B
Atlanta Falcons
The Falcons won the night they stopped Bernard from sliding. Grade: B.
by BlueHemi ·
2026 NFL Draft
· 7 picks
· 3 steals
· 1 reaches
The value of the weekend has a name and a slot: Germie Bernard, slot 79, roughly 21 picks past where he belonged.
They covered a lot of ground and still skipped quarterback, which is a strange place to end up. If Jatta pans out, nobody remembers the price. If not, this is the pick they hear about. The roster is better shaped than it was, with offensive lineman chief among the fixes.
In sum, a sturdy weekend with one asterisk, the quarterback spot they never got to.
Pick-by-Pick
They did well to land Keith Abney II in the Round 2 slot, just ahead of his grade. A minor itch, scratched.
Taking Germie Bernard in No. 79 is close to grand larceny; a wide receiver that good had no business lasting this long. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
A market-rate offensive lineman, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Parker Brailsford. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Zxavian Harris slipping to pick No. 163 is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Good things come to war rooms that wait, and Keagen Trost at the 196th pick is the proof. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
No drama and no debate, Keyshaun Elliott went about where he belonged in slot 215. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Isaiah Jatta in the 231st overall pick is the kind of reach that only looks good if he outplays it. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.