The Atlanta Falcons knew they wanted one of the draft's top wide receivers. They tried to trade up to get A.J. Green but couldn't strike a deal before the Bengals took him. So they pulled out all the stops to make sure they landed in position to grab Julio Jones . It took swap of first-round picks with the Cleveland Browns this year, second- and fourth-round picks during this weekend along with first- and fourth-rounders next year. But the Falcons got their man. The NFC's top-seeded team in the 2010 playoffs added the Alabama product to their stacked offense with the No. 6 pick. "I'm just going in and try to take some pressure off of Roddy White ," Jones said to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. "When I went through the interview with Atlanta, they showed me a couple of plays where the safety was rolling over to double Roddy White. I just want to come in and take some pressure off him and make those guys play him one-on-one." Falcons General Manager Thomas Dimitroff knew the trade to draft Jones took some guts but said Thursday it had to be done to give the Falcons an extra measure of danger on offense. "It was an aggressive and bold move to trade up for a player that we believe truly adds the explosiveness that we are looking for on this team," Dimitroff said. "We feel that Julio is a fine addition to our offense. We think that he'll help provide Matt [Ryan] with the tools we need going forward."

Fantasy Analysis:

What a lineup. Granted, Tony Gonzalez is nearing the end, but he's still a decent option. But Matt Ryan , Roddy White, Michael Turner and Julio Jones -- talk about a loaded offense. Jones lit up the combine and is quite a physical specimen. He's not a fantastic deep threat and has acknowledged that he drops more balls than he should. But the dude is tough playmaker who is willing to grab the tough passes over the middle. Right away, I would put him above Michael Jenkins and Harry Douglas as the team's No. 2 WR. And with Gonzalez showing his age, Jones might be relied upon to produce quite a lot in his rookie season. I'm intrigued to see where he will go in fantasy drafts, but I think he's a nice pick in the middle-to-late rounds.