Possible reason for Atlanta Falcons passing on Johnny Newton revealed

Possible reason for Atlanta Falcons passing on Johnny Newton revealed

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When the Atlanta Falcons traded up to pick 35, after two straight receivers to start round two, the world was their oyster as to what avenue they could go on the defensive side of the ball. Detroit Pistons Jersey There were big names at cornerback like Iowa's Cooper DeJean, Alabama's Kool-Aid McKinstry and Georgia's Kamari La siter. However, everyone knew the biggest name on the board, in some ways literally, was Illinois defensive tackle Johnny Newton. So, when the Falcons ended up pa sing on the highly touted 2024 NFL draft prospect for the toolsy, yet raw , questions started to arise. How did a prospect that needed as much projection as Orhorhoro end up higher on the Falcons' board than a bona fide interior pa s-rushing option like Newton?In a recent by Mike Florio, a po sible reason may have just revealed itself to the public.The article reveals that Newton, after Ersan Ilyasova Jersey having surgery to repair a partial Jones fracture in his foot earlier this season, had to have the same surgery, but for the other foot. According to NBC Sports' there is no set timeline for his return.Newton is an exceptional talent on the interior, his mixture of size and short-area quickne s made him one of my favorite prospects this draft cycle, but he is not good enough to bet on two Jones fracture surgeries in back-to-back years over a raw prospect with elite traits like Orhorhoro. It would have been Marcus Morris Jersey great to see Newton, whenever he would have been able to play, in red and black. But this definitely explains his fall out of the first round and into the waiting arms of former Atlanta Falcons head coach Dan Quinn.
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