The Falcons had a pretty solid draft, and I gave them some favorable marks in my way-too-early draft grades. I didn’t expect Atlanta to be as active with undrafted free agents as they have in the past, mostly because they had the salary cap room to actually fill out the roster. In the two previous
Kirby Smart continues to send guys to the NFL in droves, and 2024 shouldn’t be any different, especially if Georgia does the unthinkable and three-peats as National Champions: Most draft picks past 5 years (1st rounders) Georgia- 48 (12)Alabama- 46 (18)Ohio State- 41 (11)LSU- 40 (8)Michigan- 37 (7)Penn State- 31 (3)Oklahoma- 29 (5)Florida- 29 (5)Clemson-
The Falcons seemed to stick to their status quo under this regime in terms of drafting in 2023. They went best player available in the first round, even if that player didn’t fill a need, and then went need hunting on day two. In my mock draft series, I managed to predict three of the six
The A’s are a historically bad franchise. This season, they are 6-23 with a -117 run differential. That’s almost impossible. They’re still rebuilding, and the Braves have raided their big-league ball club for two of their best players; Matt Olson and Sean Murphy. The A’s have gotten mixed results with the returns, but I don’t
The Falcons have picks 44 and 75 on Friday, with the potential to add more. There’s a few names that have slid down the board, and Atlanta could go in a lot of different directions. Quarterback QB Will Levis — Kentucky I doubt Levis falls to Atlanta with Las Vegas, Los Angeles, and New Orleans
Draft rumors are like elbows, just about everyone has them. We got one today about the Falcons potentially moving back up into the first round: New NFL Draft Hot Press– The Jets were going to take Jahmyr Gibbs at 15– Keeanu Benton and Gervon Dexter have been risers for round 2– Baylor DT Siaki Ika
The first round of the 2023 NFL Draft came as advertised, with plenty of chaos to go around. I managed to go 1/1 with my selection in my final predictions, as the Falcons picked up Bijan Robinson with the 8th pick. Now, the Falcons may look to address their defense with plenty of talented players
The Hawks somehow survived a win or go home game in Boston, and they’ll come back to State Farm Arena for Game 6. Quin Snyder and the Hawks are still facing elimination, and while Trae Young deserves a bulk of the credit for Atlanta still being alive, I have to give props to Snyder: Quin
The Braves had really high hopes for Cristian Pache, even placing him on the Opening Day roster in 2021. Pache hit his first career MLB home run in the 2020 NLCS against the Dodgers, joining Ronald Acuña Jr., Brian McCann and Andruw Jones as Braves to hit a home run in the postseason at 21
This is the final edition of this series, and I hope you’ve enjoyed reading them. My last mock draft was how I would approach the draft if I was the general manager, but this is what I actually think the Falcons will do. Atlanta has been pretty unpredictable in the draft, and I don’t expect
