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Trader Thomas Dimitroff: Falcons picking 16th in NFL draft “for now”

Thomas Dimitroff has gained a reputation for trading. In fact, his last trade was sending Mohamed Sanu out of town for an embarrassing extravagant second-round pick. Whenever Dimitroff has extra picks he gets...

the itch.

Dimitroff loves to move around in the first round. More specifically, the man trades up. He has traded up for Kaleb McGary, Takkarist McKinley, Desmond Trufant, Julio Jones, and Sam Baker. They’ve done studies, you know. 60% of the time, it works every time.

The Falcons general manager is on the thinnest ice ever, shockingly keeping his job for what must be a final shot at a home run offseason.