(OP opinion) Falclowns’ head coach insulted a top draft prospect to his face

I agree with you on it being much to do about nothing.

It is also sometimes a test to see how someone will react. I hate the falcons as much as the next guy but this is a non-story. Once upon a time our de facto GM asked a prospect if his mom was a prostitute. Dumb things get asked and said in interviews it’s part of the process.
People tend or like to forget what led to Ireland asking that question. Ireland asked Bryant what his father did for a living when Bryant was growing up, to which Bryant replied "he was a pimp"; then Ireland asked what did his mom do, to which Bryant replied "she worked for my dad".

But since Bryant first mentioned the question when reporters asked what sort of weird questions did GM's asked, without the context of the line of questioning that led to Ireland's question, it became a scandal.