Atlanta Falcons 2016 Draft: Roundtable mock draft fourth round

This is the fourth round of a community mock draft here at Blogging Dirty. Who are the writers projecting to the Atlanta Falcons on day three?

The much anticipated Super Bowl commercials have been seen, and the much more anticipated actual Super Bowl game has been played. Free agency has churned the rumor mill; the tier one free agents have signed, as have the those in tiers two, three, and four. The ides of March have come and gone. Pollen has invaded, and decreased with time.

Now, it’s almost time for one of the most anticipated events on the NFL calendar: the NFL Draft. The national football league truly is a year round sport, with the draft being its offseason centerpiece.

The writers here at Blogging Dirty are giddy with excitement at the prospects of seeing who the newest Atlanta Falcons will be, coming out of college. So what better way to celebrate the festivities than to deliver our concise predictions as to what the selections will be?

The team can go in all sorts of different directions. Pass rush can still be improved, there’s a pressing need at the linebacker position, safety is still a concern, even getting a guard somewhere along the way could be an option.

This is the second year where the writers here at Blogging Dirty are doing a mock draft, here is where you can link back to last year’s mock: Round 1, Round 2, Round 3, Round 4, Round 5, Round 6, and Round 7.

The rules of this mock are simple: the writer will select the player he would take if he were in the Falcons’ general manager; his selection must be a player whom he thinks will realistically be available at the time of Atlanta’s pick. To keep this mock draft from getting too convoluted, we’ll assume that the Falcons won’t make any trades. Let’s begin!

You can find our first round mock draft here, our second round mock draft here, and our third round mock draft here.

An interesting phenomena has developed within these roundtable mock drafts, thus far. Normality would dictate that more writers tend to agree with the first round selection; and then as the rounds go by there would be more and more general disagreement as the spectrum of players gets extended. However, exactly the opposite has happened.

Clemson DE Shaq Lawson was the only player in the first round mocked to go to the Falcons by multiple writers (two). In round two, Florida’s Keanu Neal was selected by three writers, with Su’a Cravens also getting multiple (two) nods. Then in the third round, LSU’s Deion Jones was selected by a record four writers (he was also selected in the second round by one writer). It’s a strange occurrence, which shows the unpredictability of the (mock) draft.

Atlanta Falcons’ recent fourth round selections: 2010 – C/OG Joe Hawley; 2011 – none; 2012 – none; 2013 – DE Malliciah Goodman, TE Levine Toilolo; 2014 – RB Devonta Freeman, LB Prince Shembo; 2015 – WR Justin Hardy.

Kevin Knight

Previous Selections: Round 1 – DT Sheldon Rankins; Round 2 – SS Keanu Neal; Round 3 – LB Deion Jones

Adnan Ikic

Previous Selections: Round 1 – LB Reggie Ragland; Round 2 – SS Keanu Neal; Round 3 – LB Deion Jones

Eric Robinson

Previous Selections: Round 1 – DE Emmanuel Ogbah; Round 2 – SS Keanu Neal; Round 3 – LB Deion Jones

Curtis Hobbs

Previous Selections: Round 1 – DE Joey Bosa; Round 2 – DE Kevin Dodd; Round 3 – TE Jerell Adams

Chandler Stewart

Previous Selections: Round 1 – LB Darron Lee; Round 2 – FS Darian Thompson; Round 3 – DT Adolphus Washington

Colin Hubbard

Previous Selections: Round 1 – DE Shaq Lawson; Round 2 – LB/S Su’a Cravens; Round 3 – LB Deion Jones

Freddie Boston

Previous Selections: Round 1 – DE Noah Spence; Round 2 – LB Deion Jones; Round 3 – SS Jeremy Cash

Righteous Chester

Previous Selections: Round 1 – DE Shaq Lawson; Round 2 – LB/S Su’a Cravens; Round 3 – QB Cardale Jones

Next: Best case scenario for Falcons in top three rounds

Stay tuned, as the writers will deliver their seventh round selections, in the coming days.