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Draft Selections
Drake Maye Head Shot
PICK: 8 RND: 1 (ATL)
Drake Maye
QB North Carolina
Amarius Mims Head Shot
PICK: 43 RND: 2 (ATL)
Amarius Mims
OT Georgia
Xavier Worthy Head Shot
PICK: 74 RND: 3 (ATL)
Xavier Worthy
WR Texas
T.J. Tampa Head Shot
PICK: 79 RND: 3 (ATL)
T.J. Tampa
CB Iowa State
Dominick Puni Head Shot
PICK: 110 RND: 4 (ATL)
Dominick Puni
OT Kansas
Matt Goncalves Head Shot
PICK: 142 RND: 5 (ATL)
Matt Goncalves
OT Pittsburgh
Jared Wiley Head Shot
PICK: 199 RND: 6 (ATL)
Jared Wiley
TE TCU
Draft Grade — Falcons
Overall B
ValueB+ NeedA- TradesB- FutureB-
Quarterback settled, Maye in the fold, and a B for the Falcons.

The Falcons spent the pick that matters most on Drake Maye, and a roster that has been waiting on a passer can start to take shape.

If one pick saves this weekend, it is Tampa. They covered a lot of ground and still skipped interior defensive lineman, which is a strange place to end up.

Job largely done: offensive lineman settled and 4 of 8 of the wish list covered. Almost all the early capital went to that side of the ball.

In short, they left a little better than they arrived, which is the whole idea.

Pick Analysis
Pick8 Rnd1 Drake Maye
In the Round 1 slot they get a long-term answer under center at fair value. The biggest hole, addressed.
Pick43 Rnd2 Amarius Mims
Amarius Mims at the 43rd overall pick is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick74 Rnd3 Xavier Worthy
You do not let a wide receiver like Xavier Worthy reach the 74th pick and blink. They did not. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick79 Rnd3 T.J. Tampa
T.J. Tampa in pick No. 79 should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. It adds depth where they could use a little.
Pick110 Rnd4 Dominick Puni
Dominick Puni at No. 110 is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick142 Rnd5 Matt Goncalves
The board fumbled Matt Goncalves all the way to Round 5, Pick 6, and they scooped it up. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick199 Rnd6 Jared Wiley
A market-rate tight end, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Jared Wiley. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.