Kaleb McGary is likely to miss an extended period and swing tackle Storm Norton will be out at least the first month of the regular season, creating an urgent need at right tackle. The Falcons traded a conditional 2027 seventh-round pick to the Seattle Seahawks for 26-year-old tackle Michael Jerrell. Jerrell appeared in six NFL games in 2024, logging 250 snaps, almost all at right tackle. He was a sixth-round pick after six seasons at Findlay, where he won Great Midwest Athletic Conference Offensive Lineman of the Year in 2023. He will likely compete with Elijah Wilkinson for immediate snaps and could serve as a reserve swing tackle while the Falcons consider other veteran options.
With Kaleb McGary likely to miss a long while and swing tackle Storm Norton out for at least the first month of the NFL regular season, the team was in dire need of right tackle help. They may not be done, but at least one move has been made. The Falcons have traded a conditional 2027 seventh round pick, which is about as little as you can possibly trade, to the Seattle Seahawks for tackle Michael Jerrell.
The 26-year-old has appeared in six NFL games, all of them in 2024, and logged 250 snaps, with almost all of those coming at right tackle. A sixth round selection last year who was older for a rookie, Jerrell spent six seasons at Findlay in college, winning Great Midwest Athletic Conference Offensive Lineman of the Year in 2023. He had 40 collegiate starts and showed well at the Hula Bowl, leading the Seahawks to invest in him.
Jerrell's role on this roster won't be clear until we hear from the coaching staff and see whether he's lining up with the first team in practice, but the fact that Atlanta went out to get him and he has some starting experience suggests he'll push Elijah Wilkinson for that role immediately, with a chance to hang on to it until Norton is healthy (and after if he somehow excels).
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