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Six years ago, Bill Belichick told Falcons not to move up to draft Julio Jones
Posted on 1/22/17 at 8:42 pm
Posted on 1/22/17 at 8:42 pm
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As the Atlanta Journal Constitution shared on Tuesday, Peter King recently reviewed Michael Holley’s book, “War Room: The Legacy of Bill Belichick and the Art of Building the Perfect Team.” One of the more interesting stories Holley talks about deals with Julio Jones. According to the book, Dimitroff called Belichick the day of the draft and asked if he thought it would be a good idea to trade up 21 spots to get the Alabama receiver. Belichick advised against making the move.
Belichick recommended staying put at No. 27 and drafting Pittsburgh’s Jonathan Baldwin, but Dimitroff went ahead and pulled the trigger on the deal anyway.
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It would be ironic if Julio ends up having a monstrous game to lead the Falcons to a win over the Patriots in the Super Bowl.
This post was edited on 1/22/17 at 8:44 pm
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Posted on 1/22/17 at 8:53 pm to Bench McElroy
Belichick knew Hogan would someday prove to be the superior option at WR, but Hogan wasn't on ATL's board.
Julio was.
Julio was.
Posted on 1/22/17 at 8:55 pm to Bench McElroy
Like Belichick would ever give honest helpful advice to a potential opponent.
This post was edited on 1/22/17 at 8:56 pm
Posted on 1/22/17 at 8:55 pm to loweralabamatrojan
wtf is he supposed to tell these guys how to draft?
Posted on 1/22/17 at 8:55 pm to Bench McElroy
I mean, they were thin rostered for years after that, and 6 years later they have filled out the rest of the roster to compete finally.
Seems a little late for a told ya so
Seems a little late for a told ya so
Posted on 1/22/17 at 8:56 pm to Bench McElroy
And 2 weeks from now Belichick will have another superbowl trophy. But nice story.
Posted on 1/22/17 at 8:56 pm to diat150
Dimitroff was a scouting director in New England before becoming GM for the Falcons.
Posted on 1/22/17 at 8:59 pm to dawgdayafternoon
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Dimitroff was a scouting director in New England before becoming GM for the Falcons.
dimitroff looks like he scouts anus.
how could anyone take this dude serious.
Posted on 1/22/17 at 9:00 pm to wildtigercat93
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and 6 years later they have filled out the rest of the roster to compete finally.
Ehh, "finally" is a little hyperbolic. They've been in the playoffs 3/6 years with Julio and probably should've won the conference in 2012 but shite the bed against the niners
Posted on 1/22/17 at 9:01 pm to diat150
Posted on 1/23/17 at 12:48 am to Bench McElroy
Two door dilemma of logical deduction.
Always do the opposite of what Belichick says.
Always do the opposite of what Belichick says.
This post was edited on 1/23/17 at 12:48 am
Posted on 1/23/17 at 1:00 am to Bench McElroy
Fun stats:
Baldwin was picked one spot before #27 so the Falcons would have missed out on him if they stayed pat.
Baldwin has career stats of 44 catches, 607 yards, 2 TDs.
The top 7 picks in 2011 were all pretty damn incredible.
Cam Newton
Von Miller
Marcell Dareus
AJ Green
Patrick Peterson
Julio Jones
Aldon Smith (when he isn't suspended)
Hell, outside of the QBs that everyone knew were picked too high you have to go all the way to pick 21 to find someone who didn't really pan out (depends if you consider Prince Amukamara a bust or not and Adrian Claybourn is pretty good when he is healthy) and of course it is the Browns pick of Phil Taylor.
Baldwin was picked one spot before #27 so the Falcons would have missed out on him if they stayed pat.
Baldwin has career stats of 44 catches, 607 yards, 2 TDs.
The top 7 picks in 2011 were all pretty damn incredible.
Cam Newton
Von Miller
Marcell Dareus
AJ Green
Patrick Peterson
Julio Jones
Aldon Smith (when he isn't suspended)
Hell, outside of the QBs that everyone knew were picked too high you have to go all the way to pick 21 to find someone who didn't really pan out (depends if you consider Prince Amukamara a bust or not and Adrian Claybourn is pretty good when he is healthy) and of course it is the Browns pick of Phil Taylor.
This post was edited on 1/23/17 at 1:13 am
Posted on 1/23/17 at 1:45 am to wildtigercat93
6 years later when a draft pick is in his prime is too late for a told you so? That's exactly when you'd expect the "told you so" to take place and it worked out perfectly.
Posted on 1/23/17 at 3:34 am to diat150
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Looks like James Franco and Seth Rogen had a kid.
Posted on 1/23/17 at 3:51 am to Bench McElroy
I have no knowledge about Dimitroff as a person but I would love to beat the shite out of him
Posted on 1/23/17 at 4:12 am to Ed Osteen
Posted on 1/23/17 at 5:55 am to wildtigercat93
quote:
Seems a little late for a told ya so
Agree and it was a very risky move. I hated it at the time. It has worked out but it was a total risk move
Posted on 1/23/17 at 8:13 am to diat150
quote:
dimitroff looks like he scouts anus.
This made me laugh irl
Posted on 1/23/17 at 8:18 am to Bench McElroy
i mean Bill B has a pretty good track records of building good offenses without over-drafting WRs
this isn't really an indictment of Bill B b/c he's proven his philosophy works in the long run
*ETA: he learned his lesson with chad jakcson
this isn't really an indictment of Bill B b/c he's proven his philosophy works in the long run
*ETA: he learned his lesson with chad jakcson
This post was edited on 1/23/17 at 8:18 am
Posted on 1/23/17 at 8:19 am to rockchlkjayhku11
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6 years later when a draft pick is in his prime is too late for a told you so? That's exactly when you'd expect the "told you so" to take place and it worked out perfectly.
Belicheck didn't tell him "don't draft Julio because he sucks". He said "don't mortgage your future to land one elite player, play back and give the roster depth"
Which he's advice was right about for the first 5 years of his career, because the falcons didn't gain back the depth to compete consistently until now after a complete overhaul in the scouting department as well
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