The Atlanta Falcons’ 2025 third-round pick, Xavier Watts, could make for a good fit simply based on his influences. “Both [Bates and Watts] being very highly competitive, both being very cerebral, like we talked about, both having a unique skillset of being a visual player on the quarterback and being able to pick up things very quickly,” Head coach Raheem Morris said in Thursday’s presser. “ But very close, very similar, probably what a Jessie Bates probably was as a rookie.” Watts will have to make decisions in the blink of an eye, and the ability to learn so quickly should be reassuring to Falcons fans.