The Falcoholic
Drake London, Bijan Robinson, and Kyle Pitts were back-to-back-to-back top ten picks in the NFL, so you’d expect them to be worth the investment. While Pitts has been a little up and down to this point, all three are among the most exciting young players at their respective positions, while Bijan might be the most exciting running back in football.
Given the talent and production, it’s little surprise that they’re considered among the NFL’s best trio of playmakers. Bill Barnwell at ESPN had ranked them 10th in 2024 and 9th heading into 2025, but after Bijan went nuts, London produced at an elite level through 12 games, and Pitts had a long-awaited breakout, they’re higher in this year’s edition.
After years of waiting, Atlanta’s three top-10 picks finally put together the sort of season the Falcons had imagined. Bijan Robinson, Drake London and Kyle Pitts Sr. weren’t able to propel Atlanta to the playoffs or even a winning record, but it would be difficult to pin too much blame for a disappointing campaign on the efforts of the team’s three best playmakers.
This feels like a fair ranking. Bijan led the NFL in yards from scrimmage last year, Pitts was second in the NFL in receiving yards and set a new career mark with five touchdowns, and London was 24th in the league in receiving yards despite playing fewer games than anyone ahead of him on the list. The Falcons were breaking in Michael Penix Jr. as their new starter and had to switch to Kirk Cousins owing to injury, but continued quarterback uncertainty did nothing to slow some of the most productive playmakers in the game.
If Kevin Stefanski and company are worth their salt, and if Penix or Tua Tagovailoa can step up and deliver above average quarterbacking, there’s no reason these three can’t be ranked in the top three next year. More importantly, they may well help push the Falcons to a winning record and beyond for the first time in recent memory, but I’ll try to get ahead of myself there.
