2024'S MOCK DRAFT
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  • 2024 DRAFTING FOR THE
    Falcons
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
Kiran Amegadjie Head Shot
PICK: 74 RND: 3 (ATL)
Kiran Amegadjie
OT Yale
Ja'Lynn Polk Head Shot
PICK: 79 RND: 3 (ATL)
Ja'Lynn Polk
WR Washington
Trey Benson Head Shot
PICK: 110 RND: 4 (ATL)
Trey Benson
RB Florida State
Johnny Wilson Head Shot
PICK: 142 RND: 5 (ATL)
Johnny Wilson
WR Florida State
Dwight McGlothern Head Shot
PICK: 199 RND: 6 (ATL)
Dwight McGlothern
CB Arkansas
Draft Grade — Falcons
Overall B
ValueB NeedA- TradesB- FutureB-
The Falcons answered their biggest question with Daniels. Grade: B.

They finally answered the question that shadows every other one. Jayden Daniels is the Falcons' quarterback, full stop. It nets out to a B, which feels about right.

On value alone, McGlothern makes the weekend a net positive. The interior defensive lineman hole is the one line item this class does not answer.

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

Pick Analysis
Pick8 Rnd1 Jayden Daniels
In the Round 1 slot they get their guy under center for the next decade. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Pick43 Rnd2 Keon Coleman
Keon Coleman in Round 2, Pick 11 is fine work, a shade of surplus and no downside. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick74 Rnd3 Kiran Amegadjie
Kiran Amegadjie slipping to No. 74 is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick79 Rnd3 Ja'Lynn Polk
They let Ja'Lynn Polk come to them and pounced at the 79th pick. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick110 Rnd4 Trey Benson
Trey Benson is a better player than slot 110 suggests; smart patience, rewarded. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick142 Rnd5 Johnny Wilson
Nice patience on Johnny Wilson, who had no business lasting to pick 142. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Pick199 Rnd6 Dwight McGlothern
A cornerback of that caliber at the 199th overall pick is the definition of value, full stop. A minor need, but a need all the same.