Sterling Hofrichter came into 2021 expected to be the team’s punter for a second straight season, though he was facing new competition in the form of Dom Maggio, a former Raven the team made the first free agent signing of the Terry Fontenot era. Now it appears he won’t get the chance to compete for the starting job this year, as the team waived him with an injury designation and added punter Cameron Nizialek.
This surprising move comes just ahead of the start of the first padded practice of Falcons training camp, and leaves Atlanta with two fresh faces set to compete for the punter job.