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Draft Selections
Olumuyiwa Fashanu Head Shot
PICK: 9 RND: 1 (ATL)
Olumuyiwa Fashanu
OT Penn State
Bralen Trice Head Shot
PICK: 43 RND: 2 (ATL)
Bralen Trice
DE-EDGE Washington
Kris Abrams-Draine Head Shot
PICK: 111 RND: 4 (ATL)
Kris Abrams-Draine
CB Missouri
Cole Bishop Head Shot
PICK: 120 RND: 4 (ATL)
Cole Bishop
S Utah
Drake Nugent Head Shot
PICK: 142 RND: 5 (ATL)
Drake Nugent
C Michigan
Michael Barrett Head Shot
PICK: 189 RND: 6 (ATL)
Michael Barrett
LB Michigan
Javon Baker Head Shot
PICK: 201 RND: 6 (ATL)
Javon Baker
WR UCF
Evan Anderson Head Shot
PICK: 241 RND: 7 (ATL)
Evan Anderson
DL Florida Atlantic
Draft Picks Received
Olumuyiwa Fashanu Head Shot
PICK: 9 RND: 1 (CHI)
Olumuyiwa Fashanu
OT Penn State
Kris Abrams-Draine Head Shot
PICK: 111 RND: 4 (CHI)
Kris Abrams-Draine
CB Missouri
Cole Bishop Head Shot
PICK: 120 RND: 4 (PIT)
Cole Bishop
S Utah
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 2 (CHI)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 5 (PIT)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 7 (CHI)
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Draft Picks Traded
Michael Penix Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 8 RND: 1 (CHI)
Michael Penix Jr.
QB Washington
Trey Benson Head Shot
PICK: 74 RND: 3 (CHI)
Trey Benson
RB Florida State
Michael Pratt Head Shot
PICK: 110 RND: 4 (PIT)
Michael Pratt
QB Tulane
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 3 (MIA)
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Players Gained
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Andrew Billings
DT
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Justin Fields
QB
Head Shot
Anthony McFarland Jr.
RB
Players traded away
Head Shot
Desmond Ridder
QB
Draft Grade — Falcons
Overall B+
ValueB- NeedB+ TradesA+ FutureB
Nobody dealt better than the Falcons this weekend: B+.

Nobody else had Evan Anderson anywhere near Round 7, Pick 21. The Falcons did, by 66 spots, and that gap is the whole story. They moved the roster forward and banked a B+ for it.

The dealing alone would carry a lesser class. Getting Baker where they did is the sort of value that quietly makes a class.

They covered a lot of ground and still skipped quarterback, which is a strange place to end up.

Add it up and it is a good, unfussy class.

Pick Analysis
Pick9 Rnd1 Olumuyiwa Fashanu
In pick 9 they get a plug-and-play piece up front at fair value. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
Pick43 Rnd2 Bralen Trice
Bralen Trice at pick No. 43 nudges the ledger their way without any fuss. The roster fit checks out.
Pick111 Rnd4 Kris Abrams-Draine
They went early on Kris Abrams-Draine in Round 4, Pick 11, and the value did not follow. Useful body for a position without much behind the starter.
Pick120 Rnd4 Cole Bishop
Cole Bishop in No. 120 is early enough to raise a brow, if not a full objection. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
Pick142 Rnd5 Drake Nugent
A reach on Drake Nugent in the Round 5 slot; the board had better options right there. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick189 Rnd6 Michael Barrett
A straight-up fair deal on Michael Barrett at the 189th pick, value and slot in agreement. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick201 Rnd6 Javon Baker
Javon Baker is a better player than pick 201 suggests; smart patience, rewarded. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick241 Rnd7 Evan Anderson
Evan Anderson at No. 241 is the kind of overdraft that needs everything to break right. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.