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Draft Selections
Zachariah Branch Head Shot
PICK: 59 RND: 2 (ATL)
Zachariah Branch
WR Georgia
Mikail Kamara Head Shot
PICK: 122 RND: 4 (ATL)
Mikail Kamara
DE-EDGE Indiana
Haynes King Head Shot
PICK: 231 RND: 7 (ATL)
Haynes King
QB Georgia Tech
Nolan Rucci Head Shot
PICK: 243 RND: 7 (ATL)
Nolan Rucci
OT Penn State
Draft Picks Received
Zachariah Branch Head Shot
PICK: 59 RND: 2 (HOU)
Zachariah Branch
WR Georgia
Nolan Rucci Head Shot
PICK: 243 RND: 7 (HOU)
Nolan Rucci
OT Penn State
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 2 (CIN)
NEXT YEAR (2027)
 
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 4 (HOU)
NEXT YEAR (2027)
 
Draft Picks Traded
Emmanuel Pregnon Head Shot
PICK: 48 RND: 2 (HOU)
Emmanuel Pregnon
OG Oregon
Eli Stowers Head Shot
PICK: 79 RND: 3 (DEN)
Eli Stowers
TE Vanderbilt
Aaron Graves Head Shot
PICK: 215 RND: 6 (CIN)
Aaron Graves
DT Iowa
Players Gained
Head Shot
Antwaun Powell-Ryland Jr.
LB
Head Shot
Pat Surtain II
CB
Draft Grade — Falcons
Overall B+
ValueC- NeedA- TradesA+ FutureB+
The Falcons fleeced the room on the phones and earned a B+.

The Falcons looked at the value chart, folded it up, and took Haynes King at the 231st pick regardless, 84 picks early.

They won the margins on every swap, and it adds up fast. For all the activity, interior defensive lineman went untouched, which is hard to explain.

The imported veterans give this class a floor the draft picks could not on their own. They left with offensive lineman solved and the rest of the wish list mostly ticked off.

Not a headline-grabber, but a perfectly good weekend's work.

Pick Analysis
Pick59 Rnd2 Zachariah Branch
Zachariah Branch at the Round 2 slot is right where the board had him, plain and simple. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick122 Rnd4 Mikail Kamara
A swing that ignored the value entirely, Mikail Kamara well ahead of where he belonged. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick231 Rnd7 Haynes King
Haynes King in No. 231 is a bet on their own eyes over everyone else's grade. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick243 Rnd7 Nolan Rucci
A real head-scratcher, Nolan Rucci in the 243rd overall pick is miles ahead of his ranking. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.