In Eric Edholm’s mock draft 2.0, he has the Atlanta Falcons buying and selling with a crew they’ve been linked to all offseason, nevertheless it’s not the change many had in thoughts.
He has the Falcons buying and selling out of Spherical 1 with the Cleveland Browns, with Kirk Cousins nowhere in sight.
Edholm’s proposal:
Browns purchase
- Choose 15 (used on Shedeur Sanders)
Falcons purchase
- Choose 33 (used on Walter Nolen)
- Choose 67
- Choose 104
Cousins to Cleveland has been the commerce on most followers’ minds, however it is a actual blockbuster deal that might profit each franchises. Cleveland can shut the chapter on Deshaun Watson, and Atlanta can get sufficient picks to assault their wants in a significant manner.
Leaving Day 1 of the NFL Draft with nothing doesn’t sound like a recipe for achievement, however given the depth of this class and the worth of the Browns draft picks, the Falcons can get away with doing what they love: ignoring the established order. Walter Nolen could be a steal at choose 33, and should you don’t imagine he’ll make it there, that’s honest, however the actuality is, somebody will.
This class is likely one of the deepest we’ve seen throughout the defensive position, and there are solely 32 picks on Day 1. So whether or not it’s Walter Nolen, Nic Scourton, or Donovan Ezeiruaku Williams, a first-round expertise will nearly actually be ready for the Falcons on the prime of spherical 2. The Falcons may also get first dibs in rounds 3 and 4, making this commerce all of the extra price it. With three Day 2 picks, the Falcons can take swings on a middle, a cross rusher, and a slot DB, with two fourth-rounders to spare.
This can be a commerce package deal normal managers dream about. Will Sanders fall to fifteen? Crazier occasions have unfolded on the league’s greatest offseason stage. The opposite facet to this case is that the Falcons lose their greatest commerce associate for Kirk Cousins. Whereas shifting the quarterback is a precedence, this commerce is price excess of the potential sixth or seventh spherical choose the crew would get for him.
How do you are feeling concerning the crew making an aggressive commerce just like the one proposed, and do you imagine the Falcons might benefit from it?
