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What we learned from the first week of Atlanta Falcons OTAs

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What does excellence in OTAs really mean? It can be a harbinger of good things to come in the season ahead, but I'm not sure it's all that meaningful when a guy shows up, to use the old saw, "in the best shape of his life." Those are the lessons to be taken away from the first week of OTAs, which wrapped up on Thursday.

We gave it a day because there was a lot to talk about yesterday, but we always like to wrap up what we've learned after we've had a little time to digest, so let's do that now.