WALKER SACKED NEW England Patriots quarterback Drake Maye in Week 9, forcing a fumble. Pearce was there to recover it. The very next week, Pearce got a strip sack on Indianapolis Colts quarterback ...

Jalon Walker and James Pearce Jr. lead all rookies in sacks with five apiece. But Atlanta no longer has its 2026 first-round ...

Coupled with an attack-minded defensive coordinator in Jeff Ulbrich, and it's been a night-and-day turnaround. The Falcons have 34 sacks through 10 games and are second in the NFL. Quite a change for ...

The Atlanta Falcons went into Sunday's game against the Seattle Seahawks without starting defensive lineman Brandon Dorlus and exited without rookie edge rusher Jalon Walker. Dorlus, who's tied for ...

The Atlanta Falcons aren't strangers to drafting Georgia Bulldogs, and that trend should continue with CJ Allen in 2026.

As satisfying as it was for the city of Atlanta to see the Falcons use a first-round pick on a Georgia Bulldog, there was some trepidation about using a premium pick on a player who isn’t a ...

The team's two first-round picks, James Pearce Jr. and Jalon Walker, are tied for first among rookies with five sacks apiece.

FLOWERY BRANCH — After the horn sounded, Falcons rookie outside linebacker James Pearce Jr. made his way over to the stands and hugged his mother in New Orleans. “That was my Momma,” Pearce said ...

For much of the pre-draft process, Carolina Panthers GM Dan Morgan has kept things close to the chest. He's revealed very little about their plan, even refusing to lock in a defensive selection like ...

How often do you find a player in a draft class who feels like an absolute perfect fit for your team in every which way? It happens a handful of times in each draft, but not for every team. The ...