Atlanta Falcons: Can they really find three starters in the draft?

Atlanta Falcons’ owner Arthur Blank said that he wanted to get three starters out of the 2016 NFL draft. While that’s exactly what they need to happen, it just isn’t feasible whatsoever and here’s why.

At the end of the day, the NFL draft is a lottery. There is never a guarantee that who the Falcons draft will turn out to be a good NFL player. No matter how many tests and tape a scout can watch, they will never be able to see the future and determine how good their career will be.

Let’s take Kam Chancellor for instance. The Seattle Seahawks drafted him in the fifth round of the 2012 NFL draft.  He was never supposed to be as good as he is now and that’s why drafting is never a sure thing.

Realistically the Falcons will get just one starter out of the 2016 draft and that will be from their first-round pick. Whoever Atlanta selects in that round whether they trade down or not will likely get tabbed as the week 1 starter but after that it’s a crap Shute.

If the Falcons draft a safety in the second round then there’s a good chance that they get tabbed as the starter as well but to think that Atlanta will hit three homeruns in this draft with only five picks to work with is absurd.

If drafting three starters a year was as easy as that, everyone in the NFL would be a lot better than they are. There wouldn’t be any bad teams but here we are year after year and we still have the same old bottom feeders as the year before.

If Atlanta trades back, that will give them the best chance to secure three starters. If they don’t trade back, getting three starters won’t happen. And let’s remember something else. Just because the Falcons tab a rookie as a starter doesn’t mean they will be good. It’s never ideal to start a rookie right out of the gate and if Atlanta is starting multiple rookies that won’t be very good.

Atlanta needs a lot of things to fall into place if they want to walk out of this draft with a smile on their face.