It was one blunder after another for the Atlanta Falcons special teams unit in 2025. That’s what watching this special teams unit felt like for me. The AcesWhen you constantly rob from future drafts, you have to make a flurry of free agent signings to fill special teams holes, and that’s what Fontenot did in 2025 with signings like Mike Ford, Feleipe Franks, Teagan Quitoriano, and Jordan Fuller. Ian Cunningham will have to find a way to balance positional depth with special teams impact, something Terry Fontenot completely missed the mark on in 2025. The new staff did not retain Marquice Williams, and the Falcons hired two special teams coaches with experience running their own units, but both have had tenures riddled with failure.

Source: New York Times February 24, 2026 13:01 UTC