If you wanted a clue as to which front office the Falcons intended to emulate, you’ve gotten a bundle of clues instead. The Falcons hired former Eagle and Bear executive Ian Cunningham as their general manager, Eagles vice president of football operations Jeff Scott as their assistant general manager, and now former Eagles Senior Vice President/Tertiary Football Executive (that’s a mouthful) Bryce Johnston with the lengthy title of Vice President of Football Administration/Senior Personnel Executive.

In effect, Johnston appears to be taking on the contract negotiation and cap management role vacated by Chris Olsen, who recently departed the organization. In his prior role with the Eagles, Johnston was heavily involved in contract and cap matters, as well, and will be an instrumental executive for the Falcons this year and next as they navigate incoming contract decisions for Bijan Robinson, Drake London, Kyle Pitts, and what promises to be an active free agency period in 2027.

Cunningham spent significant time with the Bears in a prominent role, but it’s clear his years in Philadelphia shaped him. We saw that with the patience in the second and third round and his desire to grab players who were falling—per Arif Hasan’s Consensus Big Board, Avieon Terrell fell 27 spots from his expected draft slot and Zachariah Branch fell 15—and we’re seeing it with the aggressive poaching of Eagles executives for this new-look Falcons front office. That’s not to suggest that Cunningham will be Howie Roseman, either in terms of pure approach or results, but it’s clear Roseman and company have been a major influence.

Give Johnston a warm welcome, and let’s hope the Falcons taking key players from the Eagles’ front office will lead to the kind of consistently good-to-great results the Eagles themselves have enjoyed in recent years.