Falcons add another veteran wide receiver

The Falcons are set to sign veteran wide receiver Damiere Byrd to a one-year contract, according to his agents.

The parties have agreed to terms.

Byrd had 26 catches for 329 yards last season with the Bears and had a career-high 47 catches for 604 yards and one touchdown with the Patriots in 2020. The addition of the six-year NFL veteran helps a very thin receivers group hit by the losses of Russell Gage (free agnecy) and Calvin Ridley (NFL suspension).

The Falcons previously signed free-agent receivers KhaDarel Hodge and Auden Tate to join Cordarrelle Patterson, Olamide Zacheaus (restricted free agent), Chad Hansen, Frank Darby and Austin Trammell as receivers under contract for the 2022 season.

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