Free agency is awfully close. The Falcons are going to have to figure out who they want to add to this roster ahead of March, and if last year is any guide, Terry Fontenot and company will want to populate the roster with what they view as quality veterans who don’t break the bank. Some of those may be re-signed players—I’d expect one of Erik Harris or Duron Harmon to come back, for example—but the team will also look outside the walls of Flowery Branch for new additions.
It doesn’t hurt to look at teams these front office executives and coaches came from, especially when Dave Ragone stumped hard to add Cordarrelle Patterson, Arthur Smith presumably pushed for former favorites Tajae Sharpe and Parker Hesse, and executives like assistant director of college scouting Dwaune Jones had ties to early-offseason 2021 signings like punter Dom Maggio.