As we edge closer to the start of free agency, teams are going to start to make major cuts and re-sign their own guys. With a significantly reduced salary cap, those cuts are expected to be significant across the NFL.
That is deeply unfortunate for the players, who are going to be facing cuts when they might not have been in years past and facing a market that’s unlikely to be heavy on expensive, multi-year deals. The number of one year pacts this season as teams and players alike try to maintain some flexibility is going to be significant, and the Falcons will very much fit into that.