Breaking down the Falcons and the NFL draft
How did the Atlanta Falcons do in this past weekend’s NFL draft? The Falcons finished with six new players joining the franchise:
Round 1, Pick 26 (No. 26 overall): Takkarist McKinley, DE, UCLA
Round 3 Pick 11 (No. 75): Duke Riley, LB, LSU
Round 4, Pick 30 (No. 136): Sean Harlow, G, Oregon State
Round 5, Pick 5 (No. 149) Damontae Kazee, CB, San Diego State
Round 5, Pick 12 (No. 156) Brian Hill, RB, Wyoming
Round 5, Pick 31 (No. 174) Eric Saubert, TE, Drake
So how did the Falcons do?
SI.com graded every draft pick and ranked each team in the NFL.
ESPN broke down every Falcons pick and USA Today gave its analysis, as well.
CBS Sports graded every team’s picks, as did Yahoo Sports.
Walterfootball.com broke down the first round and each team’s picks.
This story was originally published May 1, 2017 at 12:00 PM with the headline "Breaking down the Falcons and the NFL draft."