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Rumor: Falcons could be ‘parachute pick’ for Oregon DE Kayvon Thibodeaux

The Atlanta Falcons are mere days away from adding a host of new players to the roster, and there’s still no firm consensus on who the first pick in that bunch will be.

With a roster this porous, almost any direction could and would do. We’ve heard a spattering of rumors over players the team might like, but those all seem to be rumors and guesswork to this point.

ESPN draft guru Todd McShay has heard some rumblings over what the Falcons might do in his latest buzzy column, and it involves the team taking a two-pronged approach to its first-round pick.