When Atlanta Falcons general manager Terry Fontenot went shopping to fill the glaring need at edge rusher, he was no longer browsing the bargain bucket. Fontenot boldly double-dipped in the first round to get not one, but two first-round edge rushers, the first defensive players the Falcons have taken in the first round since A.J. Terrell in 2020. NFL.com analyst Bucky Brooks had already predicted that 26th overall pick James Pearce Jr. might be an outside bet to take home defensive rookie of the year honors, but his colleague Dan Parr likes No. 15 pick Jalon Walker as one of the favorites.