Falcons Not Likely to Move Up

According to the AJC: "Obviously we've got a local player who is not a good player, he's a great player," Falcons president and general manager Rich McKay said after the official announcement of the trade. "There will be a lot of speculation with respect to that, but it is not so easily accomplished.

"It's extremely expensive from a draft-pick standpoint. Am I going to say to you, 'No, it won't ever happen?' I won't say that, because we've moved up before. Moving up in the first round is very difficult. I think it is more likely to move down than it is to move up. In our case, we've got a number of players that we like up there."