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The Falcons found a pass rush in a dominant win over the Vikings. Kevin Knight and Tre'Shon Diaz break down the film from Week 2 and discuss the outstanding play of the defense, the rookie class showing up big, Bijan Robinson's big day, and some concerns about the red zone offense. Fellow Falcoholics, welcome to another episode of the Dirty Birds and Brews podcast!

The Atlanta Falcons are walking out of Minnesota with a primetime win. It wasn't pretty, but the defense shut the door on a comeback, and the team's kicking troubles melted away. The offense has plenty to work on, but they got what they wanted on the ground today. Here's the Week 2 Snap Reactions. I'm not sure if it's a good or bad thing that this already looks like the best rookie class of Terry Fontenot's career after two games.

During his debut, he went four for four on field goals against Jacksonville, and provided all of the points offensively for the team in the 12-7 win. He would go on to play the rest of November for the team, converting 11 out of 12 field goals, and making all but one of his eight extra points. He also nailed a 55 yarder against Arizona in a 23-22 win; before this kick his longest was 45 yards.

Raheem Morris told media Wednesday that Koo and Parker Romo will kick for the right to handle duties against Minnesota Sunday night, with their performances in practice determining who is up. Perhaps Koo has an innate edge in that competition, perhaps he does not, but it sounds like there's a legitimate chance Parker Romo gets a practice squad elevation and has the job for at least one week.

"Drake is ultimately tough, and he is what he is, and we know Drake," Morris said. "I do expect him to play. That's not saying that he [will play], but when you ask me do I expect him to play? Of course. Drake is the ultimate tough guy. When he says he's going to go practice, that tells you a lot."

We're back for another season with this article series, which takes into account fantasy football scenarios and consequences. Each week we will highlight one player who was a standout in fantasy football and one player who was a disappointment. Because of average draft positioning, players who were drafted higher will be under more scrutiny as the expectations are higher for them - a running back taken early in fantasy drafts will not be under the same scrutiny as the last receiver on the depth chart.

While Bijan Robinson is the best player on the roster, I don't think it'll be as obvious by the end of this season due to concerns about the offensive line and run game given right tackle Kaleb McGary's absence. Thus, I think the Falcons' offensive success will be much more reliant on their passing attack, which will be effective thanks to Michael Penix and Drake London.

Tomorrow, the Atlanta Falcons kick off the 2025 season. If you're nervous, it's hard to blame you. If you're excited, hey, me too. If you're both nervous and excited, by all means, let those nerves jangle for the next 30ish hours. Here's what you need to know to watch the game ahead. Date: Sunday, September 7 Location: Mercedes-Benz Stadium, Atlanta, Georgia

A total mismanagement of a declining roster between Thomas Dimitroff and Dan Quinn in 2019 and 2020 led to a complete revamp in 2021. Two years of slow progression led to a season with credible expectations in 2023. That came crashing down in a division there for the taking, leading to Arthur Smith's dismissal. As exciting as the beginning of last season was under Raheem Morris, another late-season collapse resulted in another wasted opportunity to make the playoffs.

The 2025 preseason is in the books, and if there's one thing we learned, it's this: the Falcons are built on a razor-thin margin of error. Between brutal injury luck, heavy reliance on first-year starters, and a roster constructed on calculated risks, this team isn't entering the season with answers; it's entering with questions. However, this preseason, we have seen flashes. We have seen potential. We have seen upside.

There is no ideal solution when you lose your starting right tackle and top reserve right tackle right before the NFL regular season. You can only try to weather that loss as best you can, either with in-house options or by going outside the organization for help. The Atlanta Falcons did a little of both after losing Kaleb McGary for the season and Storm Norton for at least the first few weeks of 2025.

FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. -- It is going to take even longer now for Atlanta Falcons edge rusher Bralen Trice to get his first regular-season snaps. Trice, a 2024 third-round pick, was placed on injured reserve Thursday with a designation to return. Falcons head coach Raheem Morris said Trice suffered a reinjury to the knee that required surgery last summer and forced Trice to miss his entire rookie season.

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.

Placed on reserve/PUP Placed on reserve/NFI Released from IR with injury settlement Fuller, Harrison, and Henderson all have previous starting experience in the secondary, though Harrison has since converted to linebacker and exclusively played special teams last season. Fuller missed half of the 2024 season due to injury, while Henderson, a former top-10 draft pick, spent the year with the Steelers but didn't appear in a regular-season game.

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! You can also listen to all of our video shows in an audio-only podcast format, available on all your favorite podcast platforms

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

Darnell Mooney. Troy Andersen. Kaleb McGary. Storm Norton. Carlos Washington. Clark Phillips. These are all players who are currently hurt, and because of that, the Atlanta Falcons are in a position where they must make tough decisions as they shape their 53 man roster in the days following the final preseason game. For some players, the decisions are relatively easy. Norton will have to go on short-term injured reserve, more than likely, given that he's out for six-to-eight weeks.

The Ringer's Sheil Kapadia ranked all 32 NFL defenses heading into the 2025 season, and there's no love lost for the Atlanta Falcons' ragtag bunch of young talent. Kapadia slotted the upstart Falcons defense 29th, citing how relying on two rookie pass-rushers and a handful of promising secondary pieces may not be enough to drag this unit out of the basement it has occupied for the better part of the last decade.