The triumph of the Matt Bryant contract aside, this Falcons offseason has been all about shedding. The Falcons have cut ties with Dontari Poe and Taylor Gabriel, however unofficially, and they literally cut Levine Toilolo and Derrick Shelby. With somewhere between $11-$14 million in cap space at the moment, depending on how Matt Bryant’s contract is structured, the Falcons simply will not and cannot be major players in free agency this year. That’s reality with a $177 million dollar or so cap, which the NFL just announced last night.
The Falcons will need to be ready to let their young talent thrive in 2018
