{"id":750752,"date":"2026-02-14T04:06:20","date_gmt":"2026-02-14T04:06:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/750752\/"},"modified":"2026-02-14T04:06:20","modified_gmt":"2026-02-14T04:06:20","slug":"where-do-the-atlanta-falcons-pick-each-round","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/750752\/","title":{"rendered":"Where do the Atlanta Falcons pick each round?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Updated Feb. 13, 2026, 5:34 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> will enter the 2026 NFL Draft without a first-round pick due to last year&#8217;s trade with the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/los-angeles-rams\/343\" data-autotag=\"f489e821-d3f9-4cff-bec5-7eaa0f4b51cb\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Los Angeles Rams<\/a>. The Falcons moved up to select Tennessee edge rusher James Pearce Jr. with the 26th overall pick in the 2025 NFL Draft.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">While the gamble initially paid off for Atlanta, Pearce&#8217;s recent arrest has put his NFL future in jeopardy. So, not only will the Falcons have to navigate the upcoming draft without a first-round pick, they may have to find a replacement for Pearce.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Fortunately, as general manager <a href=\"http:\/\/thefalconswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/falcons\/2026\/02\/03\/falcons-ian-cunningham\/88489712007\/\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ian Cunningham<\/a> pointed out during his introductory press conference, &#8220;the cupboard isn&#8217;t bare.&#8221; Plus, the team has five other picks it can use to find talent in the 2026 NFL Draft.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Check out the Falcons&#8217; current selections in each round below.<\/p>\n<p>Falcons&#8217; picks in 2026 NFL Draft:Round 2 (Projected pick No. 48)Round 3 (Projected pick No. 79)Round 4 (Projected pick No. 114)Round 6 (Projected pick No. 196)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><a class=\"gnt_em gnt_em__lp gnt_em_gl gnt_em__el\" href=\"http:\/\/thefalconswire.usatoday.com\/picture-gallery\/sports\/nfl\/falcons\/2026\/02\/02\/falcons-2026-nfl-schedule\/88476760007\/\" data-t-l=\"\u2691g:l|l|c|view gallery:inline promo\" aria-label=\"View Gallery - 2026 NFL schedule: Which teams will the Falcons face in 2026?\" 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\/02\/1771041980_565_88477485007-2236618080.jpg\" data-gl- decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" width=\"660\" height=\"372\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Updated Feb. 13, 2026, 5:34 p.m. ET The Atlanta Falcons will enter the 2026 NFL Draft without a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":675038,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2074],"tags":[95878,223,254,2554,224,7,6,96607,96608,95882,96609,95924,95896,95888,96683,95895,95897,95899,95883,95881],"class_list":{"0":"post-750752","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-atlanta-falcons","8":"tag-accessfree","9":"tag-atlanta","10":"tag-atlanta-falcons","11":"tag-atlantafalcons","12":"tag-falcons","13":"tag-football","14":"tag-nfl","15":"tag-sstssportsnflfalcons","16":"tag-sstsnfalcons","17":"tag-tagamerican-football","18":"tag-tagatlanta-falcons","19":"tag-taglos-angeles-rams","20":"tag-tagnational-sports","21":"tag-tagnfl","22":"tag-tagnfl-draft","23":"tag-tagnfl-hub","24":"tag-tagoverall-negative","25":"tag-tagoverall-neutral","26":"tag-tagsports-news","27":"tag-typestory"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116067014045606999","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/750752","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=750752"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/750752\/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=750752"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=750752"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=750752"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}