Every year, rookies find that once they enter the NFL, their previously elite skill set in college is - at best - par for the course on an NFL team. NFL players are bigger, faster, stronger, and more talented than most college players because the NFL assembles only the most elite athletes it can find.
Sadiq is very much a modern move tight end who can win as a passing target and do real work as a blocker. In 2025 his production was excellent - 51 catches, 560 yards, and eight touchdowns - while still playing with the physical edge offensive coordinators love. He's not the classic inline monster, so the biggest questions are role and projection.
While Kevin Stefanski has been hired and is busy building his staff, the Falcons general manager search has been a much quieter affair. We've all been waiting to see when they'll interview candidates like Bears assistant general manager Ian Cunningham, who interviewed for the president of football job that was inevitably going to Matt Ryan, but have not gotten much news.
