Arthur Smith says “expectation is to win now” while Falcons commit to Matt Ryan and dance the cap dance

Hannah Foslien/Getty Images The Falcons were the draft’s mystery team at #4. The consensus shortly before the draft built toward Kyle Pitts, but certainly few outcomes would’ve been truly surprising given the way Atlanta’s offseason had gone and the vagueness with which the team talked about their plans. The fact that they loved Pitts is not surprising—asking a former tight ends coach to pass up on perhaps one of the greatest tight end prospects in history is like asking Mario to jump over a super mushroom—but in my mind at least there was a big question about whether a new regime would take advantage of what was widely considered to be a terrific quarterback class and snag their post-Matt Ryan franchise quarterback right now. It was a question of whether Atlanta truly believed they could win right now or not, ultimately.

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