Atlanta Falcons
Fresh off a bye with A.J. Terrell likely to return and a win against Washington in Week 4 ensuring some good feelings heading into last week, the Falcons now get the Bills. It’s a challenging primetime matchup, but also an opportunity to test Atlanta’s mettle, and to see if they are ready to make noise in the NFC over the final 13 games.
Here’s all our coverage, rounded up for your reading and viewing pleasure.
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Can the Falcons pull off the upset over the AFC-leading Bills on Monday Night Football? Kevin Knight and Adnan Ikic discuss Atlanta’s injury situation coming out of the bye, the potential for the Falcons to take down Buffalo in the national spotlight, and thoughts on the team’s trajectory over the remainder of the 2025 NFL season. Fellow Falcoholics, welcome to another episode of The Falcoholic Live!
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Last week, everyone except the Atlanta Falcons lost, so it’s no surprise that the entire division bounces back a week later.
Here’s the Week 5 NFC South Review.
Week 5 Result: Buccaneers 38 – Seahawks 35
Week 6 Opponent: San Francisco 49ers
The best quarterback battle of the week did not disappoint. Baker Mayfield is leading the early-season MVP race after coming up big in the clutch for the fourth time this season. Rookie Emeka Egbuka is one of the top-performing WRs in this league. This team continues to find ways to win, and they...
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Can the Falcons grow into a contender during the 2025 season? Kevin Knight and Tre’Shon Diaz break down what we’ve seen from Atlanta during their 2-2 start, what we need to see going forward, and if the Falcons can truly take the next step into becoming an NFC contender over the remainder of the year. Fellow Falcoholics, welcome to another episode of the Dirty Birds and Brews podcast!
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The Atlanta Falcons are coming off an early Week 5 bye after a 2-2 start to the 2025 NFL season. After a week of rest and hopefully intense study on offense and defense, we’ve all been hoping for some positive developments on the injury front. Thankfully, we received some great news from Falcons head coach Raheem Morris on Tuesday afternoon regarding the status of several injured players.
Cornerback A.J. Terrell is expected to return to practice in Week 6 in preparation for the team’s upcoming Monday Night Football matchup with the Buffalo Bills. Defensive lineman Ta’Quon Graham, who was placed...
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Only three running backs in the long history of the NFL have achieved 1,000 yards rushing and 1,000 yards receiving in the same season. The legendary Marshall Faulk is one, likely future Hall of Famer Christian McCaffrey is another, and the underrated Roger Craig is the third. Bijan Robinson has a real shot to become the fourth member of that exclusive club in 2025.
How? He’s currently on pace for 1,335 rushing yards and 1,148 receiving yards, totals that don’t feel unreasonable given his production to this point. Bijan just had 1,456 rushing yards a year ago, so I feel...
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We know what the Atlanta Falcons have done well in 2025 thus far. They have run the ball very well three out of four weeks, their pressure has been pretty consistent and far better than at any time in recent memory, and they’ve had timely turnovers and a handful of big plays to help them pilot their way to a pair of wins.
All of that matters, but I know we’re not alone in believing this team is far from a finished product. With that in mind, and with battles against motivated Buffalo Bills and San Francisco 49ers teams on...
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The Pro Football Hall of Fame announced its list of Senior candidates for Canton, and there are once again several Atlanta Falcons on the list. We’d like to see all of them make it, but hell, we’d settle for one. Here’s a look at who is eligible to don a gold jacket in 2025.
We’ve been writing about Kenn’s case for depressingly close to a decade, and despite that fact that he’s a slam dunk, no-brainer Hall of Famer, I’m not hopeful his fortunes will change in 2025.
Why? He was an offensive lineman for a franchise...
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While the Falcons are indeed off today, the rest of the NFL rolls on, including all three NFC South rivals.
If you’re watching Giants-Saints (ew) or Dolphins-Panthers (yikes) in the early slate, talk about it here. If you’re skipping those games for something resembling quality NFL action, talk about that here too. If you’re waiting and tuning in for Seahawks-Buccaneers, an actual compelling matchup that might have real NFC South implications, then know that you’re more than welcome to, you guessed it, talk about it here.
Enjoy a Falcons-free Sunday, folks!
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Don’t you love the bye week? We get a whole Sunday of stress-free football.
But there’s still plenty to talk about regarding the Atlanta Falcons, and one of my favorite topics right now is the performance of Atlanta’s four defensive 2025 draft picks. This week we asked you to grade them, and those results are blow.
The Falcons threw UGA fans a Dawg bone in the first round with the selection of EDGE Jalon Walker. Walker has played 102 snaps this season, which is about 46.5% of the defensive snaps so far this season, notching 10 tackles and one sack...
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It’s the bye! We’ve already gone through most of it, but tomorrow afternoon, there will be no Atlanta Falcons game to watch as they rest up and get ready for Week 6.
The early bye feels odd—we’ve only seen four games and I already have a quiet Sunday—but it does present its opportunities for a team that could stand to get healthier and iron our some persistent issues. Let’s take a look at what the Falcons will hope to accomplish during the bye.
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The Falcons enter their Week 5 bye at 2-2 with a lot of football ahead of them. Kevin Knight is joined by Allen Strk to discuss the State of the Falcons, including the progress of the offense, the surprising play of the defense, updates on the outstanding injuries, and thoughts on how Atlanta will fare over the rest of the season. Fellow Falcoholics, welcome to another episode of the Dirty Birds and Brews podcast!
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