Dante Fowler is fresh off a career year where he compiled 11.5 sacks, 16 tackles for loss, and 35 total pressures. As a 25-year-old hitting the open market, he figured to have a ton of suitors even if that was his first truly big season, and indeed a number of teams were linked to him over the last three months. The Falcons, reportedly, are the ones who landed him.
Fowler effectively will replace Vic Beasley in this defense after the Falcons unceremoniously ended his five year run in Atlanta this offseason by declining to negotiate a new deal with him.