Dante Fowler Jr. has agreed to sign with the Falcons, as Ian Rapoport of NFL.com tweets. It’s a three-year deal for the pass rusher (per Rapoport). Fowler will be getting a whopping $48MM over the three years, ESPN’s Vaughn McClure tweets.
The former third-overall pick joined the Rams via trade midway through the 2018 season. He finally exploded for a career season in 2019, finishing with career-highs in tackles (58), sacks (11.5), passes defended (six), and forced fumbles (two).
Fowler had spent the first four-plus seasons of his career with the Jaguars, including a rookie campaign that was wiped out thanks to a torn ACL.
In Atlanta, he’ll be playing under head coach Dan Quinn, who actually worked with Fowler when the two were at Florida. He’ll immediately provide some reinforcement to a pass rush that recently lost Vic Beasley via free agency.
With the Falcons being low in space space, the past two days have mostly been highlighted by players they’ve released, including running back Devonta Freeman. Otherwise, they’ve extended defensive tackle Tyeler Davison and traded for tight end Hayden Hurst.
According to Rapoport, the Rams tried to retain Fowler. The team has already seen several key defensive free agents leave, including linebacker Cory Littleton (Raiders) and defensive lineman Michael Brockers (Ravens).
Thank god. Good move.
I know right…thank goodness we need a player like this bad.
Nice pickup
I did not expect the Falcons to get someone in his ability range. Sadly, I don’t know much about his play style.
Is he a run up the field trying to get a glory sack every play kind of guy, or can he set the edge and play against the run and do the ‘low’ credit stuff?
How do they have the cap space?
released half the team two days ago lol
LOL. Seems like it. League minimum coming up for a few new guys.
I looked over at OverTheCap and found the following valuations:
Player – OTC Valuation – 2019 Salary
Vic Beasley – $6,184,000 – $3,623,087
Fowler – $13,990,000 – $12,000,000
That shows just how much better they view Fowler overall, but it also surprisingly shows Beasley was a bargain for the Falcons last year. Man, the DE market must be hurting. I will readily agree that DE’s are judged far too often on a single stat, but I think it’s safe to say that Beasley is below average against the run and average at best on coverage and pressure.
They still stink, matt Ryan isn’t worth all that $$$. Yall choked in the SB. AT LEAST my man Joe won the ravens a SB .
I would of kept Beasley instead
no
no way jose…he doesn’t have a legit motor. Quinn stuck his neck for him and exercised the 5th year option, Vic thanked him by not showing up to any voluntary workouts…No Motor or Drive! smh
Will be interesting to see how he does without the other stud linemen around him like he had In LA.
Without a stud? And you think Grady Jarrett ISN’T a stud lineman??? lol
I hate being low on space space!