Falcons 53 man roster projection after Week 3 of preseason

After a fiasco of a preseason game like that, the impulse is to overreact, to tear up the bottom of the roster in any projection you’re doing and cast out everyone who played even semi-poorly. We’re not going to do that today.

Instead, we will put together a couple of tweaks to the practice squad this week, as you’ll see below, and only one tweak to the actual roster. We welcome your thoughts on this

QB Matt Ryan

QB Matt Schaub

RB Devonta Freeman

RB Tevin Coleman

RB Brandon Wilds

FB Patrick DiMarco

WR Julio Jones

WR Mohamed Sanu

WR Justin Hardy

WR Aldrick Robinson

WR Eric Weems

WR Devin Fuller

TE Jacob Tamme

TE Austin Hooper

TE DJ Tialavea

LT Jake Matthews

RT Ryan Schraeder

T/G Tom Compton

T Bryce Harris

LG Andy Levitre

RG Chris Chester

G Wes Schweitzer

C Alex Mack

C/G Mike Person

DE/LB Vic Beasley

DE/DT Derrick Shelby

DE/DT Ra’Shede Hageman

DE/LB Dwight Freeney

DE Adrian Clayborn

DE Courtney Upshaw

DT Grady Jarrett

DT Jonathan Babineaux

DT Tyson Jackson

DT Joey Mbu

OLB Brooks Reed

OLB Philip Wheeler

LB De’Vondre Campbell

LB Sean Weatherspoon

MLB Deion Jones

MLB Paul Worrilow

MLB LaRoy Reynolds

CB Desmond Trufant

CB Robert Alford

CB Jalen Collins (suspended)

CB Akeem King

CB Brian Poole

FS Ricardo Allen

SS Keanu Neal

S Robenson Therezie

S Kemal Ishmael

K Matt Bryant

P Matt Bosher

LS Josh Harris

PRACTICE SQUAD

S Sharrod Neasman

QB Matt Simms

RB Gus Johnson

G Jordan Walsh

C Jake Reed

CB C.J. Goodwin

FB/LB Will Ratelle

DE/LB Ivan McLennan

DE Nordly Capi

WR/KR J.D. McKissic