When your head coach is a longtime defensive backs coach, your assistant head coach is a longtime defensive backs coach, and your franchise justifiably views the secondary as a critical piece of the team, you’re going to stack depth there. That’s particularly true when roster limits are expanded in the summer, and it explains why the Falcons have pruned a couple areas of the roster in the last week to add defensive backs.
Previously it was wide receiver Makai Polk exiting in favor of safety Henry Black, and over the weekend they added cornerback Grayland Arnold while cutting ties with offensive lineman Kilian Zierer.