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...

The Falcons will be at a “rest disadvantage” slightly more times than at an advantage this season.

The schedule has been released and with it, the NFL has renewed our excitement and bewilderment for the season just as we entered the dead period following the draft. They seem to do a great job of that.

One of the things I like to do after the official schedule is released is to go into the weeds a little bit and look at some of the logistics of Atlanta’s schedule in terms of where the team will have more of a rest...

Atlanta will be challenged early.

The Atlanta Falcons will need to hit the ground running in 2025. The opening six-game stretch looks like the most difficult of the season.

All but one of these teams made the playoffs in 2024. Atlanta starts with a home division game against the reigning NFC South champs, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. They’ll follow that up with a three-game stretch against a new generation of quarterbacks in J.J. McCarthy (Vikings), Bryce Young (Panthers), and Jayden Daniels (Commanders). Atlanta is on their bye in Week 5, before finishing the stretch with back-to-back primetime matchups against the...

The Falcons had to be proactive to improve defensively with limited resources this offseason. They dedicated everything they could to initiate change for a defense in need of talent across the board.

A season-ending loss to the Panthers won’t be viewed as a season-defining moment when assessing the 2024 Atlanta Falcons’ season. What was most notable from that defeat, outside of Michael Penix Jr. making several highlight-reel throws, came during the postgame press conference.

Raheem Morris was asked about what he likes about the defense going forward. He mentioned Jessie Bates and A.J. Terrell as top-tier players at their respective...

Atlanta’s once again expected to be an interesting football team, and the national spotlight will shine brightly.

For a while there, the Atlanta Falcons were not a primetime team. They had none in 2023, just one in each of 2022 and 2021, and two each year in 2020 and 2019. The sense that the Falcons were not just a mediocre team, but a particularly unexciting one, clearly was at the front of every mind on the NFL’s schedule making squad.

Those days are over. The Falcons landed a few primetime games last year with Kirk Cousins in the fold, and...

We now have the full Falcons slate for the season.

The Atlanta Falcons, along with 31 other NFL teams, have released their full schedule for the 2025 season. We now have confirmation that these Falcons will get five primetime games—a showcase for an exciting offense and a defense that has added young talent—and will travel to Germany to take on the Indianapolis Colts.

It’s a schedule that isn’t exactly easy, and one that comes with an early (Week 5) bye, but does a nice job of balancing home and away games so the Falcons don’t have any crushing road trips....

We now have the full Falcons slate for the season.

The Atlanta Falcons, along with 31 other NFL teams, have released their full schedule for the 2025 season. We now have confirmation that these Falcons will get five primetime games—a showcase for an exciting offense and a defense that has added young talent—and will travel to Germany to take on the Indianapolis Colts.

It’s a schedule that isn’t exactly easy, and one that comes with an early (Week 5) bye, but does a nice job of balancing home and away games so the Falcons don’t have any crushing road trips....

The 2025 NFL schedule release is upon us! Kevin Knight and Adnan Ikic are joined by Joe Patrick to break down the live reveal of Atlanta’s schedule along with our thoughts on the Falcons’ season outlook.

The 2025 NFL schedule release is upon us, and the Atlanta Falcons are rumored to have quite a few primetime games alongside one of the easier schedules in the league. Adnan Ikic and I are joined by Joe Patrick to break down the live reveal of Atlanta’s schedule along with our thoughts on the Falcons’ season outlook. Fellow Falcoholics, welcome to another episode of...

The Falcons were already connected to Germany, so it’s not a huge surprise.

Renew your passports and pack your bags: We’re going to Germany!

Well, the Falcons are going to Germany at least. The team confirmed Tuesday morning, in advance of the NFL schedule release extravaganza coming our way on Wednesday, that the Falcons will face the Colts in Munich, Germany, on Nov. 9, 2025, Week 10 of the 2025 NFL season.

The game will kick off at 9:30 a.m. ET and will be broadcast on NFL Network. It will be played in Munich’s Olympic Stadium. If you are interested...

Xavier Watts was an absolute steal in the third round.

For the second straight season, the Falcons did some unusual things at the top of their draft. Of course, we all know about the decision to take Michael Penix Jr. with the eighth overall pick in the 2024 draft after signing Kirk Cousins to a four-year, $180 million contract with $100 million guaranteed. Then this time around, they made the choice to trade back up into the first round after taking Georgia’s Jalon Walker with the 15th overall pick to also add Tennessee’s James Pearce Jr. with the 26th pick....