Feleipe Franks did something remarkable in 2021: He stuck on the Falcons roster for an entire season. The reputedly raw passer out of Arkansas seemed like an obvious practice squad candidate for a team that hasn’t made a habit out of developing young quarterbacks for a long time, but instead he both stuck around and actually played, albeit not very often as an actual quarterback.
Franks’ confused 2021 role can best be described as Arthur Smith drawing Taysom Hill from memory in a pitch black room, as he chipped in on special teams, occasionally lined up under center, ran the ball a couple of times and lined up as a tight end.