An early look at the 2018 Draft: Defensive End

Looking ahead to the 2018 offseason, the Falcons have several players on expiring contracts. They also have some guys that they could possibly let walk, in order to continue building through the draft and free up additional cap space. Let’s take a closer look.

Edge Rushers

Re-sign Adrian Clayborn: A pending free agent, Clayborn really came into his own this season. He has over 40 pressures to go with his team leading 8 sacks and 31 QB hits. He very well could be re-signed at the end of the season.

If he walks, due to the premium pricing on edge defenders, don’t fret too much—the thing about this defense is that 5 players (including Clayborn) have played over 300 snaps. Which sounds good, but…