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Draft Selections
Cooper DeJean Head Shot
PICK: 8 RND: 1 (ATL)
Cooper DeJean
CB Iowa
Xavier Worthy Head Shot
PICK: 43 RND: 2 (ATL)
Xavier Worthy
WR Texas
Brenden Rice Head Shot
PICK: 74 RND: 3 (ATL)
Brenden Rice
WR USC
Leonard Taylor III Head Shot
PICK: 109 RND: 4 (ATL)
Leonard Taylor III
DL Miami (FL)
Payton Wilson Head Shot
PICK: 145 RND: 5 (ATL)
Payton Wilson
LB North Carolina State
Joe Milton III Head Shot
PICK: 189 RND: 6 (ATL)
Joe Milton III
QB Tennessee
Michael Wiley Head Shot
PICK: 201 RND: 6 (ATL)
Michael Wiley
RB Arizona
Ethan Driskell Head Shot
PICK: 244 RND: 7 (ATL)
Ethan Driskell
OT Marshall
Draft Grade — Falcons
Overall B-
ValueB NeedB TradesB- FutureB-
Grand theft in pick 145: the Falcons steal Wilson and grade out a B-.

When a board-topper like Payton Wilson slides to the Round 5 slot, you do not overthink it, and the Falcons did not.

They punted on tight end, and it is the miss that keeps the grade honest. The roster is better shaped than it was, with offensive lineman chief among the fixes.

Bottom line, more hits than misses and a roster nudged the right way.

Pick Analysis
Pick8 Rnd1 Cooper DeJean
In No. 8 they get an island corner at fair value. Need was not the driver here.
Pick43 Rnd2 Xavier Worthy
They paid sticker price for Xavier Worthy in the 43rd pick, and that is fine. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick74 Rnd3 Brenden Rice
Nothing to complain about; Brenden Rice went a shade earlier than his grade, which is fine. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick109 Rnd4 Leonard Taylor III
Leonard Taylor III in Round 4, Pick 9 is fair value, right on his grade. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick145 Rnd5 Payton Wilson
Circle this one: Payton Wilson at the Round 5 slot is a fall that decides a draft. The roster fit checks out.
Pick189 Rnd6 Joe Milton III
A quarterback of that caliber at slot 189 is the definition of value, full stop. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick201 Rnd6 Michael Wiley
They let Michael Wiley come to them and pounced at pick 201. It fills a real need, too.
Pick244 Rnd7 Ethan Driskell
Ethan Driskell at the 244th overall pick is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.