Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images Falcons General Manager Terry Fontenot has yet to make a first-round trade. Is that about to change? We’re just hours away from the start of the 2024 NFL Draft, and the Falcons are among the teams reportedly involved in trade talks. That shouldn’t come as a major surprise, as it’s been clear for weeks that Atlanta could be in a prime spot to draw interest as a potential trade partner. Many expect the first seven picks to be offensive prospects, which would give the Falcons their top choice of defensive talent. It’s like they are attending a surf-and-turf buff ..read more

Photo by Scott Winters/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The 2024 NFL Draft is here! Join hosts Kevin Knight, Adnan Ikic, and a star-studded crew of guests as we take you through the first round with analysis of every pick from a Falcons-focused perspective. Tune in for details on our $50 NFL Shop card giveaway! At long last, the 2024 NFL Draft has finally arrived. We’ll have you covered for all the breaking news and picks here on The Falcoholic, but we’ll also once again be providing live coverage of the event on Falcoholic Live. That’s right, our Atlanta Falcons NFL Draft Party is back and be ..read more

Photo by Todd Kirkland/Getty Images Atlanta has some major problem spots to address, The Atlanta Falcons won’t be a finished product when the draft is over, but they’ll be a hell of a lot closer than they are this morning. That’s something to get excited about, but at the moment, we also have some apprehension over their plans to attack their biggest remaining needs. We could just say “well, Terry Fontenot said best player available so our top need is talent” and stride briskly away from the computer, but that’s not our style. Here are the top roster holes the Falcons need to fill, both in the ..read more

Mandi Wright / USA TODAY NETWORK The 2024 NFL Draft is finally here. Here’s all the info you need to watch this year’s festivities. The 2024 NFL Draft is finally upon us! It’s been a long road since the end of another disappointing season for our Atlanta Falcons, but hopes abound after a free agency period that saw the team add the #1 overall free agent in quarterback Kirk Cousins and a number of receivers to bolster this offense. At last, we’ve reached the main event as the top players in college football take the stage and discover their new NFL homes. We’ll be bringing you written coverage ..read more

Photo by Ric Tapia/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images It’s officially Draft Eve, and hosts Kevin Knight and Adnan Ikic are here to conduct one final live Falcons mock draft with the help of Eric Robinson (ESPN). The trio breaks down Atlanta’s choices at each pick, considering trades, prospects, and all the rumors we’ve heard up until this point. Fellow Falcoholics, welcome to episode 284 of The Falcoholic Live! It’s officially NFL Draft Eve, and hosts Kevin Knight and Adnan Ikic are here to conduct one final live Atlanta Falcons mock draft with the help of Eric Robinson (ESPN). The trio breaks d ..read more

Photo by Keith Birmingham/MediaNews Group/Pasadena Star-News via Getty Images In the lead-up to the 2024 NFL Draft, Falcons fans are nearly unified in their desire to bolster the pass rush with Atlanta’s first-round pick. Fans also believe the team is likely to trade down. Draft Eve is here, with the 2024 NFL Draft officially kicking off on Thursday and continuing through Saturday. Be sure to join our crew on all three days of the draft for our Falcons Draft Party, now celebrating our eighth straight year of coverage! Before we get to the draft itself, we asked Falcons fans for their final tho ..read more

Photo by Stacy Revere/Getty Images It’s not just about eschewing positional needs, but also looking beyond the current state of the roster, the general manager suggests. One of the most argued-over terms in the draft lexicon is best player available, a term that either means nothing or everything to you. For Terry Fontenot, it’s an ethos, but one that comes with qualifiers. Taken at face value, best player available means best player regardless of position and roster need, and perhaps in spite of any off-the-field issues that might be following that player around. In practice, no general manag ..read more

Photo by Stacy Revere/Getty Images Take our survey, and talk it out with your fellow Falcoholics in the comments! Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across the NFL. Throughout the year we ask questions of the most plugged-in Atlanta Falcons fans and fans across the country. Sign up here to participate in the weekly emailed surveys. It’s nearly here. The moment we’ve all been waiting for. The 2024 NFL Draft. This week, it’s probably not surprising that we have a couple of draft-related questions for you. First, what position do you want the Falcons to target with the No. 8 pick on Th ..read more

Photo by Brandon Sumrall/Getty Images With just days to go until the 2024 NFL Draft kicks off, we’re here is here to deliver our final predictions for the Falcons, including a full 7-round mock draft with our best guess at Atlanta’s plans. The end is nigh. With just days to go until the 2024 NFL Draft, the time has come for my final Atlanta Falcons mock draft of this draft cycle. This will be the one where I try my hardest to predict what the team will do—and I’ll be pretty happy if I get one or two picks right. There will be no trades in this mock either, even though I feel pretty strongly th ..read more

Photo by Kevin D. Liles/Atlanta Braves/Getty Images The draft picks are safe. The Falcons got a rare piece of good news ahead of the draft. That news is the team should retain all of its draft picks for the 2024 NFL draft in light of the NFL’s investigation into tampering. The Falcons look likely to lose something in its pursuit of new quarterback Kirk Cousins after the passer mentioned an impermissible discussion with the team trainer and a PR rep during the legal tampering period. I’m not sure what the Falcons didn’t understand about the “legal tampering period,” as it is a pretty clear conc ..read more