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Falcons waive QB Kurt Benkert, WR Laquon Treadwell

It appears the Falcons will again carry just two quarterbacks on their 53-man roster this season after the team released third-string QB Kurt Benkert on Saturday morning.

It appears the Falcons will again carry just two quarterbacks on their 53-man roster this season after the team released third-string QB Kurt Benkert on Saturday morning, per ESPN’s Vaughn McClure.

Benkert could be another practice-squad candidate since the team gets to keep 16 players in 2020. Atlanta waived quarterback Kyle Lauletta on Saturday morning as well, just two days after signing him.

ESPN’s Adam Schefter is reporting the team has also released wide receiver Laquon Treadwell, the former first-round pick.

Stay tuned for more roster news as the NFL’s cut deadline is today at 4 p.m. ET.

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Examining the contracts of WR Laquon Treadwell, LB LaRoy Reynolds

The Falcons added two more players to their roster over the weekend, agreeing to terms with wide receiver Laquon Treadwell and linebacker LaRoy Reynolds.

The Falcons added two more players to their roster over the weekend, agreeing to terms with wide receiver Laquon Treadwell and linebacker LaRoy Reynolds.

According to ESPN’s Vaughn McClure, Treadwell signed a one-year, $910,000 deal, but it will only count $750,000 against the cap in 2020. Reynolds’ is a one-year, $1,050,000 million contract that will also count for just $750,000 against the cap this season:

Checking in on the Falcons’ cap figure at Over The Cap, it looks like the team has about $13.83 million, however, the contracts of Dante Fowler Jr. and Todd Gurley are not yet figured into that number, meaning Atlanta will again be fighting the cap this season.

General manager Thomas Dimitroff has already restructured the contracts of Matt Ryan and Jake Matthews, and don’t be surprised to see a few more Falcons players doing the same before the 2020 draft.

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