Report: Atlanta Falcons are in ‘a world of trouble’ with changing NFL salary cap

Report: Atlanta Falcons are in ‘a world of trouble’ with changing NFL salary cap

The Atlanta Falcons are well over the minimum salary cap number for the 2021 NFL season and there is growing concern that- when the final salary cap number is released- that they could be in serious trouble.

According to the latest report from ESPN’s Dianna Russini, there are several teams around the league who are going to be in major financial trouble this season and two that were pointed out by ESPN’s ‘Get Up‘ were the New Orleans Saints and the Atlanta Falcons.

Russini shared that she had texted with an NFL coach and that there were going to be a ton of cuts coming up in the near future.

The Atlanta Falcons are currently in one of the worst financial situations in the entire league

There are no easy cuts or restructures to get under the cap when you’re $27.6 million above the cap and only have 39 active players on your roster.

The absolute mismanaging of the salary cap that can be pinned on the previous regime is almost laughable if it weren’t so bad.

The Falcons are going to have to fill out a roster, make cuts and put off paying players into the next few years just to fill out their spaces. That’s how bad it is currently and Russini points that out in her report.

Is there a path to the Falcons getting under the cap and still signing free agents and such? Yes. Is it any easy path? Absolutely not.

Terry Fontenot has a big task on his hands as he manages the budget and looks ahead to the future. The one thing Falcons fans need to hope for is that he is able to maneuver the cap for this season without handcuffing the franchise for years to come as a result. It’s a fine line and something that absolutely is going to take a ton of work on his part.