Tomorrow, free agency begins. That might not be the official time and date, but it begins nonetheless, because deals will be agreed to in principle that will be made official after 4 p.m. on Wednesday.
That period is known as legal tampering, where teams and agents can negotiate deals, haggle and hammer them out, and agree to them in principle before free agency actually opens. That means the Falcons, with all their cap space and desire to improve the roster, can and likely will work out at least a deal or two early this week, and that we’ll know about them.