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Draft Selections
Laiatu Latu Head Shot
PICK: 27 RND: 1 (ATL)
Laiatu Latu
DL-EDGE UCLA
Michael Penix Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 35 RND: 2 (ATL)
Michael Penix Jr.
QB Washington
Jer'Zhan Newton Head Shot
PICK: 43 RND: 2 (ATL)
Jer'Zhan Newton
DL Illinois
Ja'Tavion Sanders Head Shot
PICK: 66 RND: 3 (ATL)
Ja'Tavion Sanders
TE Texas
DJ James Head Shot
PICK: 74 RND: 3 (ATL)
DJ James
CB Auburn
Kiran Amegadjie Head Shot
PICK: 79 RND: 3 (ATL)
Kiran Amegadjie
OT Yale
Renardo Green Head Shot
PICK: 109 RND: 4 (ATL)
Renardo Green
S Florida State
Mekhi Wingo Head Shot
PICK: 143 RND: 5 (ATL)
Mekhi Wingo
DT LSU
Jaylin Simpson Head Shot
PICK: 187 RND: 6 (ATL)
Jaylin Simpson
CB Auburn
Xavier Thomas Head Shot
PICK: 197 RND: 6 (ATL)
Xavier Thomas
DE-EDGE Clemson
Draft Picks Received
Laiatu Latu Head Shot
PICK: 27 RND: 1 (ARI)
Laiatu Latu
DL-EDGE UCLA
Michael Penix Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 35 RND: 2 (ARI)
Michael Penix Jr.
QB Washington
Ja'Tavion Sanders Head Shot
PICK: 66 RND: 3 (ARI)
Ja'Tavion Sanders
TE Texas
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 3 (ARI)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 4 (ARI)
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Draft Picks Traded
J.J. McCarthy Head Shot
PICK: 8 RND: 1 (ARI)
J.J. McCarthy
QB Michigan
Players Gained
Head Shot
Evan Brown
C
Draft Grade — Falcons
Overall A-
ValueA NeedB TradesA+ FutureB
Grand theft in No. 187: the Falcons steal Simpson and grade out a A-.

Thirty-one other rooms let Jaylin Simpson slide, and the Falcons were the ones holding the card at slot 187. Highway robbery. The sum of the weekend is a deserved A-.

They won the margins on every swap, and it adds up fast. They covered a lot of ground and still skipped wide receiver, which is a strange place to end up. Adding Evan Brown by trade rounds out the weekend beyond the rookies.

Add it up and this is about as clean as a draft weekend gets.

Pick Analysis
Pick27 Rnd1 Laiatu Latu
In the 27th overall pick they get a problem off the edge at a price that makes it sweeter.
Pick35 Rnd2 Michael Penix Jr.
A quarterback of that caliber at Round 2, Pick 3 is the definition of value, full stop. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick43 Rnd2 Jer'Zhan Newton
Jer'Zhan Newton at the Round 2 slot is a first-round grade at a bargain-bin price, no notes. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick66 Rnd3 Ja'Tavion Sanders
Ja'Tavion Sanders in pick 66 is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick74 Rnd3 DJ James
A top-tier cornerback at a bargain, DJ James in slot 74, plain and simple. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
Pick79 Rnd3 Kiran Amegadjie
They let Kiran Amegadjie come to them and pounced at No. 79. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick109 Rnd4 Renardo Green
You do not let a safety like Renardo Green reach the 109th pick and blink. They did not. Useful body for a position without much behind the starter.
Pick143 Rnd5 Mekhi Wingo
Taking Mekhi Wingo in pick No. 143 is close to grand larceny; an interior defensive lineman that good had no business lasting this long. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick187 Rnd6 Jaylin Simpson
Jaylin Simpson in the Round 6 slot should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. A luxury on a unit that was already in good shape.
Pick197 Rnd6 Xavier Thomas
Xavier Thomas in No. 197 is a gift, value that borders on unfair. A need, and now a little less of one.