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Draft Selections
D'Angelo Ponds Head Shot
PICK: 48 RND: 2 (ATL)
D'Angelo Ponds
CB Indiana
Brenen Thompson Head Shot
PICK: 79 RND: 3 (ATL)
Brenen Thompson
WR Mississippi State
Nicholas Singleton Head Shot
PICK: 114 RND: 4 (ATL)
Nicholas Singleton
RB Penn State
Rayshaun Benny Head Shot
PICK: 195 RND: 6 (ATL)
Rayshaun Benny
DL Michigan
Keyshaun Elliott Head Shot
PICK: 231 RND: 7 (ATL)
Keyshaun Elliott
LB Arizona State
Draft Grade — Falcons
Overall B-
ValueB- NeedB TradesB- FutureB-
The Falcons checked most of the boxes and earned a B-.

You can draft well and still miss the point. The Falcons did plenty of tidy work and somehow never got around to offensive lineman, which was the need that mattered most. The bottom line is a respectable B-.

Singleton falling to them is the kind of break a good board is built to catch. Benny has a lot of ground to make up just to look fairly priced.

Job largely done: wide receiver settled and 4 of 8 of the wish list covered. Nearly every premium pick went to that side of the ball.

In short, they left a little better than they arrived, which is the whole idea.

Pick Analysis
Pick48 Rnd2 D'Angelo Ponds
They took D'Angelo Ponds at par in slot 48, which is nothing to complain about. A minor itch, scratched.
Pick79 Rnd3 Brenen Thompson
Brenen Thompson at the 79th overall pick is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick114 Rnd4 Nicholas Singleton
Nicholas Singleton slipping to the Round 4 slot is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick195 Rnd6 Rayshaun Benny
They paid up for Rayshaun Benny at pick 195 when waiting would have done the job. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick231 Rnd7 Keyshaun Elliott
They stopped a slide they were happy to see, landing Keyshaun Elliott in the 231st pick. It fills a real need, too.