The Falcons have had a messy left guard situation ever since 2018, when Andy Levitre got hurt, Wes Schweitzer started the rest of the games at the position, and Atlanta decided they never wanted to do that again. Thanks to injury, ineffectiveness and so forth, the Falcons have played Schweitzer, James Carpenter, Justin McCray, Matt Hennessy, and Matt Gono there at different times over the past couple of seasons, and it remains a trouble spot heading into 2021.
Right now, the only guard options under contract are Carpenter and Hennessy. The former is an obvious candidate to be a cap casualty, given that Atlanta can save $3.