3 Free agents the Atlanta Falcons must avoid this off-season

As of now the Atlanta Falcons have $56 million in cap space and have the ability to push that number near $70 million without making high-impact cuts. Free agency for once will see the Falcons shopping in any aisle they wish after three years of bargain hunting unable to keep their own players or land top targets.

With this comes new pressure for Terry Fontenot and Arthur Smith to avoid the contracts that buried Atlanta when the duo first took over. Atlanta’s front office has spent the first two years of their tenure simply digging themselves out of a bad cap situation opting for short-term pain over long-term gain.

Atlanta needs to be extremely cautious about which players they choose to spend on. With talent obviously needed at a myriad of positions in a wide-open NFC Atlanta is going to have to swing big while making wise decisions.

Looking at the list of possible free agent fits for the Atlanta Falcons three names stand out as fits at first glance but players Atlanta must avoid. This isn’t to say that these players can’t have success elsewhere but rather for Atlanta’s system and for their current cap space signing any of these three would be a huge mistake for a team that finally has a chance to contend again.