Atlanta Falcons Cut Two Unvaccinated Players To Get To 100%

The Atlanta Falcons were receiving a bunch of praise around the NFL after it was announced that all of their players and coaches have received the COVID vaccine.

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Per NFL league sources, Falcons are first and only team in NFL to have 100% vaccination rate among players.

Every. Single. Player. Vaccinated. 💯 pic.twitter.com/QjH8QNUZo8

— Zach Klein (@ZachKleinWSB) August 16, 2021

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But according to a new report, the Falcons may have pulled some strings to get to the 100% vaccinated mark.

“Before Monday, several NFL teams hovered in the vicinity of 100 percent vaccination rate. The Falcons got there first,” PFT’s Mike Florio wrote in his report.

“It didn’t happen because they convinced their lingering holdouts to get the vaccine. Per a league source, the Falcons made it to full vaccination among all players by cutting their two unvaccinated players.”

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Falcons got to 100 percent vaccination rate not by persuading their two lingering holdouts to get jabbed, but by cutting them. https://t.co/gxnpJmESX4

— ProFootballTalk (@ProFootballTalk) August 19, 2021

The Falcons are probably not going to be the only team to consider whether a player is vaccinated or not when making final cuts.

It may be unfair, but after the NFL has instituted rules that greatly favor teams who have a higher percentage of their players vaccinated, and organizations are going to have to take note.

So far, the Atlanta Falcons are the only NFL team at 100% vaccinated, but it has been reported that a couple other teams are getting close.

We’ll see if more unvaccinated fringe guys get released in the coming days.

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