With two starters out of offense and four on defense, several players made their NFL debuts or their debut with the Falcons against the Bears on Sunday.
--Falcons tackle Matt Gono made his first NFL start and played all 68 of the offensive snaps (100%) in place of Kaleb McGary (knee strain).
--Rookie defensive tackle Marlon Davidson, the team’s 2020 second-round draft pick, played 32 defensive snaps (37%).
--Rookie MyKal Walker, who started for Foye Oluokun, played 72 snaps (88%) in his first NFL start.
--Defensive end Charles Harris made his debut with the team and played 32 snaps (39%)
--Undrafted rookie cornerback Delrick Abrams, who was called up from the practice squad on Saturday, play left cornerback for a play.
--James Carpenter played 61 of the snaps at left guard (90%) and rookie Matt Hennessy played seven snaps (10%)
Here’s the percentage of playing time per player for the Falcons in historic 30-26 loss to Chicago:
OFFENSE SPECIAL TEAMS
J Matthews T 68 100% 6 18%
M Gono T 68 100% 6 18%
C Lindstrom G 68 100% 6 18%
M Ryan QB 68 100%
A Mack C 68 100%
C Ridley WR 63 93% 1 3%
J Carpenter G 61 90% 6 18%
O Zaccheaus WR 54 79% 1 3%
H Hurst TE 43 63% 1 3%
B Powell WR 37 54% 10 30%
T Gurley RB 35 51%
L Stocker TE 32 47% 18 55%
B Hill RB 23 34% 16 48%
K Smith FB 19 28% 21 64%
R Gage WR 12 18%
J Graham TE 7 10% 19 58%
M Hennessy G 7 10%
C Blake WR 6 9% 18 55%
I Smith RB 6 9% 1 3%
J Wetzel T 3 4%
DEFENSE SPECIAL TEAMS
I Oliver CB 82 100% 6 18%
D Kazee SS 81 99% 1 3%
D Dennard CB 77 94% 5 15%
D Jones LB 76 93% 6 18%
M Walker LB 72 88%
K Neal FS 68 83% 8 24%
B Wreh-Wilson CB 68 83%
J Cominsky DT 47 57% 12 36%
S Means DE 45 55% 7 21%
G Jarrett DT 44 54% 3 9%
T Davison DT 41 50% 11 33%
A Bailey DE 33 40% 5 15%
C Harris LB 32 39% 5 15%
M Davidson DT 32 39%
D Fowler DE 28 34%
J Tuioti-Mariner DE 27 33% 16 48%
J Hawkins FS 24 29% 16 48%
E Robinson LB 16 20% 10 30%
L Reynolds LB 7 9% 21 64%
S Neasman CB 1 1% 22 67%
D Abrams CB 1 1% 10 30%
SPECIAL TEAMS ONLY
S Hofrichter P 18 55%
T Hall CB 17 52%
J Harris LS 12 36%
Q Ollison RB 9 27%
J McCray C 6 18%
Y Koo K 6 18%
Falcons' next four games
Falcons at Green Bay Packers, at 8:15 p.m. Monday, Oct. 5
Panthers at Falcons at 1 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 11
Falcons at Vikings at 1 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 18
Lions at Falcons at 1 p.m. Sunday Oct. 25
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