As you all know by now, the recent news of defensive tackle Paul Soliai being released soon should not come as much as a surprise. The 32 year-old tackle was a nice option at the nose tackle position for Atlanta due to the defensive scheme requiring a heavy anchor at the 1-tech.
Yet, he was due to make over $6 million over the course of the 2016 season and for a guy who plays roughly 20-30 plays a game, with an injury history, Soliai was making a little more than he should. When Soliai is cut, it leaves a hole at the 1-tech defensive tackle spot and the team may eye the 2016 draft in the later rounds to fill that void.