Courtney Upshaw to Falcons: Latest Contract Details, Comments and Reaction

March 25, 2016   ·   Joseph Zucker   ·   Jump to comments

After experiencing four successful seasons with the Baltimore Ravens, Courtney Upshaw is moving on to a new challenge. The veteran linebacker agreed to terms Friday with the Atlanta Falcons on an undisclosed deal, the team announced.

Upshaw is one of the more interesting linebackers on this year's free-agent market in terms of seeing how teams would value his skill set.
Most edge defenders—even those who line up on the strong side—are expected to contribute to the pass rush. That was never the case for Upshaw, who has just five sacks in 64 career regular-season games. He's also never had more than 60 combined tackles in a single season.
As NFL Media's Ian Rapoport explained to Ryan Mink of BaltimoreRavens.com, that serves to make evaluating Upshaw difficult: "It's really tough to figure out [Upshaw] because he's never going to have the stats. But he's a very good football player. You can see what he does at the point of attack, how physical he i...

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