{"id":854328,"date":"2026-04-05T01:33:23","date_gmt":"2026-04-05T01:33:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/854328\/"},"modified":"2026-04-05T01:33:23","modified_gmt":"2026-04-05T01:33:23","slug":"4-underrated-offseason-moves-falcons-fans-arent-talking-about-nearly-enough","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/854328\/","title":{"rendered":"4 underrated offseason moves Falcons fans aren’t talking about nearly enough"},"content":{"rendered":"

It has been a busy offseason for the Atlanta Falcons, from coaching and general manager changes to nonstop talk about quarterbacks<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Ironically, though, the offseason has consisted of a lot of bargain-bin shopping by Ian Cunningham. He is clearly trying to do what the previous general manager, Terry Fontenot, didn’t: build depth.<\/a> <\/p>\n

And with that, there have been many sequences of moves that should be garnering more attention from fans<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Falcons fans should be more excited about these genius offseason moves1. Moving on from Tyler Allgeier for Brian Robinson Jr.<\/p>\n

Everyone would’ve loved to have had Tyler Allgeier return, but it was never going to happen. The former 1,000-yard rusher moved to the desert on a two-year, $12.25 million contract.<\/a><\/p>\n

So the Falcons turned their attention to a different physical runner who came with a cheaper price tag<\/a> — Brian Robinson Jr. The former Commander and 49er has had an underrated career since coming out of Alabama. In fact, he has three 700-yard seasons in the NFL compared to Allgeier’s one.<\/p>\n

While there were extenuating circumstances with Allgeier, the Falcons couldn’t have made a better pivot<\/a> at backup running back.<\/p>\n

2. Signing Samson Ebukam and Azeez Ojulari<\/p>\n

These are two players we should be talking about more; they have shown to be quality edge rushers throughout their NFL careers — something the Falcons needed more of with the uncertainty around James Pearce Jr.<\/p>\n

Last offseason, Nate Ollie talked about his plan<\/a> to constantly rotate his defensive linemen to keep them fresh. Unfortunately, things didn’t play out that way later in the season due to some short-term injuries.<\/p>\n

Signing these off-the-edge threats were A+ moves, even if they aren’t household names. Ojulari and Ebukam each come with eight-plus-sack potential <\/a>and the ability to have more line changes.<\/p>\n

3. Replacing Kaden Elliss with Christian Harris<\/p>\n

Perhaps it is cognitive dissonance, but Cunningham may have made a genius, yet criticized move by letting Kaden Elliss walk (especially since he returned to the Saints)<\/a> for a relatively unknown player in Christian Harris.<\/p>\n

While Elliss will likely be the better all-around player in 2026, Harris can be a surprise contributor, like Divine Deablo was last season. You also cannot overlook that he came from DeMeco Ryans’ team<\/a>, who develops the most tenacious defenders.<\/p>\n

4. Signing Nick Folk<\/p>\n

Not often can you praise (or even have the opportunity to praise) the signing of a 41-year-old, but that is what I will do.<\/p>\n

Last season, the Falcons went through Younghoe Koo, Parker Romo, and Zane Gonzalez. Gonzalez ended up doing a fantastic job, but the Falcons noticed a potential upgrade<\/a> on the open market in the form of a guy who ruined their playoff hopes, Nick Folk.<\/p>\n

Folk has quietly been the league’s most accurate kicker with three consecutive years leading the league in FG%. He has also converted on 22 of his 25 attempts of over 50 yards over the past four seasons. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It has been a busy offseason for the Atlanta Falcons, from coaching and general manager changes to nonstop…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":854329,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2074],"tags":[223,254,2554,224,7,6],"class_list":{"0":"post-854328","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-atlanta-falcons","8":"tag-atlanta","9":"tag-atlanta-falcons","10":"tag-atlantafalcons","11":"tag-falcons","12":"tag-football","13":"tag-nfl"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116349527869885365","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/854328","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=854328"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/854328\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/854329"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=854328"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=854328"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=854328"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}