Sep 15, 2019; Atlanta, GA, USA; Atlanta Falcons wide receiver Julio Jones (11) scores the game-winning touchdown against the Philadelphia Eagles in the fourth quarter at Mercedes-Benz Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Brett Davis-USA TODAY Sports
Salary cap hell: the most common trope used by fans and the media to define the Atlanta Falcons entering the 2021 season. From there, it’s gone in completely farcical levels of insanity.
Should the Atlanta Falcons trade Matt Ryan? What about restructuring contracts given the ability to with the wording in signed contracts?
Or, better yet, the craziest level of insanity: the Falcons must trade star wide receiver, Julio Jones, do so immediately (or post-June 1) and part ways with a player that former general manager Thomas Dimitroff traded up to acquire, despite the major pushback from his former boss, a man named Bill Belichick (where’s that name been heard before?