Day two quarterback that makes the most sense for the Atlanta Falcons

The Atlanta Falcons will draft a quarterback at some point in the 2021 NFL Draft, though it will more than likely be day two or day three of the draft.

Click on any social media site and look at Atlanta Falcons fans they are arguing over which quarterback to take fourth overall and letting people who disagree know how dumb they are. However, the chances of the Falcons taking a quarterback in the first round is slim to none.

The argument for not taking one is that they simply do not need a quarterback at this point and rushing to pay one right now when Matt Ryan still has several years left doesn’t make much sense.

What Arthur Smith was able to do with Ryan Tannehill in Tennessee gives a lot of people hope that he can win right now with a former NFL MVP and a guy who has 11 straight seasons of at least 4,000 yards passing.

Which day two/day three quarterback makes sense for the Atlanta Falcons?

There are well-known names outside the Top 4 quarterbacks in the draft. Florida’s Kyle Trask, Texas A&M quarterback Kellen Mond, Sam Ehlinger out of Texas, and Ian Book from Notre Dame.

While all of them would be decent NFL backups, there are two of them that have a chance to be successful in the right NFL situation and that would be 2020 Heisman finalist Kyle Trask.

Coming into the 2020 college football season, Kyle Trask was named as the quarterback to watch in the SEC – ahead of Mac Jones. His 2019 season really had everyone talking about how good he could be and that he really had not played much football through high school or college because he was a career backup.

In 2019, Trask threw for almost 3,000 yards and 25 touchdowns with just seven interceptions.  He followed that up with a Heisman campaign where he threw for 43 touchdowns and eight interceptions with more than 4,000 yards.

His NFL stock took a dip in the Cotton Bowl when he threw three interceptions in the first quarter.

In his defense, he didn’t have a single starting receiver as Kadarius Toney and Kyle Pitts sat out the Cotton Bowl in order to prepare for the NFL draft. As we all know, timing with receivers matters most for all quarterbacks

Trask looked really good at Florida’s pro day and may climb on some draft board because of it.

At 6-foot-5 240 pounds he has the ideal size to play quarterback at the NFL level. He could end up being a steal for the right team and that could be the Atlanta Falcons and head coach Arthur Smith.