DonnKesterJr'S MOCK DRAFT
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WEEK 7

  • DonnKesterJr DRAFTING FOR THE
    Falcons
Draft Selections
Trevor Goosby Head Shot
PICK: 15 RND: 1 (ATL)
Trevor Goosby
OT Texas
Will Echoles Head Shot
PICK: 46 RND: 2 (ATL)
Will Echoles
DT Ole Miss
Austin Simmons Head Shot
PICK: 77 RND: 3 (ATL)
Austin Simmons
QB Missouri
Anthony Evans III Head Shot
PICK: 113 RND: 4 (ATL)
Anthony Evans III
WR Mississippi State
Drayk Bowen Head Shot
PICK: 192 RND: 6 (ATL)
Drayk Bowen
LB Notre Dame
Jacob Ponton Head Shot
PICK: 217 RND: 6 (ATL)
Jacob Ponton
OT Texas Tech
Quay'sheed Scott Head Shot
PICK: 220 RND: 6 (ATL)
Quay'sheed Scott
CB Kentucky
Austin Kawecki Head Shot
PICK: 233 RND: 7 (ATL)
Austin Kawecki
C Wisconsin
Draft Grade — Falcons
Overall B
ValueB+ NeedA- TradesB- FutureB-
The Falcons let Echoles fall and pounced. Final grade: B.

The Falcons did not reach, did not trade up, did not blink. They just waited, and Will Echoles fell into slot 46. They moved the roster forward and banked a B for it.

They are betting Evans III proves the room right and everyone else wrong. The running back spot stays a question, and it was the one they most needed an answer at.

The roster is better shaped than it was, with offensive lineman chief among the fixes.

Good work on the whole, with running back the one box left unchecked.

Pick Analysis
Pick15 Rnd1 Trevor Goosby
In pick No. 15 they get a blindside protector. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Pick46 Rnd2 Will Echoles
Will Echoles at No. 46 is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick77 Rnd3 Austin Simmons
No edge and no loss on Austin Simmons in the Round 3 slot; it is a wash and a sensible one. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick113 Rnd4 Anthony Evans III
Anthony Evans III in pick 113 is early enough to raise a brow, if not a full objection. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick192 Rnd6 Drayk Bowen
A top-tier linebacker at a bargain, Drayk Bowen in the 192nd overall pick, plain and simple. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Pick217 Rnd6 Jacob Ponton
Jacob Ponton slipping to slot 217 is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick220 Rnd6 Quay'sheed Scott
They will replay Quay'sheed Scott at Round 6, Pick 42 for years; that is how good the value is. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
Pick233 Rnd7 Austin Kawecki
They paid sticker price for Austin Kawecki in the 233rd pick, and that is fine. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.