@the-gipper said:

Let's not be giving up any of our defensive line depth.

Our starters would probably be depth for you guys. Aside from maybe Soliai or Babineaux, we got nothing.

@jcam222 said:

We'd give you Mingo and Miles Austin for Julio or Roddy right now! Hell I'd trade Mngo for Harry Douglass.

I don't know how Ray Farmer would feel but I would trade Douglas for Mingo in a heartbeart. Dougy is good, but Mingo fits a need better. We would be okay with Bernard Reedy or Hester at #3.

@the-gipper said:

OK, I get it. You are happy that we knocked off your main rival. Just be aware that we are equal opportunity ass kickers and will be glad to knock off the Saints main rival when we meet. That would be November 23rd I believe.

I would expect nothing less! I hope you lose, but I would love to see you guys win all the other games. Falcons are my favorite team, but I do like the Browns more than most. Partially because I hate the Steelers and, now, I also hate the Bengals. Also hate the Ravens because people always try to say Flacco is better than Ryan because of the superbowl that Jacoby Jones and the D won.

@bob806 said:

Road trip!!

EightyEight, how is the Georgia Dome? Do they allow tailgating around the stadium?

They do! You'll probably have to get there early but there's a nice spot near the stadium where everyone congregates and tailgates! Falcons fans are generally pretty friendly, we're the classiest of the NFC South, biased as I may be, aside from the guys that still wear Vick jerseys. If you see a Vick jersey just avoid that person.

Zone blocking generally suits teams with smaller more athletic linemen, so if you have bigger guys, man to man is generally used. Hope that helps somewhat.

Zombo said:

Sheard is probably the most tradeable if Mingo could stay healthy, because Sheards contract will be up soon.

Z

Thought so, but wasn't really sure.

@osiris said:

As I have told the non-believers here on this forum, Kruger will (and is) turning it around this year. He leads the team in sacks so far this year and probably QB pressures based on what I've seen. He's batted the ball down at least once. He lost a bit of weight and the coaches challenged him to play better and he's responding.

If the Browns were to make a trade, I'd say the most likely candidate is Sheard, as they are similar players in terms of beefy OLB pass rushers, or you might look at one of the talented defensive ends in which they are quite deep. Personally, I doubt a trade will happen if Pettine has anything to say about it.

Oh wow, didn't know that. That's quite impressive. I would love to see Sheard in a Falcons uniform. Not sure what we would have to give up though.

@atenears said:

One aspects of yesterdays pass rush from the edge that you are over looking, and that was a key factor on Kruger pile driving Brees in one of the opening series was our pass coverage on those plays. Brees held onto the football much too long in those opening series. We couldn't sustain that blanket coverage throughout the game and he got rid of the ball faster and it was a different story to start the second half. Although the biggest sack on the afternoon came from up the middle on the Saint's last series, knocking them out of field goal range and setting up our winning drive.

Joe Haden is fantastic, you really have an incredibly balanced D-Line. Now that you have competent quarterback play I fully expect the Browns to win more than 8 games. Especially if Gordon hadn't gotten suspended. The Falcons secondary is pretty decent, we just can't get any pressure. The interior is alright, but our edge rushers are complete crap.

The Browns defense just became honorary Falcons in my opinion. That sack when Brees got pulverized was better than anything I saw watching the Falcons-Bengals game yesterday. Seems like things are on the upswing for the Browns! On a side note, I'm working on an article about ways with which the Falcons could fix our non-existent pass rush. You guys have a bevy of potential pass rushers, between Mingo, Sheard, and Kruger. Kruger admittedly hasn't lived up to expectations, but even so, he's better than anything the Falcons have. My question is this, based on your team's needs, what do you think the Falcons would have to give up to get one of these guys, and who would they be most likely to get? Do you think Ray Farmer would even be willing to make such a trade? Thanks in advance, and again, congratulations!