{"id":675037,"date":"2026-01-13T22:19:13","date_gmt":"2026-01-13T22:19:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/675037\/"},"modified":"2026-01-13T22:19:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T22:19:13","slug":"list-of-atlanta-falcons-picks-in-each-round","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/675037\/","title":{"rendered":"List of Atlanta Falcons picks in each round"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jan. 13, 2026, 4:01 p.m. ET<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/atlanta-falcons\/323\" data-autotag=\"55e278ca-caf0-429b-8b4a-caeb78bff5ff\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Atlanta Falcons<\/a> do not have a first-round pick in the 2026 NFL draft, and even if they did, the team doesn&#8217;t currently have a general manager in place to make that selection. Team owner Arthur Blank dismissed both head coach Raheem Morris and GM Terry Fontenot following the team&#8217;s 8-9 finish.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">While Fontenot&#8217;s firing wasn&#8217;t a total surprise, the former GM&#8217;s trade for James Pearce Jr. paid off in a big way. Pearce finished with 10.5 sacks, leading all rookies, and the Falcons went from having the NFL&#8217;s second-worst pass rush to finishing second in the league with 57 sacks (a new team record).<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The Falcons named Matt Ryan president of football and formally introduced him on Tuesday. Ryan will help the team in its quest for a new head coach and GM. As for the pick that Atlanta sent to Los Angeles in the Pearce trade, it will officially be No. <a href=\"http:\/\/thefalconswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/falcons\/2026\/01\/07\/falcons-rams-draft-pick\/88053574007\/\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">13 overall<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">So, while the team doesn&#8217;t have a first-round pick this year, the draft has seven rounds for a reason. Check out the Falcons&#8217; current selections in the 2026 NFL Draft below.<\/p>\n<p>Atlanta Falcons: List of picks in 2026 NFL DraftRound 2 (Projected pick No. 48)Round 3 (Projected pick No. 79)Round 4 (Projected pick No. 114)Round 6 (Projected pick No. 195)Round 7 (Projected pick No. 231)Expert NFL picks: <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":body nav (nfl)|e|auto spike click:6|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_sp_a\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/picks\">Exclusive betting insights only at USA TODAY.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Not only did Pearce lead all rookies with 10.5 sacks, but former third-round pick Xavier Watts led the 2025 draft class with five interceptions. The Falcons will have to find some more mid-round gems in 2026.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">-Follow the team&#8217;s head coach and GM search with our\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/thefalconswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/falcons\/2026\/01\/09\/falcons-head-coach-gm\/88108300007\/\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Falcons interview tracker<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"gnt_em gnt_em__lp gnt_em_gl gnt_em__el\" href=\"http:\/\/thefalconswire.usatoday.com\/picture-gallery\/sports\/nfl\/falcons\/2026\/01\/09\/falcons-2026-nfl-free-agent-list-kyle-pitts\/88101605007\/\" data-t-l=\"\u2691g:l|l|c|view gallery:inline promo\" aria-label=\"View Gallery - Falcons 2026 NFL offseason: List of players set to become free agents\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img class=\"gnt_em_gl_i\" data-g-r=\"lazy\" data-gl-src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1768342753_340_87907872007-2251485629.jpg\" data-gl- decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" width=\"660\" height=\"372\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jan. 13, 2026, 4:01 p.m. ET The Atlanta Falcons do not have a first-round pick in the 2026&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":675038,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[95878,7,6,15,96607,96608,95882,96609,96503,95896,95888,95895,95899,95902,95883,95881],"class_list":{"0":"post-675037","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nfl-draft","8":"tag-accessfree","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-nfl","11":"tag-nfl-draft","12":"tag-sstssportsnflfalcons","13":"tag-sstsnfalcons","14":"tag-tagamerican-football","15":"tag-tagatlanta-falcons","16":"tag-tagmatt-ryan","17":"tag-tagnational-sports","18":"tag-tagnfl","19":"tag-tagnfl-hub","20":"tag-tagoverall-neutral","21":"tag-tagsport-scores-statistics","22":"tag-tagsports-news","23":"tag-typestory"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115890118104855439","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/675037","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=675037"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/675037\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/675038"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=675037"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=675037"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=675037"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}