The Falcons are going to largely pinch pennies and compress quarters in free agency this year, per their front office. We likely won’t see this team making big splashes, plural, or even a big splash, singular, until 2023 at the earliest.
That doesn’t mean they won’t sign interesting players, however, or that they won’t be able to improve the team in free agency. With legal tampering kicking off shortly and giving the Falcons and 31 other NFL teams an opportunity to talk to player agents and begin negotiating contracts in principle before the official start of free agency late Wednesday afternoon, we may even get some inkling of who they’re interested in before they can officially sign players.