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FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. - Atlanta Falcons coach Raheem Morris and defensive coordinator Jimmy Lake took then-free agent defensive end James Smith-Williams out for a steak dinner in the swanky Buckhead area of the city in April.
The point of the meeting was to woo Smith-Williams to Atlanta after he spent the first four years of his career with the Washington Commanders. In doing so, Morris and Lake laid out exactly what was going to be expected of the former seventh-round pick: versatility and stuffing the run at both the defensive end and outside linebacker positions.