The Falcons had a decision to make at the NFL trade deadline. Were they going to be buyers, trying to bolster their chances of winning the NFC South for the first time in a very long while? Or would they be sellers, recognizing that this team isn’t ready to make any sort of deep run?
In the end, they did what the Falcons have often done with Terry Fontenot at the helm and mostly elected to stay the course, trading two players away and acquiring one. This has been a patient, pain-staking process for an Atlanta team tasked with getting out from under a series of onerous contracts, and while they’re 4-4 and in a prime position to compete in the division, the organization still has it eyes on 2023.