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Draft Selections
Jayden Daniels Head Shot
PICK: 8 RND: 1 (ATL)
Jayden Daniels
QB LSU
Chop Robinson Head Shot
PICK: 43 RND: 2 (ATL)
Chop Robinson
DE-EDGE Penn State
Caelen Carson Head Shot
PICK: 74 RND: 3 (ATL)
Caelen Carson
CB Wake Forest
Dominick Puni Head Shot
PICK: 109 RND: 4 (ATL)
Dominick Puni
OT Kansas
Luke McCaffrey Head Shot
PICK: 145 RND: 5 (ATL)
Luke McCaffrey
WR Rice
Jordan Jefferson Head Shot
PICK: 189 RND: 6 (ATL)
Jordan Jefferson
DT LSU
AJ Barner Head Shot
PICK: 201 RND: 6 (ATL)
AJ Barner
TE Michigan
Daequan Hardy Head Shot
PICK: 244 RND: 7 (ATL)
Daequan Hardy
CB Penn State
Draft Grade — Falcons
Overall B
ValueB NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
The Falcons left with their quarterback, and a B to match.

They finally answered the question that shadows every other one. Jayden Daniels is the Falcons' quarterback, full stop. They moved the roster forward and banked a B for it.

Getting Hardy where they did is the sort of value that quietly makes a class. A whole weekend of picks and running back is somehow still a want.

They left with offensive lineman solved and the rest of the wish list mostly ticked off.

In sum, a sturdy weekend with one asterisk, the running back spot they never got to.

Pick Analysis
Pick8 Rnd1 Jayden Daniels
In pick No. 8 they get a long-term answer under center. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
Pick43 Rnd2 Chop Robinson
They let Chop Robinson come to them and pounced at pick 43. The roster fit checks out.
Pick74 Rnd3 Caelen Carson
Nice patience on Caelen Carson, who had no business lasting to No. 74. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
Pick109 Rnd4 Dominick Puni
Dominick Puni at the 109th pick nudges the ledger their way without any fuss. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick145 Rnd5 Luke McCaffrey
A reasonable price with a little left over, Luke McCaffrey in Round 5, Pick 9. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick189 Rnd6 Jordan Jefferson
A slide stopped in the 189th overall pick, with Jordan Jefferson worth more than the price. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick201 Rnd6 AJ Barner
They read the board right and AJ Barner was the payoff at the Round 6 slot. It fills a real need, too.
Pick244 Rnd7 Daequan Hardy
They barely believed it either: Daequan Hardy still on the board at slot 244. A want dressed up as a pick, at a spot they had covered.