The Falcons have built their linbacker corps and secondary primarily through the draft, with mostly excellent results. Deion Jones and Keanu Neal are stars, Ricardo Allen is extremely good, Damontae Kazee is a rising defender, and Desmond Trufant, Isaiah Oliver, and Foye Oluokun are either on the cusp of being quality players or have been. They’ve been less successful at building their defensive line through the draft, however, and this is an opportunity to change that for the better.
As Dominique Pattman recently noted on Twitter, the Falcons have never had more than a quarter of their defensive line originate from the draft in the Dan Quinn era.