Falcons free agency tracker 2016: All the moves, all the rumors for Atlanta

You can't officially sign free agents until Wednesday, March 9th at 4 p.m., but you can certainly hammer out a contract ahead of time. Legal tampering begins today, and the Falcons will be burning up the phones to contact agents for their preferred targets, trying to land a commitment (and a reasonable contract) before anything's official. We'll be tracking every rumor and signing right here, starting today.

As a reminder, free agency officially begins at 4 p.m. on Wednesday. The rest of the near-future offseason schedule can be found here.

While we don't know who the Falcons are after, totally, I'd fully expect them to chase a mix of the following positions and players in the days ahead. We'll hope they land a handful of big upgrades along the way.

Wednesday, March 9

• FALCONS SIGN ALEX MACK
• Target guard Jeff Allen signs with Houston
• Falcons "in the mix" for G J.R. Sweezy
• Falcons making huge push for C Alex Mack
• Georgia native, CB Brandon Boykin on team's radar

Tuesday, March 8

• Falcons talking contract with LB O'Brien Schofield
• Falcons in on, missed out on pass rusher Tamba Hali
• Falcons target Bruce Irvin heads to Oakland
• Atlanta's making a push for LB Danny Trevathan
• Travis Benjamin, Marvin Jones on Falcons' radar

Monday, March 7

• Falcons tender LB Paul Worrilow at a 2nd round level
• Falcons tender RT Ryan Schraeder a 2nd round level
• Team interested in G J.R. Sweezy
• S George Iloka on Falcons' free agency wishlist
• Falcons in on C Alex Mack?
• ERFA Ricardo Allen gets tendered, returns
• Falcons interested in Browns T Mitchell Schwartz?