In the 1990s, NFL free agency was still a relatively modest thing. Eventually it would morph into an annual phenomenon that changed the NFL and its landscape forever, but that was not the case for the time period we’re discussing today.
As you may very well know, the magnitude of it all is potentially seeing NFL stars switching jerseys and possibly making a good team significantly better. The Falcons in 1994, however, were facing the other side of that coin, as they were mulling whether to lose a star and make their team significantly worse. We all know what that decision was.