In 2018, the Falcons were fully entrenched as Super Bowl contenders. They were coming off consecutive seasons featuring playoff appearances and playoff victories. The foundation Dan Quinn built put them in a position where 2018 was going to be a pivotal year. With Matt Ryan due to get paid, the organization knew they couldn’t re-sign key players like Adrian Clayborn and Dontari Poe and had to reload their roster in the draft as they did in 2016.
They had two sixth-round picks within each other at 194 and 200. The front office used those picks on Russell Gage and Foye Oluokun.