Falcons not projected to receive any compensatory picks in 2025 NFL Draft

Atlanta’s big spending ensures they won’t pick up additional selections.

If you expected the Atlanta Falcons get any compensation picks next year, well, sorry to be the bearer of bad news.

Atlanta rarely earns compensatory picks because they rarely have high value free agents leave and/or remain on the free agency sidelines. The net effect of that isn’t so bad if you’re reeling in players like Jessie Bates and Kirk Cousins, as the Falcons have done, but it does mean you’ve got to trade around to get extra draft selections. That may be impactful next year because the Falcons are expected to lose picks in the Great Kirk Cousins Investigation.

Nick Korte at Over The Cap puts together his (quite accurate) projections for compensatory picks every year around this time, when free agent signings will not be added to the formula for next year. He has the Falcons getting zero picks, and the NFC South getting just one in 2025, with a late rounder heading to Tampa Bay.

Again, you likely weren’t expecting any additional picks given the way the Falcons have conducted their offseason, but this is a reminder that next year will see Atlanta navigating their offseason with reduced draft capital. The hope is that the damage will be limited—please, NFL—and Atlanta won’t need a full complement of picks to keep the train on the tracks in 2025.