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    Falcons
Draft Selections
Braylan Shelby Head Shot
PICK: 45 RND: 2 (ATL)
Braylan Shelby
DE-EDGE USC
Kenyatta Jackson Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 80 RND: 3 (ATL)
Kenyatta Jackson Jr.
DE-EDGE Ohio State
Malachi Fields Head Shot
PICK: 115 RND: 4 (ATL)
Malachi Fields
WR Notre Dame
Kyle Louis Head Shot
PICK: 196 RND: 6 (ATL)
Kyle Louis
LB Pittsburgh
Chandler Rivers Head Shot
PICK: 234 RND: 7 (ATL)
Chandler Rivers
CB Duke
Draft Grade — Falcons
Overall C
ValueF NeedB- TradesB- FutureB-
Flashes of a plan, unevenly executed. Falcons: C.

Somewhere a scout is still blinking. The Falcons spent slot 45 on Braylan Shelby, a name the board had a full 156 spots lower.

Getting Rivers where they did is the sort of value that quietly makes a class. That offensive lineman hole did not close this weekend, and it was the biggest one on the wall. The roster is better shaped than it was, with wide receiver chief among the fixes.

In the end, a coin-flip class: fine today, with a wide range of outcomes ahead.

Pick Analysis
Pick45 Rnd2 Braylan Shelby
A real head-scratcher, Braylan Shelby in the 45th pick is miles ahead of his ranking. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick80 Rnd3 Kenyatta Jackson Jr.
They reached into another round for Kenyatta Jackson Jr., and the board is nowhere close to agreeing. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Pick115 Rnd4 Malachi Fields
They will replay Malachi Fields at Round 4, Pick 15 for years; that is how good the value is. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick196 Rnd6 Kyle Louis
Kyle Louis at pick No. 196 is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick234 Rnd7 Chandler Rivers
Somehow Chandler Rivers was still sitting there in pick 234, and they pounced on premier cornerback value. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.