The Falcons have finally revealed their initial 53-man roster and most of their practice squad for Week 1 of the 2025 NFL season. Kevin Knight and Adnan Ikic break down who made the cut and who didn’t, discuss the loss of Kaleb McGary and how Atlanta might replace him, and bring up potential moves over the next few days. Fellow Falcoholics, welcome to another episode of The Falcoholic Live!

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For the next few hours, we’ll be keeping an eye on who is added to the practice squad, either through reports or the team. Generally, the Atlanta Falcons drop 3/4ths to the full practice squad by the evening today, so this will be a short-lived sort of tracker compared to others we’ve done recently.

As per usual, I would expect the majority of the players who end up here will be ones who spent the summer with our Falcons, and the first reported signing is indeed one of those players in wide receiver Nick Nash. One of the more intriguing...

The long-awaited 53-man roster is here, and the Atlanta Falcons have given us answers to heated position battles while sparking new questions. Let’s explore three of the most pressing questions the team is currently facing.

Is the team done addressing RT?

Trading for Michael Jerrell is not a “call it a day” move. The raw second-year tackle out of Division II (Findlay) gave up four pressures in his debut against the Falcons last year and would end up surrendering 13 pressures in four starts, per PFF. I find it hard to believe that this is the final Terry Fontenot...

Atlanta’s roster is set, but not in stone. Indeed, given some of the unexpected and downright peculiar choices the Falcons made yesterday, things are going to change.

To what extent, though, and where are the Falcons most likely to shuffle the deck for their 53 man roster? The state of the practice squad will help us answer that question, but we’re still in our snap reaction timeframe, so let’s react. I think we’ll wind up seeing at least small changes to the positions where the Falcons seem to have more depth than they can reasonably use, at the one position...

The Falcons have their first 53-man roster of the 2025 NFL season! Kevin Knight and Tre’Shon Diaz discuss who made the cut and who didn’t, Kaleb McGary out for the season, the biggest surprises, and the moves we’re still expecting to see before Week 1. Fellow Falcoholics, welcome to another episode of the Dirty Birds and Brews podcast!

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The initial 2025 53 man roster is here for the Atlanta Falcons. While this will change a lot—we have a tracker for that—we now know the rough shape this Falcons team will take as they gear up for Week 1.

Feast your eyes on the confirmed roster right here, and expect us to dive in to what it all means and where the Falcons might still want to make changes in the day ahead. We’ll also track practice squad additions as soon as they can be made.

What do you think of the initial 53 man roster?

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The writing has been on the wall for this move, but we hoped to get better news. Alas. The Atlanta Falcons are indeed placing right tackle Kaleb McGary on injured reserve, and we don’t have any timetable for when he might return.

With the initial 53 man roster being unveiled, we have learned that McGary was not on the IR/designated to return list, which means he will miss the entire 2025 season.

McGary had just signed a new deal and was riding high as Michael Penix’s blindside protector and the team’s right tackle for 2025 and well beyond, an honor...

The Atlanta Falcons had to make a move. With Kaleb McGary likely to miss a long while and swing tackle Storm Norton out for at least the first month of the NFL regular season, the team was in dire need of right tackle help. They may not be done, but at least one move has been made.

The Falcons have traded a conditional 2027 seventh round pick, which is about as little as you can possibly trade, to the Seattle Seahawks for tackle Michael Jerrell. The 26-year-old has appeared in six NFL games, all of them in 2024, and logged...

The Atlanta Falcons preseason is now over, and after three games, a series of joint practices, and the already underway 53-man roster cutdown, Atlanta is preparing itself for its Week 1 divisional matchup at home against the Buccaneers.

Here at The Falcoholic, we’ve analyzed every preseason game, every starter’s reps, and predicted which players will make the final regular season roster and contribute to our 2025 playoff push, and over at FanDuel, they’re doing the same thing, and adding in some division title odds for our sports betting pleasure.

If you read our guy Evan Birchfield’s Monday article, you would...

As the regular season approaches, it’s only right for predictions to be made. It’s not about purely predicting records. Assessing how players will fare on the field is another way to prepare for the upcoming season. Instead of picking games, let’s dive into where the Falcons will succeed and fall short this season.

To keep a solid balance, I’ve added five positive predictions for statistical achievements and impressive individual developments. Five negative predictions are here, too, identifying which specific players and overall personnel groups fail to meet expectations. Some of these selections will be looked back on fondly. Some of...

The Atlanta Falcons need tackle help. You know this, I know this, Raheem Morris knows this, Michael Penix knows this with a sense of foreboding deep within his bones. With Kaleb McGary and Storm Norton likely to miss at least the first several weeks of the 2025 NFL season, tackle help should be on the way for a group that otherwise features Elijah Wilkinson, Jack Nelson, and Brandon Parker. We don’t really want any of those guys starting for very long in 2025, no offense intended.

So what will Atlanta do? ESPN’s Bill Barnwell pitched a series of trades he...

You can only learn so much from the first round of roster cuts, given that most of them are players that we’ve long expected to get the axe. The hope is that they find opportunities with other teams, even though they might not have been the best fit for the Atlanta Falcons.

That said, I think with the surprise release of Morgan Fox and a couple of areas where the team made deeper cuts, we do know a few things we didn’t know on Friday night. Here are two concrete items and one that’s a little more speculative.

Jovaughn Gwyn...