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Draft Selections
Drake Maye Head Shot
PICK: 8 RND: 1 (ATL)
Drake Maye
QB North Carolina
Dallas Turner Head Shot
PICK: 40 RND: 2 (ATL)
Dallas Turner
LB-EDGE Alabama
Dontay Corleone Head Shot
PICK: 72 RND: 3 (ATL)
Dontay Corleone
DL Cincinnati
Jason Marshall Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 108 RND: 4 (ATL)
Jason Marshall Jr.
CB Florida
Jamari Thrash Head Shot
PICK: 145 RND: 5 (ATL)
Jamari Thrash
WR Louisville
Bryce Foster Head Shot
PICK: 186 RND: 6 (ATL)
Bryce Foster
C Texas A&M
Jestin Jacobs Head Shot
PICK: 202 RND: 6 (ATL)
Jestin Jacobs
LB Oregon
Draft Grade — Falcons
Overall B
ValueB NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
A passer of the future in Maye, and a B, for the Falcons.

They finally answered the question that shadows every other one. Drake Maye is the Falcons' quarterback, full stop.

They will regret leaving running back for another day if the season turns on it. The Turner pick is the one they will point to when this weekend is judged. They went 6 of 8 on their needs, which is most of what a draft is for.

Almost all the early capital went to that side of the ball.

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

Pick Analysis
Pick8 Rnd1 Drake Maye
In slot 8 they get the face of the franchise. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Pick40 Rnd2 Dallas Turner
A quiet steal in the Round 2 slot: Dallas Turner for less than the market said. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick72 Rnd3 Dontay Corleone
A tidy bit of business in the 72nd overall pick, where Dontay Corleone graded well above the range. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick108 Rnd4 Jason Marshall Jr.
A market-rate cornerback, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Jason Marshall Jr.. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
Pick145 Rnd5 Jamari Thrash
Nice patience on Jamari Thrash, who had no business lasting to Round 5, Pick 9. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick186 Rnd6 Bryce Foster
A straight-up fair deal on Bryce Foster at No. 186, value and slot in agreement. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick202 Rnd6 Jestin Jacobs
No edge and no loss on Jestin Jacobs in pick No. 202; it is a wash and a sensible one. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.