Draft Preview Extravaganza! Falcons experts make their 1st round picks

pick fifteen. Everything feels like it is on the table at this point in time. You've heard us talk about all of these players over the last weeks and months, but the time for talking has ended. It is the time for predictions, and so you're going to hear from each of us very quickly, three to five minutes, one after another. Buckle up, a lot of draft conversation is coming your way right now.

guy who can get to the quarterback. Now, why Shamar Stewart in particular, This guy six', five he's two. Seventy the guy broad jumped ten eleven a forty inch. Vert you know What i'm going with. This the guy is, Versatile the guy is can do anything you want him to. Do and the guy is so, athletic AND i think that bowls well For jeff albrick type of. Defense you want a guy who can play, inside who can play, outside can rush the, passer but also hold up against

the run. Game not just to be able to get to the, quarterback but you gotta be physical at the point of. Attack that's What Jeff albrick. Wants, aggressive physical. Guys he brings that to the. Team he's, long he's, athletic and people, say, oh what about his stature, College that doesn't. Matter this guy played team football At TEXAS a and M michaelko's defensive. Coordinator this is a guy who understands what it takes to make everybody around him,

better make all the other teen guys around. Him but this guy brings that, energy he brings that. Juice he will be physically to point, Attack he will get up, feel he will have a lot of chances to get to the. Quarterback Shamar stewart will be the guy you love to watch On sundays and will be A falcon fan favorite for a very long. Time, now how DID i rave this? PICK i looked at a bunch of. Guys, obviously there are a lot of guys in this draft who ARE i think could be A falcon who could

absolutely be a really good player for. Him BUT i Think Shamar, stewart with his, size his, length his, athleticism can be the guy that can be that next great pass. Rusher since a guy Like John abraham to turn the corner for The Atlanta falcons in this, defense ad him With, floyd ad him With Emma. Katie these are guys that you can add to the. Fray you can, say you know, What Shamar stewart is the next great pass rusher for The Atlanta. Falcons so when you See Shamar stewart and you, know,

hey we drafted her number five. Team just no shock toes you first and know That Shamar stewell will be The falcons pick at number, fifteen rushing to PASSER Dobg sacks on the.

Green Bay packers at twenty. TWO i think that The Green Bay packers are a team that is going to want AN edg dresher cornerback potentially a defensive, tackle which are all the things that The falcons want as. Well so with the number fifteen pick in THE Nfl, draft The Atlanta falcons are trading back to let's say anywhere from eighteen to twenty, ONE i would accrue a couple of extra draft, picks which would be important for. ME i would want to get another SECOND i would really

like to get back into the third. ROUND i would really like to get back into the fifth round as. Well but you, Know i'll take WHAT i can. Get IF i can get some MORE ammo in day, two that's What i'm gonna. Take so that's What i'm gonna. Do looking, now how things are gonna fall, thereafter or

HOW i think they're gonna. FALL i think that a guy LIKE Mikel williams from The university Of georgia will still be on the board between picks seventeen eighteen and twenty one twenty, two so The falcons can fall and trade back anywhere in those five or so picks before you really get a run at the end of the first round with ed drushers and defensive tackles that you know The Kansas City chiefs are going to go, after you know that The Detroit, Lions washington come out going

to go. After that's kind of the sweet spot for, me AND i would Take Mikeel williams BECAUSE i think that at that point in, time there is a good chance. THAT i, MEAN i let's be, REAL i don't think a guy Like Jayalen walker is going to be there even at. FIFTEEN i think That Mike green is a really really interesting and dynamic. Player BUT i think there's also a possibility that me moving down out of, FIFTEEN i would maybe lose my shot at getting someone like

A Mike green or even A Shamar. Stewart But Mikeel williams is somebody WHO i think has the opportunity to fall within that. Window that would be somebody The falcons could really really. Value they spend a lot of time at The university Of georgia over this past off, season whether it be pro days or workouts For Jalen walker And Mikeel. Williams he's a guy WHO i think is his ceiling in his. FLOOR i feel LIKE i know exactly what he is and how he can help this.

Team while also understanding that The falcons have even more defensive needs that they need to go out in a, crew which they would be able to do with this hypothetical trade in acquiring more picks On day two And day. Three so that's kind of WHY i lean towards this scenario and WHY i lean Towards Michael williams. Specifically, now why the edge rusher, group, well this position group IS i, MEAN i don't need to tell you guys, this you already.

Know you know how much This falcons team needs more of a presence off of the, edge and that is something that If i'm PLAYING, Gm i'm putting very very. Highly if you've watched Anything i've done over the last few, YEARS i consistently have mocked an ed dresher to The falcons in the first. ROUND i think this is finally the year that that's going to be, right And i'm really excited to see what could happen with a, real true first round talent coming off of the edge for

The Atlanta. Falcons it's something they really really. Need AND i think THAT i could make the argument to go after a safety in the first, ROUND i could make the argument to go after a corner in the first, round BUT i do think there's still going to be some opportunities down the road for you to get a safety or a corner that could be impactful for what you have on this team right. Now so that's kind of HOW i got to this. Scenario i'm trading out of.

Fifteen i'm acquiring more, picks hopefully in Both day two And day, three And i'm going to try and go get an, edgdresher Particularly Mikel, williams WHO i think you know exactly who he, is and you feel really good about his floor and his ceiling and how he could impact this team right. Now so that's What i'm doing in the twenty twenty FIVE Nfl.

end to go Alongside lad McConkey in that. Offense but The Atlanta falcons are going to drop back in this scenario to twenty, two and they're going to Select Mikel williams out Of, georgia the edge rusher from The Georgia bulldogs at six foot, five two hundred and sixty. Pounds he's going to come in and bring a physical and athletic presence to this. Defense thirty two and three eight thirty four and three eighths inch. Arms he's going to

bring the ability to lock out offensive. Tackles he obviously played through some injuries last, year WHICH i think you could commend him because he could just have, said you know, What i'm going to take it the season, Off i'm going to get ready for The National Football. League but he continued to work his way through it and showed how much of a dynamic and explosive player he can be in That Georgia bulldogs. Defense and what have we

seen over the past few years With georgia. Defenders they have gone on to The National Football, league drafted extremely, highly and quite a few of them went to The Philadelphia eagles organization and found themselves when A Super. Bowl, now why DID i make this? Selection, well for a couple of. Reasons Atlanta falcons coming into this draft with only five, selections, okay a, first a, second a, fourth

and two seventh round. Picks. Okay the last Time atlanta only had five selections in a draft was all the way back in two thousand and. SIX i feel like this is a season That atlanta needs to bring in more draft, assets more draft, capital meaning more reps at the plate if you will on bringing in additional. Players another thing to note in your, Division, carolina they've got nine. Picks they're gonna make five selections Before atlanta makes their third.

Pick how About New orleans nine? Picks they have six selections in the first four. Rounds what's the best way to get to the postseason in The National Football league by winning your? Division, okay you got two out of the three other teams in your division that have a number of selections in this. DRAFT i feel Like atlanta needs to find a way to grab some more. SELECTIONS i propose to trade with The, chargers dropping back to twenty.

Two it could be to, anybody somebody that's going to be able to put together the right package to Give atlanta more. Selections AND i still think there will be a quality, player even if it ends up being in the late twenties or even into the thirties of the first. Round there might be An, ezeraku A pierce From tennessee that's still available as an edge rusher that you can get in the, twenties still improve your, defense but pick up additional draft assets and find a way to bring

in more players in this. Organization but AS i mentioned my, Scenario Atlanta falcons dropping back to twenty two selecting Mikel williams out Of georgia and he is the next member in the first round of The Atlanta falcons of the twenty twenty five.

want to improve their pass. Rush The falcons were second to last in the league last year in sacks with thirty one, overall And donovan has a proven record of being able to take down the. Quarterback he had the second most, sacks not the second, fewest second most last season in college football with sixteen and a. Half he also had twenty and a half tackles for, loss which led THE Acc he is The Ted Hendricks award winner from twenty twenty, four which is given to the nation's

top defensive. End NEED i say, MORE i. WILL a big thing that appeals me To donovan is because he has such a well rounded. Resume he's, very very. Consistent the proven production is there in the NUMBERS i have, dropped along with other things like three force funbles throughout his career in twenty twenty two and twenty twenty, four he Has he's never had serious injuries in a sense that he has started thirty six games straight to close

out his. Career he is a two year. Captain it's just a little bit of everything that can be cultivated at the next level very. Highly The falcons haven't had someone with double digit sacks Since Vic beasley in twenty, sixteen and he had fifteen and a. Half If donovan is able to bring his sixteen and a half sacks To, atlanta The falcons will be a very happy team when it comes to their past rush in twenty twenty five and.

Beyond what's up.

here to. Discuss falcons around the. Clock we got some business to handle at pick number, fifteen and with that, pick The falcons are going to Take Mike, green the edge rusher out Of, marshall and he is a fireball coming off of the. Edge let me tell, you WHEN i saw him at The Senior, bowl it was kind of like something close to love for me in terms

of seeing the pass rusher who can do it. All he can rush around the, arc he can run right through an offensive, tackles face, mask and he can break out a nice dip and, rip a nice little club. Move he's got some tools in the. Bag so the knocks Against Mike, green obviously the off field concerns. Right he transferred out Of virginia following a sexual assault, allegation but nothing more has really come of. That he denied

it himself at THE nfl. Combine he has said he has been open and honest the entire step of the way that people can dig in and that is what The falcons and their staff have been. Doing and SO i trust that if this is the, selection that they will have done their due diligence and they will feel comfortable with picking the. Player and so that is because that is something THAT i don't have any information. About

i'm not an investigative researcher in that. LEVEL i have to look at what they're getting on the, field and on the field there's a lot to. Like you can start with the seventeen sacks right last, Season Mike green had more sacks than any other player in THE, fbs and for a team that finished with the second fewest sacks in the league last, season that would be a big. BENEFIT i like what The falcons had built around the player THAT i expect them to add kind of in

the draft to their pass. Rush they have a really good supporting, cast Adding Leonard floyd this, offseason Getting Braylan trice, back will see what he's able to. Bring and then of Course Arnold abakatie taking kind of the step late in the year that he did that is not bad to work, with but you need that central. Figure and we've been hearing a lot about The falcons looking at their pass rush as a little bit of a basketball, rotation and in that, SETTING i Think Mike green would.

Thrive he could be a high energy bring him in to just change things, up throw a different, look And he's got a lot of different looks to. Throw SO i think that The falcons are kind of the right makeup for a player like. HIM i like where their defense is, headed and if they are able to add a player Like Mike green here at, FIFTEEN i do think it'll kind of take them over the top a little. Bit, REGARDLESS i think edge rusher is the way The falcons

should go in the first. Round you can make an argument for corner if they double dip in rounds one and, Two edge and. Corner regardless of how they do, IT i would be. HAPPY i think defense is going to be the way that they need to. Go and ultimately that is kind of HOW i arrived at this. Pick and you could look at the length Of mike Hil, williams you could look at the length and size of A Shamar, stewart kind of the polish of A Donovan.

Azerraku there are a lot of good options At edgrusher that The falcons will probably have on the board at pick, Fifteen but for, me it's really just the combination of kind of all of the different tools THAT i saw From Mike green on display at one point or, another combined with kind of A tasmanian devil type of. Demeanor he just plays with his hair on, fire And i'm always going to be drawn to a guy like. THAT i just love WHAT i saw at The Senior. Bowl

MAYBE i can't shake. That Maybe i'm, biased but With Mike, green if he is there on the board at pick number, fifteen it's kind of an easy call for me to. Make Sorry George bulldog, Fans i'm an alumni, myself But i'm going With Mike green and The Marshall Thundering herd this time around at pick number.

and he can play. SAFETY i think he's got a specific ability to play in the, slot specifically his ability to play the nickel, area which is where he played predominantly At. Texas Thorpe award winner for the top defensive back of the. Country he had five interceptions a year, ago eight interceptions over his three years as A texas. Longhorn this is a guy that can play nickel quite corner if you need him, to but he slides inside and plays that nickel. Spot and for the most, part

sixty five seventy percent of the. Time sixty eight percent of the, TIME i guess is the. Number you're a, nickel meaning an extra rusher on the field and probably an extra defensy. Back and this guy could maybe slide from starting corner to inside once you go to, nickel or he could just stay at the nickel spot the whole. TIME i think this is one of those years where you're gonna draft guys specific to what they, do And JOHN.

A barron is an expert playing on the. Interior Think Earl, thomas the safety out Of texas that played in The legion Of boone defense for The Seattle. Seahawks both came From. Texas both are about five eleven five. Ten both ran four to three under four to four at the. Combine this kid can play all over the. PLACE i think he's A day one starter and he has tremendous effect on this. Defense JOHN. A barn out Of.

Draft he ran a four to seven to seven forty at THE Uga Pro. Day he is your prototype for And Ed rosher like the just the stature that he, has the build that he. Has he is a great addresser based on his stature. Alone the thing that, matters, though when you look down the line of how to bring these players into your defense is do they work with your defensive? Scheme AND i Think Mikel williams works

phenomenally With jeff ulbricks. Scheme, Yes Jeff ulbrick is a four to three kind of defensive, coordinator but he came in and he, said my main goal is to have a multiplicity defense where we, run, yes four to, three and we run three, fours but then we also run some things that are three to four ish and four to three, ish AND i need players to be able to come in and plug and play and help wherever we ask you to. Go Mikel williams has cross trained

across the entire defensive front in his time AT. Uga if you know anything About Kirby smart and the way that he brings players in and refines him at The university Of, georgia you know that this, Player Mikel, williams he comes in and he can be a plug and play player Wherever Jeff ulbrick needs him on that defensive. Front If Mikel, williams let's get, crazy let me get

on my so box really. Fast let's Say Mikel williams And Shamar stuart are still left at like that twelve ranch BECAUSE i do think there will be a run of edge rushers at you, know the top three edg, rushers AND i do think it will, be of Course Abdul. CARTER i think it will Be Jalen, walker and THEN i Think Mike green will be that third edge taken

from the edge. Group so If Mikel williams And Shamar stewart are left over of the top five edge rushers in this class at they're left at that twelve, spot twelve thirteen, PICK i think The falcons have a really good opportunity to trade down and get a little bit more draft. Capital because there's only five picks that The falcons, have two of which are seventh round. PICKS i know that you guys already know, that but in order to stock up this, defense you need more draft capital down the.

Line SO i think it would be it would behoove The falcons to trade down If Mikel williams and If Shamar stewart are still available at twelve, thirteen trade back. Down you're probably going to be able to get one of those guys if you trade back down to twenty twenty one or twenty. Two that's with The, Broncos steelers And, chargers. RESPECTIVELY i think either of these guys are great at

dressers that would work beautifully In Jeff ulbrick's. Scheme BUT i think if you're looking at the fifteenth overall pick right, NOW i Think Mikel williams from The university Of georgia is your. Guy thanks, guys