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How the Falcons have capitalized on their long-awaited opportunity to spend in free agency

Inheriting an organizational mess to the extent of the one the Falcons were in three years ago was always going to be difficult for Terry Fontenot and Arthur Smith. After multiple years of trying to convince themselves they could contend in 2019 and 2020, the franchise needed a full reset after failing abysmally in both seasons.

Enough was enough attempting to convince themselves they could put the pieces together to revive the Super Bowl aspirations of 2017 and 2018. It was time for the new regime to work towards creating a new era of Falcons football.

They knew multiple years of patience and working around cap constraints were required before being able to put their complete stamp on the roster.