"Falcons general manager Thomas Dimitroff is gearing up for free agency.

With no lockout this offseason, there will be a return to normalcy in the NFL. Free agency will come first, followed by the draft.

After last year's labor dispute was settled, a frenzied free-agency signing period began in late August.

The Falcons, who are projected to be about $28 million under the salary cap when it's announced this week at the Super Bowl, are working on a few contract extensions that could keep some of their 17 unrestricted free agents off the market when it opens March 13."