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  • Jaydin DRAFTING FOR THE
    Falcons
Draft Selections
Tre Harris Head Shot
PICK: 15 RND: 1 (ATL)
Tre Harris
WR Ole Miss
Donovan Ezeiruaku Head Shot
PICK: 46 RND: 2 (ATL)
Donovan Ezeiruaku
DE-EDGE Boston College
Kevin Winston Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 118 RND: 4 (ATL)
Kevin Winston Jr.
S Penn State
Jaydon Blue Head Shot
PICK: 218 RND: 7 (ATL)
Jaydon Blue
RB Texas
Zeek Biggers Head Shot
PICK: 242 RND: 7 (ATL)
Zeek Biggers
DT Georgia Tech
Draft Grade — Falcons
Overall C+
ValueD NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
Flashes of a plan, unevenly run, for the Falcons: C+.

There is conviction, and then there is this. The Falcons took Tre Harris a full 46 picks ahead of where the board had him, an overdraft steep enough that it colors the whole weekend. Fine in stretches, shaky in others: a C+.

That Blue pick is the receipt they will wave around later. A whole weekend of picks and offensive lineman is somehow still a want.

Hit on Tre Harris and the swing picks, and this ages a lot better than it grades today.

Pick Analysis
Pick15 Rnd1 Tre Harris
In the Round 1 slot they get a difference-maker at receiver, though the board says they badly overpaid. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Pick46 Rnd2 Donovan Ezeiruaku
They paid a round early for Donovan Ezeiruaku in Round 2, Pick 14, more than the board wanted. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick118 Rnd4 Kevin Winston Jr.
Kevin Winston Jr. at No. 118 is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
Pick218 Rnd7 Jaydon Blue
A running back of that caliber at the 218th pick is the definition of value, full stop. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
Pick242 Rnd7 Zeek Biggers
They went early on Zeek Biggers in pick No. 242, and the value did not follow. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.