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Atlanta Falcons players almost made it a full week without fighting in the training camp while they jockey to position themselves in the hope of making the final list of 53 men before week 1.
As temperatures increase under the hot sun, attitudes on the ground too. Tempers seemed to boil on Sunday when several offense and defense players had a skirmish.
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Atlanta Falcons secondary, James Pearce Jr., # 27, the quarter-Arrière Kirk Cousins, # 18, and the Cornerback Lamar Jackson, # 38, warm up during the Mini-Camp at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta Training Ground in Atlanta on June 11, 2025. (Dale Zanine-Imagn images)
The recruit of Falcons Edge Rusher James Pearce Jr. entered with the offensive line player Matthew Bergeron, whose helmet flew, according to ESPN. Leonard Floyd and Kaleb McGary were also involved in a separate incident that included Pearce. Some punches were allegedly thrown into heated battles.
Atlanta selected Pearce with the overall choice n ° 26 of the draft earlier this year. It is clear that he is trying to impact the batt.
“We are trying to develop a culture, a style of play for sure, and part of this is the violence with which we play and aggression, urgency and all this,” said the defensive coordinator of Falcons Jeff Ulbrich, via ESPN. “Today, sometimes it has been a little too far away, and we have to learn to manage this.
Atlanta Kaleb McGary’s offensive striker from Falcons of Atlanta Kaleb, # 76 on the field during the training camp at IBM Performance Field in Flowery Branch, Georgia, July 24, 2025. (Dale Zanine-Imagn images)
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“You are going to shake yourself and, especially when you play very good defense, the offensive will become very agitated, so you have to anticipate the punches, things being said, people have pushed themselves. In these moments, you must prosper and not to retaliate and therefore it is a good lesson to learn today.”
The passion and intensity of the players are something that fans died of wanting to go back since Atlanta was in the Super Bowl during the 2016 season. Since then, Falcons have only made the playoffs once and were only 0,500 once.
The quarter of the Falcons of Atlanta Kirk Cousins, n ° 18, passes during the training camp at IBM Performance Field in Flowery Branch, in Georgia, on July 24, 2025. (Dale Zanine-Imagn images)
The Falcons were 8-9 last season when the year flouted once Kirk Cousins was injured. The team finished sixth in yards, 13th in marked points and 23rd in yards and authorized points.
