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Laiatu Latu Head Shot
PICK: 8 RND: 1 (ATL)
Laiatu Latu
DL-EDGE UCLA
Jared Verse Head Shot
PICK: 15 RND: 1 (ATL)
Jared Verse
DE-EDGE Florida State
JT Tuimoloau Head Shot
PICK: 34 RND: 2 (ATL)
JT Tuimoloau
DE-EDGE Ohio State
Adonai Mitchell Head Shot
PICK: 46 RND: 2 (ATL)
Adonai Mitchell
WR Texas
Quinn Ewers Head Shot
PICK: 48 RND: 2 (ATL)
Quinn Ewers
QB Texas
D.J. James Head Shot
PICK: 72 RND: 3 (ATL)
D.J. James
CB Auburn
Javon Foster Head Shot
PICK: 109 RND: 4 (ATL)
Javon Foster
OT Missouri
Cade Stover Head Shot
PICK: 111 RND: 4 (ATL)
Cade Stover
TE Ohio State
Jahdae Barron Head Shot
PICK: 117 RND: 4 (ATL)
Jahdae Barron
S Texas
Jordan Travis Head Shot
PICK: 145 RND: 5 (ATL)
Jordan Travis
QB Florida State
Christian Jones Head Shot
PICK: 189 RND: 6 (ATL)
Christian Jones
OT Texas
Isaiah Neyor Head Shot
PICK: 205 RND: 6 (ATL)
Isaiah Neyor
WR Texas
Aaron Lewis Head Shot
PICK: 248 RND: 7 (ATL)
Aaron Lewis
DL-EDGE Rutgers
Draft Picks Received
Jared Verse Head Shot
PICK: 15 RND: 1 (IND)
Jared Verse
DE-EDGE Florida State
JT Tuimoloau Head Shot
PICK: 34 RND: 2 (NE)
JT Tuimoloau
DE-EDGE Ohio State
Adonai Mitchell Head Shot
PICK: 46 RND: 2 (IND)
Adonai Mitchell
WR Texas
Quinn Ewers Head Shot
PICK: 48 RND: 2 (JAX)
Quinn Ewers
QB Texas
D.J. James Head Shot
PICK: 72 RND: 3 (NYJ)
D.J. James
CB Auburn
Cade Stover Head Shot
PICK: 111 RND: 4 (NYJ)
Cade Stover
TE Ohio State
Jahdae Barron Head Shot
PICK: 117 RND: 4 (IND)
Jahdae Barron
S Texas
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 7 (IND)
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Draft Picks Traded
Quinyon Mitchell Head Shot
PICK: 43 RND: 2 (NE)
Quinyon Mitchell
CB Toledo
Jermaine Burton Head Shot
PICK: 74 RND: 3 (JAX)
Jermaine Burton
WR Alabama
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 1 (MIA)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 2 (MIA)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 3 (MIA)
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Players Gained
Head Shot
Mekhi Becton
OT
Players traded away
Head Shot
Bud Dupree
LB
Head Shot
Clark Phillips III
CB
Head Shot
Jake Matthews
OT
Head Shot
Kyle Pitts
TE
Draft Grade — Falcons
Overall F
ValueB- NeedB TradesF FutureF
The Lewis reach set the tone, and the Falcons never recovered: F.

The Falcons looked at the value chart, folded it up, and took Aaron Lewis at pick 248 regardless, 53 picks early. A weekend to file away and forget, and an F to match.

They handed away value on the phones that the picks cannot earn back. For all the activity, interior defensive lineman went untouched, which is hard to explain.

It is a win-now wager, and the future is the stake. The trenches got the money picks, top to bottom.

There is no soft landing here: they fought the board and left interior defensive lineman open, and the grade is the bill.

Pick Analysis
Pick8 Rnd1 Laiatu Latu
No drama and no debate, Laiatu Latu went about where he belonged in slot 8. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
Pick15 Rnd1 Jared Verse
In the Round 1 slot they get a problem off the edge at fair value. A clean fit for the roster.
Pick34 Rnd2 JT Tuimoloau
A clean, defensible pick in the 34th overall pick with a little surplus value in JT Tuimoloau. It fills a real need, too.
Pick46 Rnd2 Adonai Mitchell
Adonai Mitchell at the 46th pick nudges the ledger their way without any fuss. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick48 Rnd2 Quinn Ewers
A big swing on Quinn Ewers at No. 48, well ahead of any board in the building. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick72 Rnd3 D.J. James
Fair-plus on D.J. James, a quiet win that adds up over a draft. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
Pick109 Rnd4 Javon Foster
Value said wait; Javon Foster in pick 109 says they were not listening. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Pick111 Rnd4 Cade Stover
Cade Stover in Round 4, Pick 11 is early enough to raise a brow, if not a full objection. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
Pick117 Rnd4 Jahdae Barron
Jahdae Barron at slot 117 is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. Useful body for a position without much behind the starter.
Pick145 Rnd5 Jordan Travis
Jordan Travis in the 145th pick is fair value, right on his grade. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick189 Rnd6 Christian Jones
Nothing to complain about; Christian Jones went a shade earlier than his grade, which is fine. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick205 Rnd6 Isaiah Neyor
A straight-up fair deal on Isaiah Neyor at the Round 6 slot, value and slot in agreement. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick248 Rnd7 Aaron Lewis
A swing that ignored the value entirely, Aaron Lewis well ahead of where he belonged. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.