Atlanta Falcons — 2026 season outlook, updated Aug 31, 2026.
Atlanta Falcons finished the 2025 season 8-9 · Missed the playoffs.
Atlanta Falcons: 8-9 regular season.
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2025 · Missed the playoffs
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2026 schedule
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- 4th-hardest schedule — opponents average 8.79 projected wins.
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Falcons Camp — Aug 31: Four Quarterbacks, No Starter
Atlanta set its 53 with four quarterbacks on it, per Pro Football Talk, and no named starter, while Ian Rapoport reports the job is "Michael Penix's job for the taking." The Falcons also traded cornerback Clark Phillips III and a 2027 fifth-round pick to the Bears for defensive tackle Gervon Dexter Sr., pending a physical — and the edge battle our last episode tracked ended with both contenders off the roster.
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- Camp · Aug 23, 2026
Falcons Camp — Aug 23: Penix Cleared for Team Drills
Michael Penix Jr. is cleared for eleven-on-eleven work for the first time since November knee surgery, with his first team periods set for Monday — and no starter named with one preseason game left. Undrafted rookie Jack Strand threw for two hundred twelve yards in a thirty-four-to-six rout of the Colts, and Tua Tagovailoa's joint-practice week ran from a pick-six to three red-zone touchdowns.
- Camp · Aug 16, 2026
Atlanta Falcons Camp Update — August 16: Tua Starts, Penix Waits, Pearce Gets Eight Games
Tua Tagovailoa started the preseason opener while Michael Penix dressed and watched, still uncleared for team drills with no date attached. Hours before kickoff, the league suspended James Pearce Jr. for eight games — on a defense that already lost Jalon Walker for the year. The bridge scenario is now the schedule, and the pass rush is the new emergency.
- Camp · Aug 9, 2026
Atlanta Falcons Camp Update — August 9: Michael Penix Still Isn't Cleared for Team Drills
The July 29 clearance the whole projection hung on didn't come. Penix is living in seven-on-sevens with no timeline, Tua is taking the probable first team after his own back scare, and the bridge scenario the preview sketched is quietly becoming the plan. Also: Bijan got extended and the pass rush lost Jalon Walker.
- 2026 Preview
Atlanta Falcons 2026 Season Preview — New Regime, Same Defense
Atlanta fired everyone above the defense and kept everything inside it — the division's longest odds are a bet against a knee, not a roster, and the roster is the best one in the South on paper.
- Season Review
8-9 regular season
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6 picks in the 2026 NFL Draft
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