The Falcons didn’t need to radically transform their special teams after a terrific 2022 season for that group, and wisely, they did not.
With the draft over and free agency far behind us, Atlanta’s plan was essentially to run it back. They had Younghoe Koo under contract at kicker already, brought back punter Bradley Pinion and long snapper Liam McCullough, and appear set to roll ahead with some combination of Avery Williams and Cordarrelle Patterson handling returns again. Their coverage unit will inevitably look a bit different, but they did bring back a top-shelf gunner in KhaDarel Hodge.