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Draft Selections
Jayden Daniels Head Shot
PICK: 8 RND: 1 (ATL)
Jayden Daniels
QB LSU
Keon Coleman Head Shot
PICK: 43 RND: 2 (ATL)
Keon Coleman
WR Florida State
Maason Smith Head Shot
PICK: 74 RND: 3 (ATL)
Maason Smith
DT-EDGE LSU
Tykee Smith Head Shot
PICK: 109 RND: 4 (ATL)
Tykee Smith
S Georgia
Sincere Haynesworth Head Shot
PICK: 145 RND: 5 (ATL)
Sincere Haynesworth
C Tulane
T.J. Sanders Head Shot
PICK: 189 RND: 6 (ATL)
T.J. Sanders
DT South Carolina
Roger Rosengarten Head Shot
PICK: 201 RND: 6 (ATL)
Roger Rosengarten
OT Washington
Xavier Restrepo Head Shot
PICK: 244 RND: 7 (ATL)
Xavier Restrepo
WR Miami (FL)
Draft Grade — Falcons
Overall B
ValueB NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
The Falcons answered their biggest question with Daniels. Grade: B.

The Falcons spent the pick that matters most on Jayden Daniels, and a roster that has been waiting on a passer can start to take shape. More right than wrong, and a B to match.

If one pick saves this weekend, it is Restrepo. The Falcons indulged a want in Smith while a need in running back, tight end and other spots stayed open. A whole weekend of picks and running back is somehow still a want.

In sum, a sturdy weekend with one asterisk, the running back spot they never got to.

Pick Analysis
Pick8 Rnd1 Jayden Daniels
In the Round 1 slot they get the arm they will build around. The biggest hole, addressed.
Pick43 Rnd2 Keon Coleman
Keon Coleman slipping to pick No. 43 is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick74 Rnd3 Maason Smith
The needs board was loud and they turned it down, spending No. 74 on Maason Smith with running back, tight end and other spots unsolved.
Pick109 Rnd4 Tykee Smith
A tidy bit of business in Round 4, Pick 9, where Tykee Smith graded well above the range. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
Pick145 Rnd5 Sincere Haynesworth
They paid sticker price for Sincere Haynesworth in the 145th pick, and that is fine. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick189 Rnd6 T.J. Sanders
A premium they did not need to pay, T.J. Sanders a notch or two before his time. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick201 Rnd6 Roger Rosengarten
Roger Rosengarten in slot 201 is fair value, right on his grade. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick244 Rnd7 Xavier Restrepo
Xavier Restrepo at the 244th overall pick 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.