The Falcons did not move up into the third round of the 2019 NFL Draft last night, and it wasn’t clear in the moment whether that was due to a lack of effort or a lack of luck in negotiations. This morning, we have at least one report that indicates Atlanta tried to be more active than suspected.
NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport writes that the Falcons tried to move into the third round in pursuit of Murray State LB Quincy Williams, the brother of #3 overall pick DT Quinnen Williams.
The language here doesn’t indicate how hard the Falcons pursued, with which teams, and so forth, so it’s hard to know what the pursuit entailed.