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Josh Kendall

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South Carolina Beat Writer at The Athletic

Atlanta Falcons beat writer for @TheAthletic. There'll be some golf and maybe even a little college football at times, too. Email: [email protected]

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  • Lots of edges and corners, plus Mike Green momentum

    1 week ago | nytimes.com | Josh Kendall

    Bad news, everybody: Mock draft season is almost over. The silver lining is that the NFL Draft is almost here, but the problem with that is it's the end of possibility. This week, all your dreams as an Atlanta Falcons fan (or Cincinnati Bengals fan or Las Vegas Raiders fan, etc.) can still come true and every player you covet can still be on your roster by May. That's part of the reason the mock draft aficionados among us love the exercise so much.

  • Edge rushers, trading down, dream scenario

    2 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Josh Kendall

    The NFL's definitive draft guide hit the digital shelves this week. " The Beast," the exhaustive work of The Athletic 's Dane Brugler, includes rankings for almost 2,700 prospects and more than 400 in-depth player profiles, and it's a good bet printed copies of it will be in every NFL building by the end of the week. At 521 pages, "The Beast" is impossible to digest in a day or even a week, but Falcons fans can get plenty of quick insights, especially if they know where to look.

  • Submit your Falcons mock drafts for Josh Kendall's mock draft mailbag

    2 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Josh Kendall

    Submit your Falcons mock drafts - trade up, trade back, stand pat, and let us know what you think is the best route for GM Terry Fontenot and coach Raheem Morris. Josh Kendall will analyze the most interesting ones in his upcoming mailbag.

  • Picks, predictions and key needs

    2 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Josh Kendall

    The Atlanta Falcons have the 15th pick in the NFL Draft when Round 1 begins April 24 in Green Bay. The Falcons own just five picks in the seven-round draft. Falcons' draft picksFull draft orderEvery pick in the seven-round NFL Draft.

  • Draft targets, job security, trade options and more

    3 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Josh Kendall

    PALM BEACH, Fla. - Kirk Cousins wasn't the only Atlanta Falcons-related topic discussed this week at the NFL's annual meeting. It was only the starting point. The possibility of selecting an offensive player early in the draft (yes, really), job security issues, Trey Hendrickson and Grady Jarrett - and plenty of other things - came up, too, so here's what I'm hearing after the league meeting.

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Josh Kendall
Josh Kendall @JoshTheAthletic
10 Apr 25

Why this might be a dangerous edge group for Atlanta. How a trade down scenario might work. The dream scenario. And more from my first reading of the Beast --> https://t.co/68P5QpaTZ6

Josh Kendall
Josh Kendall @JoshTheAthletic
10 Apr 25

Everything you need to know about the 2025 NFL Draft prospects is in The Beast. (I mean this literally.) Here are five Falcons takeaways after our first look at it. https://t.co/68P5QpaTZ6

Josh Kendall
Josh Kendall @JoshTheAthletic
10 Apr 25

It's Atlanta Falcons Mock Draft Mailbag time. Send me your best work or your worst or even a couple shots at it. https://t.co/RLbSp1y0Mp