People was booing because alot of Atlanta Falcons wasn’t sold on Matt Ryan and also alot of other teams wanted him. I was in espn draft room and we all wanted to build up the def side of the ball and get Matt stanford this year but now we have to take most of our pick and go def this year.

Cause people like us KC fans wanted him

there were alot of baltimore fans in attendance, they wanted to trade up to get ryan, and so did the jets, and being in new york you already kno theres alot of them.
i was probably one of 2-3 falcons fans there on day one not sure about day 2 didnt go =p

Yeah those idiots should be forced to watch 2008 Detroit Lions footage or some other torture.

i don’t get why people booed they needed a qb after they fired vick so they really need not boo him since he had a pretty good season so get over it lol stupid idiots at the draft

i was off with the overated part(i will admit). but vick could of done the same thing. jim mora had a sorry system that wasn’t fit for #7. and don’t discredit matt ryan supporting cast.

ha you still feel the same way now? 10-5 going to the playoffs. ALL IN HIS ROOKIE YEAR.. hate to say it but ryan is way better than vick

still feel the same way now, or you back on the band wagon?

getting another d-line guy would be smarter than getting a franchise QB? even if we didn’t have the success so for that is retarded. Glenn is a great player as is Matt. but look at the falcons.. they had NO QB… IF they took Glenn Dorsey it would be the dumbest pick ever. they chose Jamaal Anderson last year as a first pick.

if you started DJ Shockley over Matt Ryan you’re a fool and would probably get fired.

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true
shockley had a chance if he didnt get hurt things happen like that
he got to keep working hard

Lemme get this outta the way first.
I’m a huge dawg fan and falcons fan. Alright,
I saw DJ in action in the pre-season game and he looked amazing running that 2 minute offense HOWEVER he was playing against 2nd and 3rd stringers…

i love ga to
but ryan was the right pick
shockley could of played if he didnt get hurt

If they would just give DJ Shockley a chance I swear to God he can turn things around. Real Atlanta football fans watched him at Georgia(My favorite College football team) and know what he can do. By the way Georgia going to the Championship this year Baby!

As a Atlanta resident and a former Falcon fan this is one of the worst picks in Falcon history passing up on Glenn and possibly getting a quaterback in a latter round.And how do you expect the falcons to when you let go basically letting go and trading away your whole Damn team.Lets get some body in Atlanta that can run a damn football team because they don’t have a fucking clue.

future of the falcons
very good pick
better passer than vick even though he hasnt played in the nfl yet
tall at 6″5 225
accucrate smart
does struggle wit the deep ball some
but will improve
leader no off the field issues
will comand the huddle
falcons 2008 pediction
5-11 to 6-10
dont worry we will get better soon
go falcons!!!!!

Nup, USC. And I think Warren Sapp isn’t a bad example of a DT winning a S-Bowl, I think u under-rate the DT position, a good DT will make the rest of the defense better and you know it. A QB has to have a good team around him to succeed, nonetheless, I support Matt Ryan and hope he has a great career.

niners for life fucc falcons

they never give vick any great receivers. the q.b’s you mentioned had star receivers.

of course not. mike was one of a kind. there will never be another mike vick. but he never gave the falcons a Superbowl win,all of the superbowl winners were great pocket passers,troy aikman,peyton manning ,john elway.one thing that matt ryan is,is a solid pocket passer,but he needs to learn how to read coverages wich he will

DT isnt what they needed. Since when has a DT ever led a team to say a super bowl? You build a team on your QB. Flacons were in a catch 22 situation. How is Matt Ryan the worst No.1 qb in 10 years? You know nothing about him. You also must be a boneheaded virginia tech fan or clemson fan who knows nothing about football.

Vick was overrated. Phenominal athelete but not a great passer.

Yeah, go Falcons shit pick though. How can they not draft the best DT prospect in the last 10 years and instead draft the worst no.1 quarterback in 10 years? Boneheaded move there