The NFL draft is an inexact science, and in some cases we’ll perform the equivalent of gnat surgery in analyzing a team’s decision-making process, the kind of hair-splitting stuff that makes someone long for the excitement of a physics textbook.
But there are certain situations in which it’s proper to applaud the continual acquisition of fun and shiny things. Things that we’re not sure can even exist together. Things that we’re not sure are a sound economical value given where they were taken. Things that may not ultimately lead to the winning of games. That’s because shiny things are fun.
This is exactly why the Falcons are getting my highest possible grade. Something beyond an A-plus. Whatever grade you would give a day at the beach, a cooler full of your preferred beverages, the music of your choosing and a visit from Rob Gronkowski with a Slip ’N Slide. Simply put: Selecting Bijan Robinson, a running back, at No. 8 and throwing him into an offensive blender with Kyle Pitts, Drake London and Tyler Allgeier is going to be fun as hell. Beyond that? It’s anyone’s guess.
