The Falcons figured to try to trade Mohamed Sanu, given that they seemed unlikely to keep him in 2020 with their cap crunch, but the timing and the return were both major surprises to me. If you’re just catching up, the Falcons traded Sanu to the Patriots for a 2nd rounder this morning, and that kind of move reverberates through the entire organization.
Here are some disorganized notes—I haven’t had any coffee yet, after all—on what this means for a handful of Falcons and the team itself.
The biggest beneficiary of this trade—though he may not view it that way immediately, given how apparently beloved Sanu was among the receiver corps—is definitely Gage.