Falcons announce shocking decision to release Zach Harrison

File this one under the most shocking decision from the Falcons’ new regime thus far. Harrison is still on his rookie contract and is coming off a season in which he was incredibly productive, recording 4.5 sacks and five tackles for loss in just seven games before going down with injury.

“He does all the right things,” Falcons defensive line coach Nate Ollie said of Harrison earlier this week. “You just want him to stay healthy.”

I have to imagine this move has something to do with information the public doesn’t have about the severity of his injuries. Otherwise, it just doesn’t make any sense. An argument could be made that a healthy Zach Harrison is one of the Falcons’ best interior defensive linemen. He wasn’t even on the roster-bubble radar.

We’ll see if more emerges later in the week, but this is a shocker.