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Draft Selections
Brock Bowers Head Shot
PICK: 10 RND: 1 (ATL)
Brock Bowers
TE Georgia
Emeka Egbuka Head Shot
PICK: 42 RND: 2 (ATL)
Emeka Egbuka
WR Ohio State
Maason Smith Head Shot
PICK: 74 RND: 3 (ATL)
Maason Smith
DT-EDGE LSU
Tate Ratledge Head Shot
PICK: 110 RND: 4 (ATL)
Tate Ratledge
OG Georgia
James Williams Head Shot
PICK: 147 RND: 5 (ATL)
James Williams
S Miami (FL)
Darius Robinson Head Shot
PICK: 188 RND: 6 (ATL)
Darius Robinson
DL-EDGE Missouri
Marques Cox Head Shot
PICK: 204 RND: 6 (ATL)
Marques Cox
OT Kentucky
Willie Roberts Head Shot
PICK: 231 RND: 7 (ATL)
Willie Roberts
CB Louisiana Tech
Taulia Tagovailoa Head Shot
PICK: 247 RND: 7 (ATL)
Taulia Tagovailoa
QB Maryland
Draft Grade — Falcons
Overall B-
ValueB NeedB TradesB- FutureB-
A sensible, unshowy class lands the Falcons a B-.

The tape said wait; the Falcons did not. Taulia Tagovailoa went at slot 247, a good 138 picks before the board was ready. Nothing here to lose sleep over; call it a B-.

The Roberts pick alone nudges the whole weekend up a notch. The Smith pick is fine in a vacuum, less so with interior defensive lineman, running back and other spots still on the board. If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through interior defensive lineman.

Job largely done: offensive lineman settled and 5 of 8 of the wish list covered.

In sum, a sturdy weekend with one asterisk, the interior defensive lineman spot they never got to.

Pick Analysis
Pick10 Rnd1 Brock Bowers
In the Round 1 slot they get a security blanket over the middle. A clean fit for the roster.
Pick42 Rnd2 Emeka Egbuka
Nice patience on Emeka Egbuka, who had no business lasting to slot 42. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick74 Rnd3 Maason Smith
The needs board was loud and they turned it down, spending pick 74 on Maason Smith with interior defensive lineman, running back and other spots unsolved.
Pick110 Rnd4 Tate Ratledge
Tate Ratledge in pick No. 110 is exactly on the number, no argument either way. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick147 Rnd5 James Williams
James Williams in the 147th overall pick is a gift, value that borders on unfair. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.
Pick188 Rnd6 Darius Robinson
They jumped the gun on Darius Robinson, taking him earlier than his grade liked. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick204 Rnd6 Marques Cox
A reach for Marques Cox in pick No. 204; a little patience would have been rewarded. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick231 Rnd7 Willie Roberts
Circle this one: Willie Roberts at No. 231 is a fall that decides a draft. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
Pick247 Rnd7 Taulia Tagovailoa
Taulia Tagovailoa in Round 7, Pick 27 is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.