It’s clear the team will trade back, as Morton comes over to Woodbury and asks to have the contingent in Nashville confirm the time on the clock. They do, and the time in the draft room is correct.
There’s no sense of panic, and in all it’s not as tense as it might be were the Rams unsure of their plan. But L.A. has been working through these types of scenarios for weeks, so the course of action is clear. The Rams have accepted the Falcons’ proposal, so now Pastoors gets on the phone with the league to officially call in the trade. Pastoors’ conversation couldn’t have taken more than 40 seconds, and when he hangs up, he lets the room know, “We’re out.”
The Falcons logo appears on the “on the clock” screen, as Woodbury announces to the room that Atlanta has selected offensive lineman Kaleb McGary with the 31st overall pick.
With all this coming at the end of the first round, there’s not much more to watch after the Falcons’ pick. New England takes Arizona State wide receiver N’Keal Harry at No. 32, and that’s all she wrote for Day 1.
“It’s good — it’s what we wanted,” McVay says to the room of the first-round trade. “Good job.”