A rare bit of good news for the Falcons comes Sunday morning. Only two years ago the Falcons strongly denied the team’s apparent cap issues. Through some “creative” cap measures, Thomas Dimitroff helped put Atlanta in the worst cap crunch of the team’s history. Terry Fontenot, responsible for cleaning up the resulting mess, was forced into making tough decisions as part of the team’s rebuild (or refresh, we still aren’t sure). That meant limited free agency spending in 2021. Very limited.
Thee team has certainly had its eyes on 2023 when new streaming and distribution deals are expected to raise the cap significantly.