Looking at likely roles for each 2023 Falcons draft pick

The Falcons put together their smallest draft class thus far under Terry Fontenot’s front office in 2023, selecting six players they hope will be major contributors for this team both now and in the future. How many of those players will play key roles this season?

The answer is probably not all of them. The Falcons have made it clear that this will be a more difficult team to make in 2023, owing to significant investments in free agency and two fairly deep draft classes already vying for roles in Atlanta. Still, the likelihood that most of those six players will have at least small roles on the active roster this year seems quite high.

With training camp not all that far away and some of the…