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Draft Selections
Malik Nabers Head Shot
PICK: 10 RND: 1 (ATL)
Malik Nabers
WR LSU
Chris Braswell Head Shot
PICK: 42 RND: 2 (ATL)
Chris Braswell
LB-EDGE Alabama
Blake Fisher Head Shot
PICK: 110 RND: 4 (ATL)
Blake Fisher
OT Notre Dame
Khyree Jackson Head Shot
PICK: 147 RND: 5 (ATL)
Khyree Jackson
CB Oregon
Ashton Gillotte Head Shot
PICK: 188 RND: 6 (ATL)
Ashton Gillotte
DL-EDGE Louisville
Miles Frazier Head Shot
PICK: 204 RND: 6 (ATL)
Miles Frazier
OG LSU
Steve Linton Head Shot
PICK: 231 RND: 7 (ATL)
Steve Linton
LB-EDGE Texas Tech
Ricky White Head Shot
PICK: 247 RND: 7 (ATL)
Ricky White
WR UNLV
Draft Picks Traded
Ruke Orhorhoro Head Shot
PICK: 74 RND: 3 (DEN)
Ruke Orhorhoro
DT Clemson
Players Gained
Head Shot
Russell Wilson
QB
Players traded away
Head Shot
Desmond Ridder
QB
Draft Grade — Falcons
Overall B+
ValueB NeedB+ TradesA+ FutureB-
The steal of the weekend belongs to the Falcons and White: B+.

Every so often the board makes a mistake, and the Falcons were there to profit. Ricky White, the No. 178 name on the board, should have been long gone before the 247th overall pick.

They robbed the room blind at the table, and it lifts the grade on its own. That quarterback hole did not close this weekend, and it was the biggest one on the wall.

Not a headline-grabber, but a perfectly good weekend's work.

Pick Analysis
Pick10 Rnd1 Malik Nabers
In slot 10 they get a true top target. The biggest hole, addressed.
Pick42 Rnd2 Chris Braswell
Chris Braswell at the 42nd pick is right where the board had him, plain and simple. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick110 Rnd4 Blake Fisher
Blake Fisher in the 110th overall pick is exactly on the number, no argument either way. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick147 Rnd5 Khyree Jackson
They will replay Khyree Jackson at the Round 5 slot for years; that is how good the value is. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
Pick188 Rnd6 Ashton Gillotte
They barely believed it either: Ashton Gillotte still on the board at pick No. 188. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Pick204 Rnd6 Miles Frazier
A reach on Miles Frazier in Round 6, Pick 29; the board had better options right there. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick231 Rnd7 Steve Linton
Steve Linton in No. 231 should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick247 Rnd7 Ricky White
They robbed the room for Ricky White here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.