2008 NFL Draft
On February 22, prior the start of the NFL Combine, the Falcons won a coin toss that gave them the 3rd overall pick in the 2008 NFL Draft in a gathering with the Oakland Raiders and the Kansas City Chiefs to break a three-way-tie. Each team finished 2007 with a 4-12 record. Some experts said that the Falcons should have used this selection to pick LSU Defensive Tackle Glenn Dorsey, but the Falcons used their 1st round pick to draft Boston College quarterback Matt Ryan. The Falcons also traded two of their second-round picks (No. 34 and No. 48) and a fourth round pick (No. 103) with Washington Redskins to move to No. 21 overall and select USC tackle Sam Baker.
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“Why not draft executive and management brains to prepare and produce the equipment the $21-a-month draftee must use and forget this dollar-a-year tommyrot? Would we send an army into the field under a dollar-a-year General who had to be home Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays?”
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