"Two of the better rushers in the SEC — that's exciting, that's really exciting," Atlanta general manager Terry Fontenot said.

Terry Fontenot put all his chips into the middle of the table to get the Atlanta Falcons a pass rush.

The team landed two potential starters in Georgia's Jalon Walker and Tennessee's James Pearce Jr. The Falcons needed to make a splash so they traded a future first-round pick to go get Pearce at pick No.