If you’ve been paying any attention to the Falcons mock drafts swirling around the interwebs, you’ve likely noticed that everyone from Matthew Tabeek at the team site to the sage talking heads here at The Falcoholic have been sending first round quarterbacks to Atlanta. That may or may not be Terry Fontenot’s ultimate plan for the #4 pick, but a new regime talking about taking the best player available and not having deep ties to Matt Ryan suggests that’s far from an impossible scenario, which is why it has persisted.
The latest to do so is ESPN’s Todd McShay, who is plugging Trey Lance to Atlanta.