The Falcons haven’t always stuck to their stated plan the past two offseasons, but they’ve been pretty consistent about at least one thing: Stocking the roster with affordable veterans at perceived positions of need. The idea, as Terry Fontenot has made clear more than once, is to avoid going into the draft with any roster holes you have to address just to be able to put a competent team on the field. The 2022 offseason, with its many signings, has been a good example of that approach.
Of course, when your roster doesn’t have many long-term building blocks, virtually everything is already a need beyond this season.