Rodger Saffold was the crown jewel of the free agent guard class back in 2019 and a player that Falcons fans were dying to see the team sign. Infamously, Atlanta instead wound up with James Carpenter and Jamon Brown and Saffold spent the last three years in Tennessee paving the way for Derrick Henry.
You can’t erase that mistake from history—lord, do we wish we could erase a lot of Falcons mistake from history—but there’s now an opportunity to get Saffold in Atlanta. That’s because the Titans just cut him.
Atlanta is going to have to be choosy about where they spend their dollars in free agency this year, but it’s evident they need to upgrade either left guard or center rather than simply trusting that Matt Hennessy and Jalen Mayfield are both going to take major leaps forward after lackluster seasons in 2021.