The Falcoholic

We’re heading into Week 13 of the 2022 NFL season, and the Atlanta Falcons are sitting at 5-7. Normally, this is the time of year when most teams with that record would be admitting that the playoffs are out of reach. The focus would start to shift towards 2023, especially in terms of coverage. For a multitude of reasons, that’s really not the case for the 2022 Falcons. The NFC South is a disastrous division, with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers leading the pack with a 5-6 record. Atlanta is just a half-game out of first place at this juncture. Clearly, the Bucs aren’t going to run away with this thing. But with the end of the college football season approaching and prospects beginning to declare their intentions for the 2023 NFL Draft, it’s a logical time to start looking at the upcoming offseason. I promised you all that I would conduct a 2023 mock draft for the Falcons after their next loss, and I’m honoring it after Week 12’s loss to the Washington Commanders. This will be just a four-round mock, as I honestly don’t know much about any of the late-Day 3 prospects at this juncture. However, this mock still features five picks and plenty of intrigue for Atlanta. The team is currently picking 15th, but even that could change fairly drastically based on the outcome of the final five games.