Falcons Free-Agent Target WR Jarvis Landry to Visit Atlanta

Jarvis Landry needs a home. The Falcons need a receiver. Seems like a match made in Heaven, right?

Jeremy Brener | Mar 16, 2022

With NFL free agency setting the league on fire this week, the Atlanta Falcons are in the receiver market.

One player that could be the upgrade the Falcons are looking for is five-time Pro Bowler Jarvis Landry.

Jarvis Landry

Arthur Smith

Calvin Ridley

Landry, 29, was cut by the Cleveland Browns Monday after four seasons with the team. Landry is on his way out to make room for new acquisition Amari Cooper, who the team traded for from the Dallas Cowboys over the weekend.

Adding Cooper forced the Browns to ask Landry to restructure, which eventually led to his release - and on Wednesday, to what ESPN reports is a coming visit to Atlanta.

Landry is about to enter his ninth NFL season and will seek his third NFL city. The Falcons have the ability to make a home for Landry after it was announced last week that Calvin Ridley would be suspended for the entire 2022 season.

The Falcons were already in the receiver market before Ridley's suspension, but now the team is desperate.

Landry is already linked to other teams like the Kansas City Chiefs and Buffalo Bills, but joining the Falcons would allow Landry an opportunity to start and make an impact. And this week's visit will start that process.

Jarvis Landry

Calvin Ridley

Cordarrelle Patterson

Last season in Cleveland, Landry struggled, playing in only 12 games and catching a career-worst 52 passes for 570 yards and two touchdowns.

As a veteran who once led the NFL in receptions, he could be a safety blanket for Matt Ryan in the slot and bounce back to the player he used to be back in his Miami Dolphins and early Cleveland Browns days.

Published Mar 16, 2022

JEREMY BRENER

Jeremy Brener is an editor, writer and social media manager for several Fan Nation websites. His work has also been featured in 247 Sports and SB Nation as a writer and podcaster. Brener has been with Fan Nation since 2021. Brener grew up in Houston, going to Astros, Rockets and Texans games as a kid. He moved to Orlando in 2016 to go to college and pursue a degree. He hosts "The Dream Take" podcast covering the Rockets, which has produced over 350 episodes since March 2020. Brener graduated in May 2020 from the University of Central Florida with a Bachelor's degree in Broadcast Journalism minoring in Sport Business Management. While at UCF, Brener worked for the school's newspaper NSM.today and "Hitting the Field," a student-run sports talk show and network. He was the executive producer for "Hitting the Field" from 2019-20. During his professional career, Brener has covered a number of major sporting events including the Pro Bowl, March Madness and several NBA and NFL games. As a fan, Brener has been to the 2005 World Series, 2010 FIFA World Cup and the 2016 NCAA National Championship between the Villanova Wildcats and North Carolina Tar Heels. Now, Brener still resides in the Central Florida area and enjoys writing, watching TV, hanging out with friends and going to the gym. Brener can be followed on Twitter @JeremyBrener. For more inquiries, please email jeremybrenerchs@gmail.com.