When the Atlanta Falcons signed LaRoy Reynolds, they knew they were getting a solid reserve who could start in a pinch, plus a core special teamer. It’s fair to say they’ve missed him with Duke Riley’s struggles and then injury, and their lack of trust in Kemal Ishmael as a starting linebacker in his absence. Thankfully, he’s back.
Reynolds, 26, put up 30 tackles a year ago for Atlanta, and was one of the building blocks of the special teams unit along with Ishmael and C.J. Goodwin. Now that he’s back, he’s a mortal lock to take the 15-20 special teams snaps currently going to Jermaine Grace, and he’ll almost certainly get some time on the field at linebacker if he’s healthy enough.