The number of unsigned players remaining on PFT’s initial top 100 list of free agents is getting smaller and smaller and one of the last guys left is scheduled for a visit with the Falcons.
Ian Rapoport of NFL Media reports that linebacker Courtney Upshaw is set to visit Atlanta. Upshaw, who is No. 33 on the list, has already visited the Jets since the start of free agency and there’s been word of possible interest from the 49ers and Patriots as well.
Upshaw was a second-round pick of the Ravens in 2012 and has spent most of his NFL career in the starting lineup. Upshaw has started 51 times in 64 regular season appearances and four of the six playoff games that the Ravens have played during his tenure, including the team’s Super Bowl XLVII victory over the 49ers.
Upshaw has been better against the run than as a pass rusher in his time with Baltimore and would join Derrick Shelby, Sean Weatherspoon and LaRoy Reynolds as new arrivals in Atlanta’s front seven if he winds up signing with the Falcons.
