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Falcons player's position change may have just saved his NFL career

The Atlanta Falcons drafted Western Kentucky's edge rusher DeAngelo Malone in 2023, hoping his negative play production would transfer to the NFL.

That has been anything but the case as he has just three sacks and seven tackles for loss in 49 games.

And then his place on the roster quickly disappeared after the additions of Leonard Floyd, Jalon Walker, and James Pearce Jr., as well as the return of Bralen Trice from injury.

But, one day into training camp, we learned of a position switch that may have just saved his spot on his hometown team.