Outside linebacker Dante Fowler (knee), who is eligible to return to practice from the short-term injured reserve this week, was not on the team’s official depth chart which was released on Tuesday for the Dallas game.
The Falcons (4-4) are set to face the Cowboys (6-2) at 1 p.m. Sunday at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas.
Getting Fowler back would boost the anemic pass rush.
“We’ll just have to see,” Falcons coach Arthur Smith said. “We’ll take it day by day. There’s a chance.”
Anthony Rush who was added to the active roster was listed third behind Ta’Quon Graham, but since Rush played and Graham was inactive, we put Rush in the No. 2 spot behind Tyeler Davison at defensive tackle.
The team has made several minor moves over the past two days, in addition to promoting Rush, they also promoted cornerback Chris Williamson and released outside linebacker Jacob Tuioti-Mariner and punter Cam Nizialek.
Here’s the Falcons’ official depth chart for the Cowboys’ game:
OFFENSE
WR - Tajae Sharpe, Christian Blake, (Calvin Ridley on the NFI list)
TE - Kyle Pitts, Lee Smith
LT - Jake Matthews, Jason Spriggs
LG - Jaylen Mayfield, Josh Andrews
C - Matt Hennessy, Drew Dalman
RG - Chris Lindstrom, Drew Dalman
RT – Kaleb McGarry, Jason Spriggs, Colby Gossett
TE - Hayden Hurst, *Keith Smith (Has lineup as traditional TE), *Feleipe Franks (was part of TE/QB package vs. Giants)
WR - Russell Gage, Olamide Zaccheaus, Frank Darby
RB - Mike Davis, Cordarrelle Patterson, Wayne Gallman
*FB - Keith Smith, Cordarrelle Patterson (Added to reflect that they played the position in the opener.)
QB - Matt Ryan, Josh Rosen, Feleipe Franks
DEFENSE
DL - Grady Jarrett, Marlon Davidson
NT - Tyeler Davison, Anthony Rush, Ta’Quon Graham
L - Jonathan Bullard, Mike Pennel, John Cominsky
OLB - Steven Means, Brandon Copeland
ILB - Deion Jones, Mykal Walker
ILB - Foyesade Oluokun, Daren Bates
OLB – Adetokunbo Ogundeji, James Vaughters, (Dante Fowler on IR)
LCB - A.J. Terrell, Darren Hall
FS - Erik Harris, Jaylinn Hawkins
SS - Duron Harmon, Richie Grant
RCB - Fabian Moreau, Avery Williams, Kendall Sheffield
SPECIAL TEAMS
K - Younghoe Koo
P - Dustin Colquitt
LS - Josh Harris
H - Dustin Colquitt
PR - Avery Williams, Olamide Zaccheaus
KOR - Cordarrelle Patterson
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