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Wild play -- Mayfield scrambles, throws a lateral to Bucky Irving, but as he's about to cross the goal line, Jessie Bates forces a fumble into the end zone for a touchback. Huge play, like Winfield made a few years back.
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- 2d Marc Raimondi (X) Jessie Bates: "It's probably the craziest game I've ever been a part of." #Falcons
- 2d Greg Auman (X) Baker Mayfield and Jessie Bates both landed in a puddle in the end zone extending blocks on the long Gainwell run.
- 2d Mina Kimes (Bluesky) JESSIE BATES THANK YOU
- 2d Rick Stroud (X) After the Alex Anzalone INT, the Bucs fumble twice on the same play. Baker Mayfield fumbled the snap, then toss the ball backward to Bucky Irving, who ran to the 1-yard before Jessie Bates strips the ball at the 1 yard line and fumbles through the end zone for a touchback.
- 2d NFL Daily News (Bluesky) Jessie Bates what a play+3
- 2d Marc Raimondi (X) Jessie Bates has been an absolute menace the past few weeks. #Falcons
- 2d Daniel Flick (X) Jessie Bates III's knack for big plays is unbelievable.
- 2d Greg Auman (X) Wild play -- Mayfield scrambles, throws a lateral to Bucky Irving, but as he's about to cross the goal line, Jessie Bates forces a fumble into the end zone for a touchback. Huge play, like Winfield made a few years back.
- I asked #Falcons All-Pro S Jessie Bates for his top-5 all-time safeties. His answers were elite, but it was too hard to just name 5 š Ā· Quoting Jordan Schultz: On the #Bengals not keeping him, #Falcons S Jessie Bates says "heck yeah" he still wonders about the what-if. But he understood the money Cincinnati had to pay its offensive stars and the NFL being a business. "We had a great run. That place has a special part in my heart."
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#Falcons S Jessie Bates and Xavier Watts have become one of the most underrated safety duos in football.
I had Bates explain their special relationship: Ā· Quoting Jordan Schultz: I spoke to #Falcons star S Jessie Bates about QB Michael Penix Jr., who he calls a āfranchise quarterback.ā
Bates takes us behind the scenes of who Penix is and the stuff people would never know.
This is some of the best analysis Iāve heard on Penix.
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- 5d Jordan Schultz (X) On the #Bengals not keeping him, #Falcons S Jessie Bates says "heck yeah" he still wonders about the what-if. But he understood the money Cincinnati had to pay its offensive stars and the NFL being a business. "We had a great run. That place has a special part in my heart." Ā· Quoting Jordan Schultz: I spoke to #Falcons star S Jessie Bates about QB Michael Penix Jr., who he calls a āfranchise quarterback.ā Bates takes us behind the scenes of who Penix is and the stuff people would never know. This is some of the best analysis Iāve heard on Penix.
- 5d Jordan Schultz (X) #Falcons S Jessie Bates and Xavier Watts have become one of the most underrated safety duos in football. I had Bates explain their special relationship: Ā· Quoting Jordan Schultz: I spoke to #Falcons star S Jessie Bates about QB Michael Penix Jr., who he calls a āfranchise quarterback.ā Bates takes us behind the scenes of who Penix is and the stuff people would never know. This is some of the best analysis Iāve heard on Penix.
- Jeff Ulbrich says he thinks Jessie Bates III is the best peanut-punch defender in the NFL.
- I spoke to #Falcons star S Jessie Bates about QB Michael Penix Jr., who he calls a āfranchise quarterback.ā Bates takes us behind the scenes of who Penix is and the stuff people would never know. This is some of the best analysis Iāve heard on Penix. Ā· Quoting Jordan Schultz: To understand the success the #Falcons are having with Michael Penix Jr. you have to understand the origin story of Michael Penix Jr. in Atlanta. I talked about it with @Realrclark25 on #ThePivot
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Jessie Bates: You can sleep well at night when Michael Penix is your QB
It took longer than the Falcons would have hoped, but Michael Penix has now been a starting quarterback for the equivalent of a full season.
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- 6d The Falcoholic (Bluesky) A phenomenal day from Kendal Daniels and Jessie Bates fueled Atlanta's win, as @treshon.io chronicles, but the ground game was listless again. More in this week's 3 up, 3 down right here
- 6d Pro Football Talk Jessie Bates: You can sleep well at night when Michael Penix is your QB
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Jessie Bates tied Jonathan Babineaux for 11th in team history for forced fumbles and Thomas DeCoud for 13th in Falcons history for interceptions.
By my count, only 12 Falcons have more INTs + FFs than Bates; he's tied with Jessie Tuggle with 22 overall
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- Oct 26 Falcons Team Site How Michael Penix Jr.'s first 17 starts compare to other NFL quarterbacks
- Oct 26 Daniel Flick (X) Jessie Bates III on Michael Penix Jr.: "I really, truly believe he's a franchise quarterback."
- Oct 26 Josh Kendall (X) Atlanta safety Jessie Bates: "We made a decision as a team to gain our respect back yesterday, but thatās just one week. We have to find a way to be consistent with that."
- Oct 26 Falcons Team Site Atlanta's identity on display, Jessie Bates' big plays and more notes from Falcons vs. 49ers
- Oct 26 The Falcoholic (Bluesky) Jessie Bates tied Jonathan Babineaux for 11th in team history for forced fumbles and Thomas DeCoud for 13th in Falcons history for interceptions. By my count, only 12 Falcons have more INTs + FFs than Bates; he's tied with Jessie Tuggle with 22 overall
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What an interception by Jessie Bates. My goodness. #Falcons
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- Oct 25 David Lombardi (X) Purdy on his throw-away screwup. Obviously he shouldāve chucked it into the stands but seems that he struggled to exit play-making mode and that allowed Jessie Bates to make the sensational catch
- Oct 25 The Falcoholic (Bluesky) Absurd interception by Jessie Bates and elite body control to come down with it Brock Purdy with the kind of real bonehead interception that he was good for 3-5 times per year before 2026
- Oct 25 David Lombardi (X) Insane play from Jessie Bates... That's why he's one of the best+1
- Oct 25 Daniel Flick (X) Jessie Bates III intercepts Brock Purdy with about as good of a toe drag and hands catch as you'll see from a safety.
- Oct 25 Josh Kendall (X) I think Purdy thought he was throwing it away (and I think it's going to be overturned). Ā· Quoting Josh Kendall: That's a Wow play from Jessie Bates if he was in.
- Oct 25 Greg Auman (X) This will be reviewed, but an incredible diving sideline pick by Jessie Bates as Purdy scrambled and tried to throw the ball away.
- Oct 25 Marc Raimondi (X) What an interception by Jessie Bates. My goodness. #Falcons
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Will Jessie Bates be moved ahead of NFL Trade Deadline?
What is one of the biggest dominoes that led to the defense falling apart after 2022? The Cincinnati Bengals allowing safety Jessie Bates to walk in free agency. At the time, the front office was unwilling to meet Batesā expectations for guaranteed money, and that led to him signing with the Atlanta Falcons. The Bengals [ā¦]
- Potential sleeper trade deadline candidates, per Dan Graziano and Jeremy Fowler: OL Wyatt Teller DT Vita Vea EDGE Shemar Stewart CB Riq Woolen CB Alontae Taylor S Jessie Bates III
- Harold Perkins just recovered a fumble caused by Jessie Bates to give the Falcons, who trail by 16, the ball with 7:11 left. And Michael Penix Jr. hit deep shot to Jahan Dotson on next play.
- ā¬ļø The high-flying Drake London, vintage Jessie Bates, and a quietly excellent Sydney Brown ā¬ļø Weird coaching staff decisions, Jake Matthews' blocking, and a continued slow start for Divine Deablo Get it all in this week's 3 up, 3 down from @
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Wow. Touchdown, Falcons.
Divine Deablo punched the ball loose from Mark Andrews, and Jessie Bates III recovered and took it to the house.
First defensive TD of the season for the Falcons. That ignited Mercedes-Benz Stadium.
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- Oct 11 Jamison Hensley (X) Derrick Henry scores an 18-yard TD on a screen but Ravens can't tie the game. On 2-point try, Mark Andrews can't hold onto a pass (Jessie Bates breaks it up). Ravens down 17-15 in 3Q.
- Oct 11 Marc Raimondi (X) #Falcons S Jessie Bates III is the only NFL player to score a defensive touchdown in each of the last four seasons, per ESPN Research. It's the longest such streak by any player since Aqib Talib from 2014 to 2017.
- Oct 11 Pro Football Talk Jessie Bates scoop-and-score gives Falcons 7-3 lead over Ravens
- Oct 11 NFL Daily News (Bluesky) FUMBLE! JESSIE BATES PICKS IT UP AND RUNS IT IN FOR SIX!
- Oct 11 The Falcoholic (Bluesky) First career fumble return touchdown for Jessie Bates, somehow, on an excellent play by Sydney Brown that turned into a scoop and score for Bates
- Oct 11 Jamison Hensley (X) Mark Andrews' fumble turns into 36-yard TD return by Falcons safety Jessie Bates. Andrews, who had the ball punched out, slaps his helmet after watching Bates get into the end zone. Without Lamar Jackson, Ravens can't afford to beat themselves. Ravens trail 7-3.
- Oct 11 Daniel Flick (X) Fifth defensive touchdown of Jessie Bates III's career. The first four were pick-sixes. That's Bates' first career fumble-return TD.
- Oct 11 Josh Kendall (X) Falcons 7, Ravens 3, 8:03 left Q1 Sydney Brown punches it out and Jessie Bates scoops and scores. That was huge for Atlanta because it looks like this game will be decided by who can stick with their run game the longest.
- Oct 11 Daniel Flick (X) Wow. Touchdown, Falcons. Divine Deablo punched the ball loose from Mark Andrews, and Jessie Bates III recovered and took it to the house. First defensive TD of the season for the Falcons. That ignited Mercedes-Benz Stadium.
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Jessie Bates: We're a different team with Michael Penix in the lineup
During the first two weeks of the 2026 season, the Falcons looked like one of the worst teams in the NFL.
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- Oct 6 Pro Football Talk Falcons average NFL-high 40.0 points with Michael Penix, after NFL-low 8.0 without him
- Oct 6 Pro Football Talk Jessie Bates: We're a different team with Michael Penix in the lineup
- Jessie Bates: āWe just want to show the world who we can be. The first two weeks were not up to our standards. Obviously, when you got No. 9 back there dealing, it's a whole different team." #Falcons
- The Falcons' night of complementary football started pre-game, when Chris Lindstrom's pre-game speech lit a fire & Jessie Bates III joined in. Everybody else followed. āOne of our coaches was looking at Chris, like, āYeah, this dude might kill somebody.āā
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Jessie Bates is down on the field after that play. #Falcons
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- Sep 24 The Falcoholic (Bluesky) Jessie Bates hurt, oh no
- Sep 24 Marc Raimondi (X) Jessie Bates is down on the field after that play. #Falcons
- Sep 24 Jeremy Fowler (X) Jessie Bates III. Timeless.
- The last time the #Steelers played the #Falcons in 2024, Justin Fields didn't throw anywhere near the middle of the field and Falcons FS Jessie Bates III. Aaron Rodgers had no such problems on Sunday.
- A.J. Terrell walked off under his own power and dapped up Jessie Bates III & Avieon Terrell, which looked like a good sign. Ā· Quoting Daniel Flick: A.J. Terrell is down on the field, holding his left shoulder. Landed hard on it. Most players taking a knee.
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Stefanski: Jessie Bates will practice fully this week. He's back. #Falcons
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- Sep 7 Josh Kendall (X) Jessie Bates is "practicing, ready to roll," Falcons head coach Kevin Stefanski says.
- Sep 7 Daniel Flick (X) Kevin Stefanski said Jessie Bates III will practice in full and is "ready to roll" for Week 1.
- Sep 7 Marc Raimondi (X) Stefanski: Jessie Bates will practice fully this week. He's back. #Falcons