The Falcons have clearly been thinking about upgrading their offensive line for a while now. As I noted the other day while arguing that the line would be a draft priority—my stance on that has not changed at all, by the way—Matt Hennessy, Matt Gono and Willie Wright at currently the only three options on the roster for the center and left guard jobs, a situation the team was unlikely to roll into the season with.
Atlanta was linked to Patriots center David Andrews but would’ve had to come up with an unrealistic amount of money to ultimately land him, so they turned their eyes to another Andrews who plays on the interior of the offensive line.