{"id":870688,"date":"2026-04-20T15:46:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T15:46:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/870688\/"},"modified":"2026-04-20T15:46:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T15:46:08","slug":"falcons-head-coach-gm-hold-pre-draft-press-conference-watch-live","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/870688\/","title":{"rendered":"Falcons head coach, GM hold pre-draft press conference: Watch Live"},"content":{"rendered":"

As we close in on the 2026 NFL Draft, the Atlanta Falcons<\/a> are preparing to hold their pre-draft press conference on Monday morning. Head coach Kevin Stefanski will take the podium at 11:15 a.m. ET, followed by general manager Ian Cunningham.<\/p>\n

The Falcons have just five total picks, and they won’t make their first selection until Day 2 of the draft. The team also completed a trade over the weekend, sending defensive lineman Ruke Orhorhoro<\/a> to the Jacksonville Jaguars<\/a> for defensive tackle Maason Smith<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Both former second-round picks were taken in the 2024 NFL Draft. Cunningham and Stefanski are expected to provide some context on the Orhorhoro-Smith trade among other topics. Watch the full press conference below on the team’s YouTube channel below.<\/p>\n

Watch: Falcons hold pre-draft press conference<\/p>\n

The 2026 NFL Draft begins on Thursday, April 23 and runs through Saturday, April 25. The Falcons’ first pick is No. 48 overall.<\/p>\n

This article originally appeared on Falcons Wire: Atlanta Falcons hold pre-draft press conference: Watch video<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"As we close in on the 2026 NFL Draft, the Atlanta Falcons are preparing to hold their pre-draft…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":870689,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2074],"tags":[223,254,2554,224,7,53720,125,8591,8253,6,15,2891,6708],"class_list":{"0":"post-870688","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-atlanta-falcons","8":"tag-atlanta","9":"tag-atlanta-falcons","10":"tag-atlantafalcons","11":"tag-falcons","12":"tag-football","13":"tag-ian-cunningham","14":"tag-jacksonville-jaguars","15":"tag-kevin-stefanski","16":"tag-maason-smith","17":"tag-nfl","18":"tag-nfl-draft","19":"tag-press-conference","20":"tag-ruke-orhorhoro"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116437817371557634","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/870688","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=870688"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/870688\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/870689"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=870688"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=870688"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=870688"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}