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Falcons players Harold Perkins… Maason Smith and Tua Tagovailoa on seeing their teammate Jalon Walker carted off the field 🙏🏼
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Falcons have only four defensive tackles on their roster in Brandon Dorlus (who also kicks outside), Gervon Dexter Sr., LaCale London and Maason Smith.
Khalil Herbert gives ATL two RBs on active roster and two on practice squad. Falcons have four TEs on active roster. · Quoting Will McFadden: The Atlanta Falcons have officially placed DT Da'Shawn Hand on injured reserve. They've signed TE Nick Muse to the active roster to fill Hand's spot.
They've also filled out their practice squad by signing DE Drake Jackson and RB Khalil Herbert.
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- Sep 16 Daniel Flick (X) Falcons have only four defensive tackles on their roster in Brandon Dorlus (who also kicks outside), Gervon Dexter Sr., LaCale London and Maason Smith. Khalil Herbert gives ATL two RBs on active roster and two on practice squad. Falcons have four TEs on active roster. · Quoting Will McFadden: The Atlanta Falcons have officially placed DT Da'Shawn Hand on injured reserve. They've signed TE Nick Muse to the active roster to fill Hand's spot. They've also filled out their practice squad by signing DE Drake Jackson and RB Khalil Herbert.
- Sep 16 The Falcoholic (Bluesky) Maason Smith, Za'Darius Smith, and Sydney Brown made splashes in their Atlanta debuts, while three Falcons stumbled. @treshon.io breaks down this week's 3 up, 3 down
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- Maason Smith makes a huge play to catch Irving in the backfield after the Bucs gashed the Falcons over and over again on that drive, massive play
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Maason Smith comes up the middle for a sack of Purdy. #Falcons
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- Oct 25 Marc Raimondi (X) Stefanski on Maason Smith: That's a man possessed. And that's a big man, when possessed, to slow down. #Falcons+1
- Oct 25 Marc Raimondi (X) Maason Smith is being credited with the forced fumble. Big fella is having a heck of a first half. #Falcons+1
- Oct 25 Josh Kendall (X) We'll call that the Maason Smith series as Atlanta coaxes its first punt out of the 49ers.
- Oct 25 The Falcoholic (Bluesky) Maason Smith was blocked and chipped and it hardly slowed him down, he gets the sack on Purdy
- Oct 25 Daniel Flick (X) First sack for Maason Smith as a Falcon and first since Dec. 29, 2024, in his rookie season w/ the Jaguars.
- Oct 25 Marc Raimondi (X) Maason Smith comes up the middle for a sack of Purdy. #Falcons
- Maason Smith is best in the NFL in ESPN pass rush win rate among DTs (31%). Brandon Dorlus is third (28%). #Falcons
- Maason Smith’s family calls him Tooka, and he still doesn’t know why. The first time in his life he had a daily training program? This offseason. Smith is fascinating. Now comes a bittersweet homecoming with a hard memory four years ago: “I grew up.”
- Falcons have Gervon Dexter Sr. (24), Brandon Dorlus (25) & Maason Smith (23) under team control through the 2027 season. Good place to start on the DL. · Quoting Daniel Flick: Confirmed: Gervon Dexter Sr. gets a four-year, $78 million contract extension with $46.5 million guaranteed, agent Drew Rosenhaus tells @ajc. ESPN first. Dexter, 24, is tied for sixth in the league with 15 pressures through three games. Young, disruptive iDL are hard to find.
- #Falcons DE Za'Darius Smith is third in the NFL among edges in ESPN pass rush win rate (33%). Among defensive tackles, Maason Smith is third (32%) and Brandon Dorlus is fourth (30%).
- The Falcons hit Love 14 times on Thursday night · Quoting Seth Walder: Most pass rush wins, Week 3 thus far 1. Will Anderson Jr., Texans 2. Josh Hines-Allen, Jaguars T3. Brandon Dorlus, Falcons T3. Maason Smith, Falcons 5. Cameron Thomas, Falcons
- Most pass rush wins, Week 3 thus far 1. Will Anderson Jr., Texans 2. Josh Hines-Allen, Jaguars T3. Brandon Dorlus, Falcons T3. Maason Smith, Falcons 5. Cameron Thomas, Falcons
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In one summer with the #Falcons, Ian Cunningham has shown a pretty serious departure from the Bears issues in finding improvements on the D-Line. (Where he came from)
1) The Gervon Dexter trade is & always was highway robbery. He's been one of the best IDL in the league so far.
2) Cameron Thomas has been EVERYWHERE now that someone is finally allowing him to play full time.
3) Maason Smith has made an impact and swapping Orhorhoro for him looks like a win of a trade so far.
Brandon Dorlus has also been good, but Cunningham inherited him.
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- Sep 25 Josh Kendall (X) The Kendal Daniels (fourth round) and Harold Perkins (picks) and the under-the-radar Nick Muse signing also stand out as early wins for the new Atlanta GM. · Quoting Marcus Whitman: In one summer with the #Falcons, Ian Cunningham has shown a pretty serious departure from the Bears issues in finding improvements on the D-Line. (Where he came from) 1) The Gervon Dexter trade is & always was highway robbery. He's been one of the best IDL in the league so far. 2) Cameron Thomas has been EVERYWHERE now that someone is finally allowing him to play full time. 3) Maason Smith has made an impact and swapping Orhorhoro for him looks like a win of a trade so far. Brandon Dorlus has also been good, but Cunningham inherited him.
- Sep 25 Josh Kendall (X) In one summer with the #Falcons, Ian Cunningham has shown a pretty serious departure from the Bears issues in finding improvements on the D-Line. (Where he came from) 1) The Gervon Dexter trade is & always was highway robbery. He's been one of the best IDL in the league so far. 2) Cameron Thomas has been EVERYWHERE now that someone is finally allowing him to play full time. 3) Maason Smith has made an impact and swapping Orhorhoro for him looks like a win of a trade so far. Brandon Dorlus has also been good, but Cunningham inherited him.
- Falcons D-line/edge is an interesting mix: Dorlus: 41 snaps (61% of total) Dexter: 39 (58%) Ebukam: 39 (58%) Maason Smith: 38 (57%) London: 34 (51%) Thomas: 34 (51%) Ivey: 18 (27%) Za'Darius Smith: 16 (24%) Trice: 14 (21%) Hand: 7 (10%) Abdullah: 2 (3%) · Quoting Alan Youngberg: @ByDanielFlick They both flashed and looked great! Excited to see the growth through the season. What about D line splits? Seemed like I saw a more of Ivey and Trice than I expected.
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Maason Smith bats down Aaron Rodgers' pass on 3rd & 9. Smith, an offseason standout, has a pressure and pass deflection early.
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- Sep 13 The Falcoholic (Bluesky) Maason Smith with a tipped pass and a sack (erased by a penalty) already Impactful
- Sep 13 Daniel Flick (X) Holding penalty called on A.J. Terrell negates what would've been Maason Smith's first sack since Dec. 29, 2024. No matter, Falcons should feel really, really good about what Smith has done so far today. He's been very disruptive.
- Sep 13 The Falcoholic (Bluesky) A leaping Maason Smith tipped the third down pass and ensured it fell incomplete, the Falcons hold the Steelers to a field goal try. Boswell hits it and it's 3-0
- Sep 13 Daniel Flick (X) Maason Smith bats down Aaron Rodgers' pass on 3rd & 9. Smith, an offseason standout, has a pressure and pass deflection early.
- Cunningham said seeing Gervon Dexter and Maason Smith together is "pretty cool to see" because of the size of both of them. #Falcons
- With Jalon Walker out for the year and James Pearce Jr.'s suspension, they needed help. The interior is now fearsome as hell with Dexter joining Brandon Dorlus, LaCale London, Zach Harrison, Maason Smith, DaShawn Hand, and Chris Williams, which should help a ton. Contract decision looming for 2027