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The Falcons made a quiet yet sneaky move this week by signing free agent Tight End Jacob Tamme to a two-year contract. Tamme played with Peyton Manning's Denver Broncos last season while the Falcons struggled to get anything going at tight end.
The move says quite a bit about how both teams feel about their respective depth at the position. For Tamme's former team in the Broncos, the move signifies how much Denver intends to utilize recently acquired tight end Owen Daniels. Tamme probably wouldn't have had many opportunities this season, similar to how a majority of his looks went to Julius Thomas.
On the Atlanta side of things, the team seems poised to bolster their TE depth by adding a more pass-catching friendly player in Tamme. Coming into his third season, it would appear that Levine Toilolo is set in his role as a more blocking-type of TE where as Tamme could easily become a red-zone threat.
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