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It is the 2nd day of the NFL draft where a lot of the games or won or lost. Hopefully these 8 players (3 on offense, 5 on defense) are the right ones.

In the 3rd round the Falcons nabbed cornerback Chevis Jackson from LSU. Jackson had 5 picks last season for the National Champions and was named All-SEC. Later in the round Atlanta got wide receiver Harry Douglas from Louisville. He also attended Jonesboro High School. He ranks 2nd on Louisville’s career receiving yard list racking up an impressive 2,924 in his career. The Falcons were not done in the 3rd round. They also picked safety Thomas DeCoud from Cal. He was a big-time leaper for the Golden Bears and registerred 116 tackles.

The Falcons had no picks in the 4th round, but 2 more in the 5th as they picked up linebacker Robert James from Arizona State and defensive end Kroy Biermann from Montana (his name sounds pretty cool.)

James led the Sun Devils in his senior season with 106 tackles and Biermann was a monster last season being named the Big Sky Conference Defensive MVP where he led the conference with 15 sacks.

Local hero running back Thomas Brown was picked in the 6th round. He finished his career 4th all-time in all-purpose yards at the University of Georgia behind Herschel Walker, Hines Ward and Garrison Hearst (not bad company.)

In the 7th round, the Falcons got cornerback Wilrey Fontenot from Arizona. He is durable as he started 45 straight games and had 9 interceptions. Also in the 7th round was tight end Keith Zinger for LSU. One thing going for Zinger is that he and former and current teammate Chevis Jackson have experience playing in the Georgia Dome when they won the SEC Championship there last December.

More complete Falcons draft coverage will come soon.