Dimitroff: 'The expectations are legitmate'

FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga.—Entering his fourth full season as Atlanta Falcons general manager, Thomas Dimitroff has already won Sporting News NFL Executive of the Year award twice, including for his work in 2010. SN's Vinnie Iyer caught up with Dimitroff at training camp to discuss just how good the Falcons feel about 2011, the big draft-day trade for wideout Julio Jones and other key decisions that have helped build the team into a consistent NFC contender:

Q: So how do you feel about this team you have assembled for this season?

A: Very encouraged about what we have both offensively and defensively. I feel like we accomplished what we set out to accomplish in the offseason by adding some explosive elements on both sides of the ball. We were able to re-sign two of our three offensive linemen— very important for us—as well as a kicker, linebacker and running back. (I’m) encouraged how things fell into place the way they did. The expectations are legitimate.

Q: Coming off the tough playoff loss to Green Bay, did you see the need to add more pop in the passing game?

A: Aaron (Rodgers), he was on fire—I don't know if I've ever seen a quarterback on fire as much. Our feeling was we knew we had to go tit for tat with teams like that, quarterbacks like that. That was something that was on our mind, no question about it. We felt for a while now that we were very interested in having a No. 1A and No. 1B receiver. And we feel with Julio, we have added a nice element to be a very solid receiver in this league.

Q: Do you feel that just looking at the talented offenses in the NFC South, you have to keep up with these teams?

A: You think about it a little bit where our division is, how explosive it is as far as playmaking ability. We felt from the very beginning when we drafted Matt Ryan, we had to continue to put pieces in place to help him along the way as we evolve as a team and Matt as a quarterback. We believe in riding the train while Matt is strong, healthy and young.

Q: With your defense, it seems like you've slowly added the right pieces through the draft and free agency over the past four years. What's been your plan there?

A: All along, we said, let's really focus on offense, take care of the big pieces there—some expensive, some high draft picks, and then build a defense that can be consistent, tough, young, hungry and passionate. We feel like we have that defense. We've sprinkled in the select veterans who have a lot of experience in the league and their own element of passion. With our combination of youthful players who are going into their fourth year now and are battle-tested, with the select veterans, the defense is really starting to come together now.

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