Chris Chester’s retirement leaves a hole at guard in Atlanta’s offensive line, a position where beyond starter Andy Levitre, Atlanta’s current players have almost no NFL experience.
Last year under Kyle Shanahan, the Falcons ran 43 percent outside zone and 27 percent inside zone runs, and are expected to run a similar offense in 2017.
Listed below are five guards who are potential zone-scheme fits and where they were drafted in PFF’s Live Mock Draft. (Atlanta has picks 31, 63, 95, 136, 174, and 249)
Forrest Lamp (20), Taylor Moton (38), Dan Feeney (48), Danny Isidora (112), Dorian Johnson (135)
Neither Forrest Lamp nor Dorian Johnson allowed a pressure on a three-step drop in 2016, a dropback type that Atlanta used third most of all NFL teams last year (23.
