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defensive line. Here is one option they may explore."WhiteFanposts Fanshots Library FalcFans Podcast on The FalcoholicContact The FalcoholicFalcons StoriesScheduleRosterStatsYahoo Falcons NewsYahoo Falcons Team PageYahoo Falcons ReportYahoo Falcons Depth ChartYahoo Falcons TransactionsYahoo Falcons PhotosOdds About Masthead Community Guidelines StubHub alcons prospect scouting report: DL Rashan Gary Black Andy Levitre Jersey , Michigan New,15commentsThe Atlanta Falcons have several avenues to attack the defensive line. Here is one option they may explore. EDTShareTweetShareShareFalcons prospect scouting report: DL Rashan Gary, Michigan Brad Mills-USA TODAY SportsThe draft approach for the Atlanta Falcons is showing signs of clarity after the opening of free agency. Here is one of the better prospect in the entire draft that can help improve their defensive line. Thanks to a fairly busy initial period of 2019 free agency in which they addressed the offensive side of the ball, it became quite lucid that the Falcons will focus on the defense in this year’s draft. I think at this point, we can expect the Falcons to some early additions on the defensive front. I recently constructed a report on an elite prospect that can be a great inclusion to the Falcons defense. Today, I will turn the attention to another top talent that can open things up for the Falcons on defense. Rashan Gary Scouting Report Height: 6’4 Weight: 277 lbs Career stats: 119 tackles, 23 tackles for loss, 9.5 sacksGames watched: 2017 vs. Florida, 2017 vs. Wisconsin, 2017 vs. Penn State, 2018 vs. Ohio State, 2018 vs. Notre Dame, 2018 vs. Rutgers Strengths: Athleticism and plenty of it. The reason why many direct their attention to his athleticism is mainly due to how his excellent NFL size blends well with it. At the NFL Combine this year, Gary surprised some by weighing in at 277 pounds Andy Levitre Jersey 2019 , which was roughly 10-15 pounds lighter than his supposed playing weight while at Michigan. Gary has an explosive first step as a lineman and it showed in his 7.26 three-cone drill and during his 4.58 40-yard dash and 1.63 10-yard split on his 40-time at the Combine. As a rusher at times with Michigan, Gary showed the ability to effectively bull rush opponents thanks to his natural strength and 34 inch arms. He looked more fluid in his change-of-direction at the Combine than he did on tape and that can be chalked up to the notable weight loss and the existing circumstance of performing drills in shirts and shorts. When engaging with blockers, Gary shows the ability to disengage notably and not give up ground due having proper leverage. Gary is pretty refined as a tackler and wrapping up has been a consistent calling card of his. Gary displays contagious effort against plays going away from him and when he chases down plays on the backside. Versatility is also a notch on Gary’s belt as he played at the 3-Tech, 5-Tech, and 9-Tech spots on the defensive line throughout his entire career. Weaknesses: For those who rely considerably on production/numbers, Gary underwhelms a bit in that department. In three seasons (34 games), Gary only produced 9.5 sacks. Granted, that partially is due to his insertion in multiple spots along the defensive line, but it is still concerning that his freakish ability only produced little results. As a pass rusher around the edge, Gary shows little ability to properly bend and shows plenty of stiffness in his hips. All that boils down to overall technique, which is a question mark for him as an edge rusher at the moment. Gary is able to set the edge in run defense thanks to his natural power but he must fix coming out of his stance with his pad level too high at times. Gary is consistently viewed as a prospect that showed elite flashes but not quite enough. Conclusion: Your classic boom or bust prospect. No need to beat around the bush with my evaluation on him. Gary entered college football prior to the 2016 season as the #1 overall player out of high school. When Gary was on top of his game, he was one of the best defenders in all of college football. But that’s where it gets really interesting when discussing Gary and his talent level. In the Michigan defensive scheme, Gary was placed just about everywhere on the defensive line, which resulted in the prospect not having a true position on the line in the eyes of scouts and coaches. After careful observation Black Ryan Schraeder Jersey , I believe Gary is best with a few more pounds on his frame and inside as a 3-Technique defensive tackle. However, that does not mean that if the Falcons were to select him, they would not be able to polish him well enough to be an athletic strong-side defensive end who can rush on the interior on passing downs. But right now, he has less of a learning curve if placed on the interior than he would on the edge. Selecting Gary would be a roll of the dice with hopes that those flashes he showed at Michigan would conclude in the Falcons having themselves a future All-Pro. With Gary, there is plenty of intrigue, plenty of upside, and plenty of questions to be answered. Well, this is a new one."The Atlanta Falcons are about a week away from adding a new first rounder to the fold, and the mocks keep coming in with different ideas. NFL.com’s draft expert Daniel Jeremiah is not one to send out too many mock drafts and is plugged-in, so he’s a voice you want to listen to when it comes to who your team might take. The player he’s given to the Falcons in his most recent mock draft is, well, not probably who you were hoping to see. He sends LSU CB Greedy Williams to Atlanta in this latest mock. Okay, we’ll be honest. The doomsday scenario around Falcons Twitter (TM) seems to be the team using a first-round pick on a cornerback, particularly when reliable veteran and starter Desmond Trufant is in the middle of his extension with no easy escape this year (and only a slightly easier one next year) and second-round pick Isaiah Oliver flashed oodles of potential last season and is being slotted in to take over for Robert Alford. The slot position has been said to be headed to Damontae Kazee Ryan Schraeder Jersey 2019 , who showed great improvement and promise in coverage and was tied as a league-leading interception machine (7) at free safety. With Blidi Wreh-Wilson back in the fold and versatile second-year man Ryan Neal in the fold, it’s fair to wonder exactly where Williams would fit for now. Unless you’re drafting a developmental quarterback, you draft starters with your first rounder. If the team does indeed take a cornerback, it signals one of three things. One, the future of Trufant is in flux. He’s entrenched for 2019, but could hypothetically be released in 2020 as a post-June 1 cut and release about $10 million in cap space (per OTC). Two, the team is not confident in Oliver to take a starting spot for now, which would be deeply concerning, considering they were rumored to contemplate using their first-round pick on him last spring. This one doesn’t feel as likely, as Oliver has proven he’s got the possibility to be a sound starter in the NFL. The third would be the team splurging on a slot corner with their first pick, which would be interesting. It’d relegate Kazee to either a premiere third safety role in depth or as a rotational cornerback, but his 2018 makes you really ponder why the team wouldn’t want to keep him on the field. You don’t bench a player who ties for the yearly interception record. The most likely scenario for this pick would be door one. Door two is really not one we want to consider right now, and door three just doesn’t make a ton of sense. We’ve not even talked about Williams as the pick since we’re still trying to grasp how this would be possible in the first place, especially considering the desperate need for more high-caliber talent in the trenches. D. Orlando Ledbetter of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution recently drafted the LSU corner to Atlanta in his fourth mock Black Julio Jones Jersey , providing this reasoning. Our head honcho Dave Choate just asked this question of drafting a corner, offering these thoughts on Williams as the pick. Essentially, the consensus is he’s a project with a ton of potential that might not play a ton at first. It’s incredibly fair to outwardly suggest that the Falcons need surer bets right now and have taken on too many unfulfilled projects over the years, and that this is not the year to splurge on another skill player. It’d not be a bad pick, per se, but it feels unnecessary, particularly when they could grab just about as good of a player in the second round, or maybe even more of a suitable developmental corner in the third. If this be where we’re headed, consider this Falcoholic perplexed. But Williams would certainly be the guy to take if this is where they’re headed, considering his potential. Is this really the year to take a corner first? We’ll find out soon enough.