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Draft Selections
Jayden Daniels Head Shot
PICK: 8 RND: 1 (ATL)
Jayden Daniels
QB LSU
Brian Thomas Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 40 RND: 2 (ATL)
Brian Thomas Jr.
WR LSU
Leonard Taylor III Head Shot
PICK: 60 RND: 2 (ATL)
Leonard Taylor III
DL Miami (FL)
Kingsley Suamataia Head Shot
PICK: 72 RND: 3 (ATL)
Kingsley Suamataia
OT BYU
Tykee Smith Head Shot
PICK: 108 RND: 4 (ATL)
Tykee Smith
S Georgia
Darius Robinson Head Shot
PICK: 145 RND: 5 (ATL)
Darius Robinson
DL-EDGE Missouri
Jamari Thrash Head Shot
PICK: 186 RND: 6 (ATL)
Jamari Thrash
WR Louisville
Miles Frazier Head Shot
PICK: 202 RND: 6 (ATL)
Miles Frazier
OG LSU
Kendall Milton Head Shot
PICK: 229 RND: 7 (ATL)
Kendall Milton
RB Georgia
Zion Logue Head Shot
PICK: 245 RND: 7 (ATL)
Zion Logue
DL Georgia
Draft Picks Received
Leonard Taylor III Head Shot
PICK: 60 RND: 2 (JAX)
Leonard Taylor III
DL Miami (FL)
Draft Picks Traded
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 1 (MIA)
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Feleipe Franks
QB
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Matt Hennessy
OG
Draft Grade — Falcons
Overall C+
ValueC NeedA- TradesB FutureD
Daniels is the plan now, and the Falcons grade out a C+.

Somewhere a scout is still blinking. The Falcons spent pick No. 229 on Kendall Milton, a name the board had a full 187 spots lower. A mixed bag that lands at C+.

They have staked the next five years on Jayden Daniels, which is the only story that really matters here. They punted on tight end, and it is the miss that keeps the grade honest. On value alone, Suamataia makes the weekend a net positive.

A perfectly average weekend, for better and for worse.

Pick Analysis
Pick8 Rnd1 Jayden Daniels
In pick No. 8 they get the arm they will build around. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
Pick40 Rnd2 Brian Thomas Jr.
Brian Thomas Jr. at slot 40 is a clear overpay, with better names still on the board. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick60 Rnd2 Leonard Taylor III
Leonard Taylor III at No. 60 is a conviction pick that outran the value. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick72 Rnd3 Kingsley Suamataia
Kingsley Suamataia slipping to the Round 3 slot is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick108 Rnd4 Tykee Smith
Tykee Smith at Round 4, Pick 8 is an overdraft of the loud, memorable kind. Useful depth more than a marquee fix.
Pick145 Rnd5 Darius Robinson
They reached a country mile for Darius Robinson at pick 145, and the board is aghast. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Pick186 Rnd6 Jamari Thrash
They read the board right and Jamari Thrash was the payoff at No. 186. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick202 Rnd6 Miles Frazier
Miles Frazier in the Round 6 slot is the kind of reach that only looks good if he outplays it. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick229 Rnd7 Kendall Milton
Kendall Milton in pick 229 is a bet on their own eyes over everyone else's grade. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick245 Rnd7 Zion Logue
Zion Logue in Round 7, Pick 25 is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.