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Draft Selections
Jayden Daniels Head Shot
PICK: 8 RND: 1 (ATL)
Jayden Daniels
QB LSU
Keon Coleman Head Shot
PICK: 43 RND: 2 (ATL)
Keon Coleman
WR Florida State
D.J. James Head Shot
PICK: 64 RND: 2 (ATL)
D.J. James
CB Auburn
Matt Goncalves Head Shot
PICK: 109 RND: 4 (ATL)
Matt Goncalves
OT Pittsburgh
Ty'Ron Hopper Head Shot
PICK: 145 RND: 5 (ATL)
Ty'Ron Hopper
LB Missouri
Julian Pearl Head Shot
PICK: 189 RND: 6 (ATL)
Julian Pearl
OT-EDGE Illinois
Jase McClellan Head Shot
PICK: 201 RND: 6 (ATL)
Jase McClellan
RB Alabama
Jeremy Flax Head Shot
PICK: 244 RND: 7 (ATL)
Jeremy Flax
OT Kentucky
Draft Picks Received
D.J. James Head Shot
PICK: 64 RND: 2 (SF)
D.J. James
CB Auburn
Draft Picks Traded
Ja'Tavion Sanders Head Shot
PICK: 74 RND: 3 (CIN)
Ja'Tavion Sanders
TE Texas
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 2 (MIA)
NEXT YEAR (2025)
 
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 5 (MIA)
NEXT YEAR (2025)
 
Players Gained
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Tee Higgins
WR
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Jauan Jennings
WR
Players traded away
Head Shot
Cordarrelle Patterson
RB
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Desmond Ridder
QB
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Lorenzo Carter
LB
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Taylor Heinicke
QB
Draft Grade — Falcons
Overall B+
ValueB NeedB+ TradesA+ FutureC
Daniels is the plan now, and the Falcons grade out a B+.

Start where it matters. The Falcons took Jayden Daniels to run the offense for the next decade, and every other decision this weekend bends around that one.

Every deal seemed to tilt their way, which is not luck. Leaving interior defensive lineman unaddressed is the roster risk they will have to answer for in the fall. The Coleman value carries more weight than any single miss elsewhere.

The McClellan pick is the one the value grade keeps tripping over.

A competent weekend that does not make headlines and does not need to.

Pick Analysis
Pick8 Rnd1 Jayden Daniels
In pick No. 8 they get a long-term answer under center at fair value. The biggest hole, addressed.
Pick43 Rnd2 Keon Coleman
They robbed the room for Keon Coleman here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick64 Rnd2 D.J. James
A straight-up fair deal on D.J. James at the Round 2 slot, value and slot in agreement. Useful body for a position without much behind the starter.
Pick109 Rnd4 Matt Goncalves
Matt Goncalves at the 109th pick is a sensible buy, a touch better than market for the offensive lineman. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick145 Rnd5 Ty'Ron Hopper
Ty'Ron Hopper at the 145th overall pick jumps the queue by a touch more than is comfortable. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick189 Rnd6 Julian Pearl
A clean, defensible pick in No. 189 with a little surplus value in Julian Pearl. Not a spot anyone had flagged, which makes it a head-scratcher.
Pick201 Rnd6 Jase McClellan
They liked Jase McClellan enough to skip the value, taking him in Round 6, Pick 26. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick244 Rnd7 Jeremy Flax
The board had Jeremy Flax higher than slot 244, and the offensive lineman fell to them anyway. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.