ATBryant on Wednesday Stitched Damontae Kazee Jersey , ending the 10-year run of the team’s all-time leading scorer.The decision to not renew the team’s option on the 43-year-old Bryant comes despite another strong season in 2018, when he made 20 of 21 field goals and 33 of 35 extra points.Bryant’s only missed field goal was from 53 yards at Green Bay. He said the miss was “probably like a 60-yarder on a normal field.”Health concerns could have played a role in the Falcons’ decision. Bryant missed three games with a hamstring injury.Bryant insisted he is healthy.“I’m not retiring and I feel fine and plan on feeling even better with some changes to my offseason program,” he said on Twitter .Bryant also thanked Falcons fans for their support and added : “I take great pride in my body of work on and off the field. I hope I have represented you well while I was here.”Bryant recently told The Associated Press he wants to extend his career.“Yes, I am 43, and different things come along with that,” Bryant said. “As long as I can produce the way I think I can and I do it out there on the field, I’ll take the bumps and bruises. … Oh yeah, it’s not over. The journey goes on.”Falcons owner Arthur Blank took note of Bryant’s team-record 1,122 points and his honor of being named the team’s Walter Payton Man of the Year in 2013 and 2014. Blank said in a team statement Bryant “will be remembered as one of the greatest Falcons of all time.”Blank said Bryant “made countless memorable and game-winning kicks. His reliability and dependability were unmatched and he has been unflappable in pressure-filled moments.”Bryant set a team record with 158 points in the Falcons’ 2016 Super Bowl season.Giorgio Tavecchio was signed when Bryant was injured and was kept on the active roster for the remainder of the season in a move that could have been a hint of the plan to release Bryant.Tavecchio, 28, could be the starter in 2019 after making each of his five field goal attempts, including a 56-yarder, this season.The team’s release of Bryant comes one day after it cut another veteran Youth Damontae Kazee Jersey , cornerback Robert Alford. The release of Alford will clear $7.9 million in cap space for the 2019 season. The Bryant move clears $2.8 million in cap space.“There is no doubt he is one of the all-time great Falcons as he’s been an integral part of our success,” general manager Thomas Dimitroff said. “This was a difficult decision but one that was necessary for us to move forward into 2019. We have the utmost respect for the person and the player that Matt is, and we wish (him) and his family the best going forward.” During an interview on Tuesday morning, Falcons’ head coach Dan Quinn emphasized that the team would focus their efforts on adding depth at SS, EDGE, and CB."The NFL’s annual league meetings are underway in Arizona this week. There are a bunch of interesting topics under discussion, including the possibility of making DPI (and other non-reviewable penalties) either reviewable or able to be challenged. While we wait to hear the outcome on those topics, we also got some interesting tidbits on Tuesday morning in the form of interviews with Falcons’ head coach Dan Quinn.Quinn had a lot of informative things to say, including reaffirming that Atlanta is not moving away from the zone blocking scheme. Many fans have speculated that the addition of James Carpenter and Jamon Brown would lead to the team converting the running attack to a power scheme, but that is not the case. I’d expect the Falcons to utilize more inside zone concepts with their greater size on the interior (the “tweaks” that Quinn alluded to), but outside zone will still factor heavily into their offensive gameplan.Dan Quinn also gave us a possible clue into the team’s strategy heading into free agency and the draft.While the need at EDGE is rather obvious with the Falcons only having three on the roster at this point (Vic Beasley, Takkarist McKinley, and Steven Means) Stitched Giorgio Tavecchio Jersey , the other two positions were a little more of a surprise. The CB group lost three members this offseason in Robert Alford, Brian Poole, and special teams ace Justin Bethel—so it makes sense that the Falcons would look to add depth there. Keanu Neal is a great starter at SS, but his injury absence in 2018 exposed a lack of ideal depth with Jordan Richards failing in a big way.To me, EDGE is clearly the biggest remaining need on the team. We don’t know what we’re going to get from Beasley in 2019—though I expect it to be more similar to 2015, 2017, and 2018 than 2016—and although Takk still has plenty of room to grow and Steven Means is a capable rotational option, at least 1-2 more quality options need to be added just to fill out the roster. If the Falcons miss out on Ed Oliver, I’d expect their second choice to be a top EDGE like Brian Burns or Montez Sweat.CB is a little more nuanced, with Atlanta seemingly having their three starters locked in—Desmond Trufant and Isaiah Oliver on the outside with Damontae Kazee allegedly taking over the slot. Behind them, however, is a quality option in Blidi Wreh-Wilson but not much else. I’d expect the Falcons to target a developmental outside player like Isaiah Johnson on Day 2 or a slot specialist like Mark Fields or Jimmy Moreland on Day 3.I’m not sure I agree with the need for depth at SS, specifically. Jordan Richards played very poorly Youth Giorgio Tavecchio Jersey , but once Sharrod Neasman took over the job things improved drastically. I think Neasman is fine as Neal’s backup going into 2019. However, if Kazee is truly switching back to CB this season, the team needs another FS to backup Ricardo Allen. I think Atlanta may be getting more “versatile” with their safety prospects, so a player that can serve as depth at both safety spots—like Miami’s Sheldrick Redwine or Boston College’s Will Harris—could be a perfect fit.It’s also worth mentioning that Quinn didn’t clarify whether this focus would be in the draft or in free agency, but we can probably assume he’s mostly talking about the draft. Atlanta has very little cap space remaining, so outside of a relatively low cost signing on the DL (fingers crossed for Adrian Clayborn), I’d expect these moves to come either via draft selections or UDFAs.It just so happens that I had the Falcons taking an EDGE, CB, and SS in my most recent mock draft, so check it out if you haven’t already. What do you think about Quinn’s focus on SS, EDGE, and CB? Who are some prospects at those positions that you like for the Falcons?