned off by the color layout. Long story short, your black and red design has been turning people away from your site.

Turned off by my color layout? I'm going to write this fagot an insulting e-mail right now, and i want all my faithful readers to write one too! Who's (not) with me?

This is what i do to motherfuckers that insult my blog!

That is unless you guys hate the color layout too. Than i'll just change it to another one....