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Draft Selections
Laiatu Latu Head Shot
PICK: 11 RND: 1 (ATL)
Laiatu Latu
DL-EDGE UCLA
Carson Beck Head Shot
PICK: 43 RND: 2 (ATL)
Carson Beck
QB Georgia
Ja'Lynn Polk Head Shot
PICK: 75 RND: 3 (ATL)
Ja'Lynn Polk
WR Washington
Zion Tupuola-Fetui Head Shot
PICK: 111 RND: 4 (ATL)
Zion Tupuola-Fetui
DE-EDGE Washington
Malachi Moore Head Shot
PICK: 148 RND: 5 (ATL)
Malachi Moore
DB Alabama
DeWayne Carter Head Shot
PICK: 189 RND: 6 (ATL)
DeWayne Carter
DT Duke
Xavier Truss Head Shot
PICK: 201 RND: 6 (ATL)
Xavier Truss
OT Georgia
Tre Harris Head Shot
PICK: 232 RND: 7 (ATL)
Tre Harris
WR Mississippi
Steele Chambers Head Shot
PICK: 244 RND: 7 (ATL)
Steele Chambers
LB Ohio State
Draft Grade — Falcons
Overall B-
ValueB- NeedB TradesB- FutureB-
Nothing loud, just a tidy B- for the Falcons.

If confidence were a draft strategy, the Falcons would have aced it. Steele Chambers at the Round 7 slot is 57 spots clear of where he belonged. More right than wrong, and a B- to match.

The Harris pick alone nudges the whole weekend up a notch. Leaving running back unaddressed is the roster risk they will have to answer for in the fall.

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

Pick Analysis
Pick11 Rnd1 Laiatu Latu
No drama and no debate, Laiatu Latu went about where he belonged in Round 1, Pick 11. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick43 Rnd2 Carson Beck
A straight-up fair deal on Carson Beck at pick 43, value and slot in agreement. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick75 Rnd3 Ja'Lynn Polk
Ja'Lynn Polk in the Round 3 slot is a gift, value that borders on unfair. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick111 Rnd4 Zion Tupuola-Fetui
Zion Tupuola-Fetui in the 111th overall pick is a bet on their own eyes over everyone else's grade. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
Pick148 Rnd5 Malachi Moore
They paid sticker price for Malachi Moore in No. 148, and that is fine. Not a spot anyone had flagged, which makes it a head-scratcher.
Pick189 Rnd6 DeWayne Carter
A real head-scratcher, DeWayne Carter in the 189th pick is miles ahead of his ranking. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Pick201 Rnd6 Xavier Truss
They talked themselves into Xavier Truss at the Round 6 slot, and the board did not agree. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick232 Rnd7 Tre Harris
You do not let a wide receiver like Tre Harris reach pick No. 232 and blink. They did not. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick244 Rnd7 Steele Chambers
Steele Chambers in Round 7, Pick 24 is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.