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Getty Images The Falcons need to improve their run game and are poaching a back from a division rival in an effort to do it. Multiple reports indicate Mike Davis will sign with the Falcons on a two-year contract. According to Ian Rapoport of NFL Media, the deal is worth $5.5 million, with $3...

Getty Images The Falcons added running back Mike Davis on Tuesday morning and have made another move for depth on defense and special teams. Per Ian Rapoport of NFL Media, Atlanta is signing former first-round pick Barkevious Mingo to a one-year deal. Mingo spent the 2020 season with the...

Getty Images Cowboys defensive coordinator Dan Quinn will have a familiar face to work with in 2021. Dallas is signing safety Keanu Neal to a one-year, $5 million deal according to Tom Pelissero of NFL Media. Neal was able to get through the 2020 season healthy after playing just four games...

Getty Images Yes, the receiver market is down. In most years, the path to setting a new bar at a given position comes from unrestricted free agency. This year, Giants receiver Kenny Golladay got the best free-agent contract at his position. It reportedly averages $18 million per year. That...

Getty Images Linebacker Brandon Copeland is headed to Atlanta. The Falcons announced that they have signed Copeland to a one-year contract on Friday. They also announced their previously reported deal with safety Erik Harris. Copeland signed with the Patriots last offseason and started four...

Getty Images Aside from restructuring contracts and having players take pay cuts, the Falcons have been quiet for the first few days of free agency. But now word has emerged that they’re adding a veteran defensive player. Per Vic Tafur of TheAthletic.com, Atlanta is signing safety Erik...

Getty Images Free agency only officially began today, but most of the top free agents already know where they are playing next season. The top six players on PFT’s top 100 were franchised and/or have signed a new deal with the team they were with last season. Only 12 of the top 50 remain...

Getty Images The NFL released the list of 26 restricted free agents who received qualifying offers from their team and who are subject to the first refusal/draft choice compensation system of the NFL Collective Bargaining Agreement. Other teams have until April 23 to sign a restricted free...

Getty Images For the second time in the wee hours of Wednesday morning, the 49ers have made a big move on their offensive line. The 49ers are expected to sign free agent center Alex Mack, Ian Rapoport of NFL Network reports. That news comes about an hour after the news that left tackle Trent...

Getty Images The Falcons opened up a good chunk of cap space by restructuring quarterback Matt Ryan‘s contract this week and they created a bit more by reworking defensive tackle Tyeler Davison‘s deal. Davison was set to make $3.45 million in salary and bonuses during the 2021 season, but Zach...

USA TODAY Sports Edge rusher Dante Fowler signed a three-year, $48 million deal with the Falcons last spring. But after a disappointing first season with the club and Atlanta needing to save against the salary cap, Fowler apparently won’t see all of that money. According to Jeff Schultz of...

Getty Images The Bills may or may not acquire Zach Ertz, whom the Eagles have given permission to seek a trade, but Buffalo now has an opening in its tight ends room. The Bills are trading Lee Smith to the Falcons for a 2022 late-round pick, Adam Schefter of ESPN reports. It saves the Bills...

Getty Images The Browns are signing Takk McKinley to a one-year deal with a maximum value of $4 million, Jonathan Jones of CBS Sports reports. McKinley has not played since he was with the Falcons, seeing action in an Oct. 25 game against the Lions. The Falcons waived McKinley on Nov. 9, and...

Getty Images The Falcons have talked about adding a quarterback to the roster this offseason, but they shot down suggestions that Matt Ryan would be going anywhere and that’s almost certainly the case after restructuring his contract. Ryan was set to have a cap hit of $40.9 million for the...

Getty Images The Texans are bringing in more depth along their offensive line. According to multiple reports, Houston will sign guard Justin McCray to a two-year, $4 million deal with up to $1.5 million available in incentives. McCray spent the 2020 season with the Falcons, appearing in 10...

Getty Images North Dakota State quarterback Trey Lance got a good turnout of NFL decision makers at his Pro Day workout on Friday. Among those reported to attend were Jets General Manager Joe Douglas, Falcons General Manager Terry Fontenot and head coach Arthur Smith, Lions head coach Dan...

Getty Images The Falcons re-signed four of their exclusive rights free agents on Thursday and added a fifth to the list on Friday. The team announced that tight end Jaeden Graham has signed a deal for the 2021 season. Graham signed with the Falcons after going undrafted out of Yale in 2018...

Getty Images Left tackle Jake Matthews is signed through the 2023 season and that offered the Falcons a way to clear cap space for the 2021 season. D. Orlando Ledbetter of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that the Falcons have restructured Matthews’ deal. They did so by converting much...

Getty Images Trey Lance is not likely to wait long on draft day. The questions are: Who will draft him and how high? The North Dakota State star is one of the quarterbacks expected to hear his name in the first round of the April 29 draft. Lance, who went 17-0 in his college career and threw...

Getty Images Safety Damontae Kazee becomes a free agent next week. The Falcons are not expected to re-sign him, Ian Rapoport of NFL Media reports. That is not a surprise. Kazee, 27, tore an Achilles in an Oct. 5 game, ending his 2020 season after four games. Thus, he could have a wait before...