Falcons 7-round mock after start of free agency

TRADE: Atlanta opens our mock by trading back five spots with the New York Jets and picking up an additional second-round pick (No. 43) in 2023. Now slotted at pick No. 13, the Falcons take Ohio State wideout Jaxon Smith-Njigba.

Atlanta’s aggressive approach to free agency has excluded the wide receiver position thus far, and as good as Drake London was last year, the team needs more talent surrounding him than Jared Bernhardt and Frank Darby. The Falcons have yet to bring back Olamide Zaccheaus or Damiere Byrd, and if the plan is to build around QB Desmond Ridder, they need to address the wide receiver position. Smith-Njigba had 95 catches, 1,595 receiving yards and nine touchdowns in 2021.