Kevin Knight and Adnan Ikic are joined by Aaron Freeman (Locked On Falcons) to review Atlanta’s free agency and NFL Draft moves to determine if this roster can compete for the playoffs and beyond during the 2025 season.

With rookie minicamp behind us, we finally got our first on-field look at the 2025 Atlanta Falcons. Adnan Ikic and I are joined by Aaron Freeman (Locked On Falcons) to review Atlanta’s free agency and NFL Draft moves to determine if this roster can compete for the playoffs and beyond during the 2025 season. Fellow Falcoholics, welcome to another episode of The...

Which NFC South team is favored to win this one?

Welcome to the offseason, where the Atlanta Falcons could win as few as five games and as many as 12 in the upcoming 2025 season. The good people over at FanDuel Sportsbook can’t seem to pin these Falcons down either. The opening odds for the Falcons post-schedule release are at -140 for over 7.5 wins and +120 for under 7.5. It can’t get much closer without it becoming a wash.

This feels like the perfect line for this Atlanta team, because who knows where this team will be in mid-October?...

There’s one major competition and an otherwise mostly settled picture for Falcons special teams.

With the 2025 NFL Draft over, it’s a fine time to revisit the Atlanta Falcons roster. While there are inevitable changes between now and roster cuts, chiefly in terms of churn on the bottom of the roster, the broad contours are known.

That’s especially true on special teams, where the specialists are either well-established or have known competition that will be unlikely to change unless injury crops up. Long snapper and punter appear to be set in stone, the returner spots are fairly settled so long...

The arrow is pointing up for the Falcons in a critical element of their offensive arsenal.

Along with ample humidity, there is excitement in the air around Flowery Branch as the Atlanta Falcons embark on a 2025 season, hoping to end their seven-year playoff drought. While the infusion of youth on defense prompts much of that enthusiasm, the Falcons’ ability to make the playoffs likely falls squarely on the offense being the driving force.

Unlike on defense, the Falcons made minimal additions on offense this offseason. Instead, the team is optimistic that the pieces already assembled last year will improve...

As Atlanta gears up for another season with high expectations, the similarities to six years ago raise questions about its recent personnel and coaching decisions.

Under Arthur Blank’s ownership, the Atlanta Falcons have turned to familiar paths and faces in their decision-making more often than not. For every bold draft trade or unique coordinator hire, there are many occasions they made the supposed safe decision where they’ve leaned on history to make pivotal decisions. Look no further than hiring Raheem Morris last offseason.

While that decision was justified at the time, given Morris’ development and success with the Rams, it...

Keep calm and carry on in regards to Neuzil’s status with the Falcons.

Ryan Neuzil, the presumptive starting center for the Atlanta Falcons this year is currently not under contract. This appears to be prompting anxiety amongst some within the fanbase.

Neuzil was one of 13 restricted free agents (RFAs) tendered by NFL teams this offseason, but remains the only one that has yet to sign his contract. However, there should be little concern. There has been a trend in recent years where one or two RFAs like Neuzil wait until well after the NFL Draft to sign their deals....

That’s a lot of miles!

With the schedule release happening a few days ago, we continue to examine the Atlanta Falcons schedule for the upcoming season. We now know who they will play and when they will play. We also now know they will be traveling, a lot.

As you can see from the graphic above, the Falcons will be one of the most widely traveled teams this upcoming season, as they will travel about 25,947 miles in 2025. A lot of this obviously has to do with the team’s Week 10 road contest against the Indianapolis Colts, which is...

How good will the Falcons be? We looked around the mediascape to find out what analysts are thinking.

No more ambiguity. No more uncertainty. All 17 games of the Atlanta Falcons’ schedule have been released in their corresponding order.

Week 1: vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers 1 p.m. EST, September 7

Week 2: @ Minnesota Vikings, Sunday Night Football, 8:20 p.m. EST, September 14

Week 3: @ Carolina Panthers, 1 p.m. EST, September 21

Week 4: vs. Washington Commanders, 1 p.m. EST, September 28

Week 5: BYE WEEK

Week 6:...

Couldn’t agree more.

If you’re an Atlanta Falcons fan, and you likely are if you’re reading this, then you have been through a lot. Depending on the year when you became a Falcons fan, you obviously may have experienced more than others.

Regardless, fans of a team which began playing football way back in 1966 have seen a lot of ups and even more downs. And loyalty does mean something, at least to ESPN’s Mina Kimes, who recently talked about her top five fanbases in the NFL and selected Falcons fans as the cream of the crop.

As you can...

The NFL revealed the Falcons 2025 schedule on Wednesday, and Kevin Knight is here to bring you a detailed analysis of the rest advantage, bye week placement, and strength of schedule of what appears to be a “tough but fair” slate of games for Atlanta.

The NFL revealed the Atlanta Falcons 2025 schedule on Wednesday, and I’m here to bring you a detailed analysis of the rest advantage, bye week placement, and projected strength of schedule of what appears to be a “tough but fair” slate of games for Atlanta. Fellow Falcoholics, welcome to another episode of the [Dirty Birds...

The college guard will be converting to center, following the footsteps of Ryan Neuzil and Jovaughn Gwyn.

The Atlanta Falcons have added more competition to an unsettled center position, signing Louisville undrafted free agent Michael Gonzalez. In a corresponding move, they’ve taken a piece out of the equation elsewhere on the line, cutting Joey Fisher.

The news comes to us from the team. Gonzalez is an interesting addition this far away from the 2025 NFL Draft, especially because he’s a college guard who will be making the shift to center, something the team has done with both Ryan Neuzil and...

What’s the toughest game on the schedule? How good will Atlanta be in 2025?

The 2025 Atlanta Falcons schedule is out, and we have thoughts. The team is headed into a critically important season where the continued employment of front office personnel and coaches may hinge on winning, the team is trying to shake off seven straight losing years, and they’re hoping that players like Michael Penix and Jalon Walker will prove to be franchise building blocks. Does this schedule enable that?

Below, you’ll find us weighing in with early record predictions, thoughts on the easiest and hardest games, and...