Cliff Matthews is coming back to the Falcons, but he won’t be tackling anyone this time around. At last, I don’t think he’s supposed to.
Matthews is one of four Bill Walsh Coaching Fellows for 2021 Falcons training camp, joining strength and conditioning fellow Tessa Grossman, tights ends and running backs fellow Capetillo and special teams fellow Darryl Jackson. Matthews, who was a solid rotational run stopper over 35 games and several seasons with the Falcons, will be working with the team’s outside linebackers. That’s a large group with a varied set of roles, and it comes one year after Atlanta brought aboard one fellow in 2020 (former Georgia Bulldog Nick Jones) for training camp.