At long last, we know who the Falcons have selected with their first round pick in the 2021 NFL Draft: TE Kyle Pitts from Florida, the most electric receiving talent in the entire class.
By far the player with the most connection to Atlanta in the past week, Pitts seemed to gain steam late in the process as the chance for a trade down appeared to diminish. The Falcons followed through on their insistence that they would take Pitts off the board with their first selection, moving a major piece off the table for teams like Miami, Detroit, and Dallas.