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The Falcons have indicated a willingness to shake up their roster competitions early

Related Topics: Competition, The Falcons, Ricky Ortiz

The Atlanta Falcons have had a vanishingly small number of practices to take a look at Daniel Marx and Luke McNitt, their burly undrafted free agent options at fullback. What they saw was a position in need of more competition, evidently, because they went out and got former Raven Ricky Ortiz and added him to the mix.

There are some settled positions on the roster, of course, but the Falcons sent a signal that they’re not going to hesitate to shake things up at those positions where players are legitimately competing for jobs. That’s rarely a bad thing, at the end of the day, because you learn new things about your current options on a weekly basis, and new players shake loose every couple of weeks or so anyways.