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Atlanta Falcons 2025 Preview

Jay Jacobs Published: July 21, 2025 | Updated: July 21, 2025
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The 2025 Atlanta Falcons are now heading into the Michael Penix Jr. era, and the future seems bright after getting a chance in the last few games of the year to show his talents. The expectations are high and nothing short of a NFC South title and a playoff berth will be considered a failure. The fans in the ATL are hungry for a winning team and are not going to be happy with anything else.

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Offense
The Falcons are loaded with top talent on the offensive side of the ball, and it all starts in the trenches where the Falcons bring back the only NFL line all there the year before. The Falcons at QB, RB, and WR are loaded with speed, and superstars ready to do their part to leading the team to the promise land. Starting with the QB room Michael Penix Jr. will now take over and lead the spot with Kirk Cousins as his backup, and Easton Stick an offseason pickup to make sure the QB room has all players with starting experience. The running back room also has two of the best in the league as a one two punch in Bijan Robinson and Tyler Allgeier. The WR room is stacked with Drake London, Ray Ray McCloud, Darnell Mooney, Kyle Pitts, Feleipe Franks, Phillip Dorsett and a host of backups. Mooney returns after a season injury last year and is ready to return to form, the Falcons speed with free up Pitts in the middle of the field for Penix. The OL is all back and has pretty good depth behind them. Look for the preseason battles to be heated as next year some spots could be open. The Falcons should be towards the top of the league in many stats by years end and hopefully a trip to the Superbowl.

Mike x Mike pic.twitter.com/VgcxsB8cee

— Atlanta Falcons (@AtlantaFalcons) July 9, 2025


Defense
The Falcons defense lost key pieces to free agency and then drafted its future in hopes to get it’s one main issue under control. The line of scrimmage has been a weakness other than former Falcon now Bear Grady Jarrett. The Falcons went out and got some decent pieces in free agency and drafted Jalon Walker (Edge) James Pearce (Edge) Xavier Watts (Safety) Billy Bowman (DB) to help out the pass rush and also sure up the deep ball threats. Returning to help out the most is AJ Terrell (CB) who has been left on a island and has shutdown many of the best in the league. The question is the other side of the field. Mike Hughes and Mike Ford will battle for that spot through camp and into the season. Jesse Bates the Falcons all-star pickup from last year will return to keep the middle of the field clear and help on run defense. The Falcons defense will need to upgrade fast in order for this team to meet expectations and show the fans the draft this year was a look into a bright future.

We got camp this week! 😎 pic.twitter.com/KWAKuJSUtT

— Atlanta Falcons (@AtlantaFalcons) July 21, 2025


Final Analysis
The Falcons are a very young team with a sprinkle of veterans to help lead the locker room and also show them back to the playoffs. How all these young players coalesce with the veterans is what will be the deciding factor. Penix will need to settle into his job fast, show he can make adjustments on the line, and watching the defense help with getting the other team’s offense off the field fast. Both of these will lead Atlanta back to a championship form. Production is never based of potential, but Atlanta has a great chance to show it turning the page.

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