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Atlanta Falcons: Best player available is a wide spectrum

Aug 17, 2020; Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States; LSU Tigers wide receiver Ja’Marr Chase (7) catches the football during practice at Football Operations Center. Mandatory Credit: LSU Athletics/Pool Photo via USA TODAY Network

Atlanta Falcons will draft the best available player.

That is what new general manager Terry Fontenot has said, which has prompted fans to believe the Atlanta Falcons will take a quarterback in the 2021 NFL draft.

After we wrote an article yesterday proclaiming that the franchise would not draft a quarterback, running back or secondary player in the first round, fans chimed in that Fontenot would take the best available player and that would be a quarterback or wide receiver.