Aug 24, 2020; Flowery Branch, GA, USA; Atlanta Falcons defensive tackle Grady Jarrett loosens up for the second scrimmage on Monday, August 24, 2020 in Flowery Branch. Mandatory Credit: Curtis Compton/Pool Photo via USA TODAY Sports
The Atlanta Falcons will have to restructure several players in the coming months.
The five highest-paid Atlanta Falcons currently take up a whopping 66 percent of the current payroll. That leaves the franchise with no room to do anything with free agency and barely gives them room to sign the rookies they will draft in a tad over 60 days.
With cash currently at a premium, new general manager Terry Fontenot has said that the team will make some very difficult roster decisions in the very near future and this was after they cut quarterback Kurt Benkert, Ricardo Allen, and Allen Bailey.