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Mcsmith'S MOCK DRAFT
RUN ON APR 22, 2026

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  • Mcsmith DRAFTING FOR THE
    Falcons
Draft Selections
Zachariah Branch Head Shot
PICK: 60 RND: 2 (ATL)
Zachariah Branch
WR Georgia
Jake Golday Head Shot
PICK: 79 RND: 3 (ATL)
Jake Golday
OLB Cincinnati
Chandler Rivers Head Shot
PICK: 122 RND: 4 (ATL)
Chandler Rivers
CB Duke
Jaeden Roberts Head Shot
PICK: 129 RND: 4 (ATL)
Jaeden Roberts
OG Alabama
Harold Perkins Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 141 RND: 5 (ATL)
Harold Perkins Jr.
LB LSU
Bryson Eason Head Shot
PICK: 215 RND: 6 (ATL)
Bryson Eason
DT Tennessee
Haynes King Head Shot
PICK: 231 RND: 7 (ATL)
Haynes King
QB Georgia Tech
Nolan Rucci Head Shot
PICK: 241 RND: 7 (ATL)
Nolan Rucci
OT Penn State
Draft Picks Received
Zachariah Branch Head Shot
PICK: 60 RND: 2 (CHI)
Zachariah Branch
WR Georgia
Jaeden Roberts Head Shot
PICK: 129 RND: 4 (CHI)
Jaeden Roberts
OG Alabama
Harold Perkins Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 141 RND: 5 (HOU)
Harold Perkins Jr.
LB LSU
Nolan Rucci Head Shot
PICK: 241 RND: 7 (CHI)
Nolan Rucci
OT Penn State
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 3 (HOU)
NEXT YEAR (2027)
 
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 4 (HOU)
NEXT YEAR (2027)
 
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 5 (CHI)
NEXT YEAR (2027)
 
Draft Picks Traded
Caleb Tiernan Head Shot
PICK: 48 RND: 2 (HOU)
Caleb Tiernan
OT Northwestern
Players Gained
Head Shot
Naquan Jones
DT
Draft Grade — Falcons
Overall B
ValueC+ NeedB+ TradesB FutureB
The Falcons did the meat-and-potatoes work well: B.

The Falcons clearly saw something nobody else did in Haynes King, taking him 84 picks ahead of his grade. The board is not convinced.

Landing Rivers that late papers over a lot of smaller sins. For all the activity, running back went untouched, which is hard to explain.

A competent weekend that does not make headlines and does not need to.

Pick Analysis
Pick60 Rnd2 Zachariah Branch
Zachariah Branch at the Round 2 slot is right where the board had him, plain and simple. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick79 Rnd3 Jake Golday
Quietly one of the better values of the day, Jake Golday at slot 79. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick122 Rnd4 Chandler Rivers
Chandler Rivers at pick 122 is a first-round grade at a bargain-bin price, no notes. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
Pick129 Rnd4 Jaeden Roberts
This one needs a full-page explanation: Jaeden Roberts in pick No. 129, miles early. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick141 Rnd5 Harold Perkins Jr.
Fair-plus on Harold Perkins Jr., a quiet win that adds up over a draft. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick215 Rnd6 Bryson Eason
They went early on Bryson Eason in No. 215, and the value did not follow. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick231 Rnd7 Haynes King
A wild overpay on Haynes King in the 231st overall pick, the sort that defines a class for the wrong reasons. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick241 Rnd7 Nolan Rucci
They left a pile of value on the table to take Nolan Rucci this early at No. 241. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.