The Atlanta Falcons just pulled a head-scratcher of a move, cutting offensive lineman Wanya Morris after only trading for him back in June. Talk about a quick turnaround, right? You make a move for a guy, and then boom, he’s gone before the season even properly kicks off.
What Atlanta Gave Up For… This?
Let’s talk about that trade, because it makes this cut even wilder. Atlanta shipped a sixth-round pick to the Chiefs in exchange for Morris and a seventh-round pick. Not a huge haul, sure, but you don’t usually trade for a player and then just ditch him a couple months later. What’s the plan there, Atlanta? Did they seriously think he was the guy in June and change their minds that fast?
Morris’s Short-Lived Falcon Career and What’s Next
Morris was a third-round pick in 2023, so he’s not some journeyman nobody. He even had 43 regular-season appearances and 16 starts in his three years with the Chiefs. Now he’s due $1.432 million in 2026, and since he’s got fewer than four years of service in the league, he’ll hit the waiver wire. Will another team snatch him up? It’s a surprising turn for a young O-lineman with that kind of draft capital and experience. The Falcons clearly saw something they didn’t like, and they made a swift, if perplexing, decision.
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Originally reported by Pro Football Talk.
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