When Terry Fontenot accepted the general manager position for the Falcons, he mentioned that his philosophy for the draft would be to take the best player available, regardless of position. He was quite explicit about it, so whether he would take a QB of the future with that 4th pick or simply pick the best player as he saw it was really the question.
After so many mock drafts and so many draft discussions, we finally got to see how Fontenot would execute with the 4th overall pick of the 2021 NFL Draft. We saw Fontenot go with arguably the most dynamic offensive player in the draft in Kyle Pitts.