Usually you don’t upgrade at a position in late November, but the Falcons pulled it off this season. Cameron Nizialek and Dustin Colquitt both delivered solid weeks before stints on injured reserve and the reserve/COVID-list, respectively, ended their time in Atlanta, but Thomas Morstead has been a revelation.
The longtime player for a team we don’t like and short-term Jet was inexplicably let go by New York midseason and wound up signing in Atlanta on November 23. Over the last five weeks, he’s punted 16 times and has shown off his booming leg and ability to pin opposing offenses deep in their own territory, both of which have been welcome for an overtaxed defense.