After a brutal preseason slate that saw the Falcons get stomped in all three games, it was fair to wonder whether Atlanta would prioritize the players they had all summer for their practice squad or try to scoop up players from other teams, especially given Terry Fontenot’s reputation for finding affordable additions. In the end, Atlanta did add one player off waivers and add one player cut by another team, but largely they stuck with the guys they had become familiar with over the course of training camp and preseason.
I don’t have a lot of complaints about that, even if it comes as a slight surprise to me that they didn’t fill out, say a quarter of the practice squad with outside options.