This time of the year is a brutal reminder about the business side of the NFL. Great players are released, and when that happens, speculation on where they’ll land next has become one of the great off-season NFL traditions.
Enter Matt Bryant, one of the all-time great kickers in Atlanta Falcons and NFL history, released today:
From the post by Dave Choate, Falcoholic blogger extraordinaire, and restaurant quality human being:
But it hurts especially because Bryant was so good and so beloved in Atlanta, where he made 88.7% of his kicks, nailed 250 field goals, converted 372 of 375 extra points, and was a comfort to nervous Falcons fans nearly every time he trotted out to try the kick.