The first week of the new league year is in the books and the transaction gods have blessed us with a flurry of moves that have shifted NFL power balances. Some teams are gearing up for a rookie quarterback, another appears to be preparing for a season without their quarterback and the Lions are building a team that might be quarterback-proof.
First, let’s start with a team that’s blowing it big time by not trying to add an MVP-level quarterback.
Falcons should have been all over a Lamar Jackson trade
Lamar Jackson has had a quiet start to his time under the franchise tag with no teams making a push for him, for whatever reason, but there’s one team that should have swung harder to get Jackson than any other franchise: the Atlanta Falcons.