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Back again for 2017! Fuck the Saints!

This thread is for the community and based on the feedback from the community.

Discussion thread about Falcons free agency moves, salary cap changes, and NFL draft picks. Please bear with me, I will try to keep this updated as often as possible. Feel free to offer any feedback in the comments.

Salary Cap Space: $6,719,548 calculated here (approximate pending release of contract details and transactions)

Contract details will be added and edited as they are released:

2017 Falcons Free Agency Tracker (RFA in italics) (Updated: 03/23/17) Players in bold are signed from other teams.

2017 Team	Player	Position	Length (yrs.)	Salary	Guaranteed	Salary Cap Change ( /-)	Dead Money	Former Team
Falcons	Ryan Schraeder	RT	5	$32 million	$7.5 million	- $2.3 million	$7.4 million	Falcons
Falcons	Robert Alford	CB	4	$38 million	$21 million	- $9.6 million	$20.4 million	Falcons
Falcons	Taylor Gabriel	WR	1	$2.81 million				Falcons
Falcons	Matt Schaub	QB	2	$9 million				Falcons
Falcons	Ricardo Allen	FS	1	$615,000				Falcons
Falcons	Courtney Upshaw	DT/DE	1	$1.15 million	$125,000	-$1.15 million	$125k	Falcons
Falcons	LaRoy Reynolds	LB	1	$1.3 million	$250,000	-$1.3 million	$250k	Falcons
Falcons	Levine Toilolo	TE	3	$12 million	$3 million	-$2.5 million	$4.5 million	Falcons
Falcons	Kemal Ishmael	SS	1	$2.5 million	$1 million	-$1.9 million		Falcons
Falcons	Blidi Wreh-Wilson	CB	1	$775,000				Falcons
Falcons	Jack Crawford	DE/DT	3	$10.3 million	$3 million	-$2.1 million	$3.8 million	Cowboys
Falcons	Andre Roberts	WR	1	$1.8 million	$1.6 million	-$1.8 million	$75k	Lions
Falcons	Dontari Poe	DT/QB/FB	1	$8 million	$7.5 million	-$8 million		Chiefs
Falcons	Hugh Thornton	OG	1					Colts
Falcons	Derrick Coleman	FB						Seahawks
Falcons	Soma Vainuku	FB						Texans
Falcons	Ben Garland	DT/C						Falcons
Bills	Patrick DiMarco	FB	4	$8.4 million	$3.3 million			Falcons
Lions	Paul Worrilow	MLB	1	$3 million	$2.25 million			Falcons
49ers	Aldrick Robinson	WR	2	$4 million	$500,000			Falcons
Bears	Tom Compton	OG	1	$1.85 million	$850,000			Falcons
Titans	Eric Weems	WR/PR						Falcons
	Johnathan Babineaux	DT						Falcons
	Jacob Tamme	TE						Falcons
	Sean Weatherspoon	LB						Falcons
	Dwight Freeney	DE						Falcons
	Philip Wheeler	OLB						Falcons
	Tyson Jackson	DL				4.25 million	$3.2 million	Falcons

Allen tendered and will be RFA next year. Gabriel tendered at $2.81 million for a 2nd round pick.

Tyson Jackson is designated as a post-June 1st cut. Dead money is based on pre-June 1st cuts.

Chris Chester retired.

Expired contract (EC) players are not included until they sign new contracts with NFL teams, as they do not affect cap space. To view expired contract players click here for full list of Falcons FA.

Confirmed transactions can be found here.

NFL Draft Picks 2017

Player	Overall Pick	Position	College Team
Takkarist Mckinley	26 (1)	OLB/DE	UCLA
Duke Riley	75 (2)	ILB	LSU
Sean Harlow	136	OG	Oregon State
Damontae Kazee	149 (2)	DB	San Diego State
Brian Hill	156 (2)	RB	Wyoming
Eric Saubert	174	TE	Drake

1. Acquired for 1st round pick (31st overall), 3rd round pick (95th overall) and 7th round pick (249th overall).

2. Acquired for 2nd round pick (63rd overall).

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