Falcons Starting Lineup 2026

The Falcons start Michael Penix Jr. at quarterback, Bijan Robinson at running back and Kyle Pitts Sr. at tight end. Drake London, Jahan Dotson and Olamide Zaccheaus start at receiver. Week 5, from the depth chart the team filed (as of 2026-10-06) and the injury report (as of 2026-10-08). No listed starter is out or on injured reserve.

Falcons offense

Pos	Starter	Next up
QB	Michael Penix Jr.	Tua Tagovailoa
RB	Bijan Robinson	Brian Robinson Jr.
WR	Drake London
WR	Jahan Dotson
WR	Olamide Zaccheaus	Zachariah Branch
TE	KPKyle Pitts Sr.	Charlie Woerner
LT	Jake Matthews	Michael Jerrell
LG	Matthew Bergeron	Kyle Hinton
C	Ryan Neuzil	Corey Levin
RG	Chris Lindstrom
RT	Jawaan Taylor	Michael Jerrell

Falcons defense

Pos	Starter	Next up
LDE	LaCale London
NT	Gervon Dexter Sr.	Maason Smith
RDE	Brandon Dorlus	Zach Harrison
SLB	Samson Ebukam	James Pearce Jr.
LILB	Kendal Daniels	Harold Perkins Jr.
RILB	Divine Deablo	Christian Harris
WLB	Za'Darius Smith	Cameron Thomas
LCB	C.J. Henderson	Jammie Robinson
RCB	Mike Hughes	Mike Ford Jr.
FS	Xavier Watts	Sydney Brown
SS	JBJessie Bates III	DeMarcco Hellams

Special teams

Pos	Starter	Next up
K	Nick Folk
P	Jake Bailey
LS	Liam McCullough
KR	BRBrian Robinson Jr.	Olamide Zaccheaus
PR	Zachariah Branch	Olamide Zaccheaus

Base personnel: three receivers and one tight end on offense; on defense, the base front plus the slot corner when the base set is short of 11. Rebuilt every Tuesday with the depth chart.

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Source: the depth chart each team files with the league, via nflverse, and the official injury report. Player links go to the StickToTheModel profile.