The Atlanta Falcons lost their fifth straight game in Week 11 and in the process may have lost starting quarterback Michael Penix for the rest of the season. Penix, who had a long history of knee injuries in college, suffered another knee injury in Week 11’s overtime loss to the Carolina Panthers. With the L.A. Rams holding their 2026 first round pick, the Falcons could be among the franchises in the worst shape right now but on the Rams side, Atlanta’s slide is great for their 2026 draft capital.

Could the Falcons even lose out and get the number one pick?

All the way back in May, I wrote that the Falcons were taking too much of a risk to trade their 2026 first round pick to L.A. because in my opinion Atlanta was more likely to be one of the worst teams in the league than one of the bes

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