{"id":343310,"date":"2025-12-12T00:39:07","date_gmt":"2025-12-12T00:39:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/343310\/"},"modified":"2025-12-12T00:39:07","modified_gmt":"2025-12-12T00:39:07","slug":"atlanta-falcons-inactives-vs-tampa-bay-buccaneers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/343310\/","title":{"rendered":"Atlanta Falcons inactives vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>TAMPA, Fla. \u2014 After ruling wide receiver Drake London <a class=\"nfl-o-cta--link nfl-o-cta--underline\" style=\"word-break: break-word\" href=\"https:\/\/www.atlantafalcons.com\/news\/falcons-injury-report-drake-london-out-kyle-pitts-questionable\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">out for the fourth consecutive game<\/a>, the Atlanta Falcons had decisions to make about a group of starters before kicking things off against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Thursday Night Football.<\/p>\n<p>Tight end Kyle Pitts (knee), edge rusher Jalon Walker (quad), and defensive linemen Brandon Dorlus (groin) and David Onyemata (foot) all carried a questionable designation before the game.<\/p>\n<p>All four will be active for Atlanta, which is big news for the team.<\/p>\n<p>In London&#8217;s absence, the Falcons have relied heavily on Pitts&#8217; contributions in the pass game. Pitts has recorded 172 receiving yards over the last two games, which is the most in a two-game span for the fifth-year tight end since his rookie year. His average yards per game have increased recently, too: Going from a 35.4 average last season to 48.5 receiving yards per game currently. This improvement of 13.1 receiving yards per game is the fourth-largest improvement among qualifying NFL tight ends.<\/p>\n<p>Dorlus, who is tied with James Pearce Jr. for the team lead with six sacks, and Walker, who is second with five sacks, continue to be two of the top-producing pass rushers on the team. Both players&#8217; injuries affected their playing time last week. Dorlus was held out completely, while Walker missed the entire second half.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the Falcons&#8217; inactives list revealed some special teams decisions. Primary return man Jamal Agnew is a healthy scratch. So, too, is inside linebacker JD Bertrand. They join wide receiver Casey Washington on the list of inactives as healthy scratches. This is Washington&#8217;s fourth consecutive game as an inactive player.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TAMPA, Fla. \u2014 After ruling wide receiver Drake London out for the fourth consecutive game, the Atlanta Falcons&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":343311,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[171959,171960,171961,57760,49907,17661,46790,3,349,99],"class_list":{"0":"post-343310","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nfl","8":"tag-atlanta-falcons-at-tampa-bay-buccaneers-2025-reg-15","9":"tag-brandon-dorlus","10":"tag-david-onyemata","11":"tag-drake-london","12":"tag-inactives","13":"tag-jalon-walker","14":"tag-kyle-pitts","15":"tag-news","16":"tag-nfl","17":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/343310","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=343310"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/343310\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/343311"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=343310"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=343310"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=343310"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}