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Draft Selections
Drake Maye Head Shot
PICK: 8 RND: 1 (ATL)
Drake Maye
QB North Carolina
Quinyon Mitchell Head Shot
PICK: 43 RND: 2 (ATL)
Quinyon Mitchell
CB Toledo
Troy Franklin Head Shot
PICK: 48 RND: 2 (ATL)
Troy Franklin
WR Oregon
Kamari Lassiter Head Shot
PICK: 74 RND: 3 (ATL)
Kamari Lassiter
CB Georgia
Keon Coleman Head Shot
PICK: 79 RND: 3 (ATL)
Keon Coleman
WR Florida State
Khyree Jackson Head Shot
PICK: 108 RND: 4 (ATL)
Khyree Jackson
CB Oregon
Javon Foster Head Shot
PICK: 142 RND: 5 (ATL)
Javon Foster
OT Missouri
Kamal Hadden Head Shot
PICK: 186 RND: 6 (ATL)
Kamal Hadden
CB Tennessee
Jared Wiley Head Shot
PICK: 196 RND: 6 (ATL)
Jared Wiley
TE TCU
Draft Grade — Falcons
Overall B
ValueA- NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
The Falcons bet the future on Maye. The board says B.

Start where it matters. The Falcons took Drake Maye to run the offense for the next decade, and every other decision this weekend bends around that one. The bottom line is a respectable B.

That Coleman pick is the receipt they will wave around later. The Lassiter pick is fine in a vacuum, less so with interior defensive lineman, running back and other spots still on the board. For all the activity, interior defensive lineman went untouched, which is hard to explain.

All told, a solid class that does its job everywhere but interior defensive lineman.

Pick Analysis
Pick8 Rnd1 Drake Maye
In the 8th overall pick they get a passer to set the clock by at fair value. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Pick43 Rnd2 Quinyon Mitchell
They will replay Quinyon Mitchell at pick 43 for years; that is how good the value is. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
Pick48 Rnd2 Troy Franklin
Taking Troy Franklin in pick No. 48 is close to grand larceny; a wide receiver that good had no business lasting this long. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick74 Rnd3 Kamari Lassiter
They zigged when the board said zag, taking Kamari Lassiter at cornerback with interior defensive lineman, running back and other spots open.
Pick79 Rnd3 Keon Coleman
Keon Coleman in slot 79 should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Pick108 Rnd4 Khyree Jackson
The needs board was loud and they turned it down, spending Round 4, Pick 8 on Khyree Jackson with interior defensive lineman, running back and other spots unsolved.
Pick142 Rnd5 Javon Foster
Somehow Javon Foster was still sitting there in the Round 5 slot, and they pounced on premier offensive lineman value. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick186 Rnd6 Kamal Hadden
A top-tier cornerback at a bargain, Kamal Hadden in the 186th pick, plain and simple. Depth on depth, at a spot that was hardly crying out.
Pick196 Rnd6 Jared Wiley
Jared Wiley at the Round 6 slot is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. It fills a real need, too.