The Atlanta Falcons are one of six teams in the NFL with a vacant head coach position and one of seven franchises that need a new general manager. As the Falcons continue to interview various candidates – Joe Brady, Eric Bieniemy, Brad Holmes, Morocco Brown and Robert Saleh – analysts continue to classify the various jobs.
Tyler Sullivan of CBS Sports ranked the head coach vacancies in order from the least desired. Atlanta has been listed as the league’s least wanted coaching destination.
His reasoning is largely due to the age of defender Matt Ryan and he managed to reach for 2021. Coupled with that, the Falcons are now $ 31 million above the projected salary limit for 2021 and any candidate who enters would be behind that. 8th ball from the jump. Rich McKay said candidates do not express obvious concerns, but it is hard to imagine that this will not be a factor in accepting a position.
McKay also said he is not willing to jeopardize the team’s future in any attempt to win now. This probably means Atlanta will try to cling to Ryan if possible. The amount of dead money would handcuff the team in any reconstruction process.
Falcons have some important decisions to make during the offseason, including who to choose with the fourth general election in the 2021 draft