ON THE FALCONS BEAT
ON THE FALCONS BEAT

Falcons release official depth chart for Dolphins’ game

Falcons quarterback Kurt Benkert and Jacksonville’s Brandon Smith, both rookies, pose following a preseason game Aug. 25, 2018, at TIAA Bank Field in Jacksonville, Fla.

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Falcons quarterback Kurt Benkert and Jacksonville’s Brandon Smith, both rookies, pose following a preseason game Aug. 25, 2018, at TIAA Bank Field in Jacksonville, Fla.
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Aug 27, 2018

The Falcons (0-3) released their official depth chart for the exhibition game against the Dolphins (0-3) at 7 p.m. Thursday night at Mercedes-Benz Stadium.

The majority of the starters are not expected to play.

Here’s the depth chart:

OFFENSE

WR 11 Julio Jones, 14 Justin Hardy, 17 Marvin Hall, 15 Christian Blake, 16 Julian Williams, 19 Dontez Byrd

LT 70 Jake Matthews, 74 Ty Sambrailo, 76 Daniel Brunskill

LG 67 Andy Levitre, 63 Ben Garland, 64 Sean Harlow

C 51 Alex Mack, 75 Jamil Douglas, 61 J.C. Hassenauer

RG 71 Wes Schweitzer, 65 Brandon Fusco, 62 Salesi Uhatafe

RT 73 Ryan Schraeder, 68 Austin Pasztor, 77 Matt Gono, 72 Kendall Calhoun

TE 81 Austin Hooper, 82 Logan Paulsen, 85 Eric Saubert, 89 Alex Gray, 87 Jaeden Graham, 80 Troy Mangen

WR 12 Mohamed Sanu, 18 Calvin Ridley, 13 Reggie Davis, 83 Russell Gage, 7 Devin Gray, 86 Lamar Jordan

QB 2 Matt Ryan, 8 Matt Schaub, 6 Kurt Benkert, 9 Garrett Grayson

RB 24 Devonta Freeman, 26 Tevin Coleman, 25 Ito Smith, 32 Justin Crawford, 41 Terrence Magee, 35 Malik Williams

FB 30 Ricky Ortiz, 43 Jalston Fowler

DEFENSE

DE 44 Vic Beasley Jr., 90 Derrick Shelby, 74 Jacob Tuioti-Mariner, 55 J.T. Jones

DT 99 Terrell McClain, 94 Deadrin Senat, 91 Jon Cunningham, 92 Justin Zimmer

DT 97 Grady Jarrett, 95 Jack Crawford, 93 Garrison Smith

DE 98 Takk McKinley, 50 Brooks Reed, 56 Anthony Winbush, 96 Mackendy Cheridor LB 42 Duke Riley, 36 Kemal Ishmael, 52 Emmanuel Ellerbee

LB 45 Deion Jones, 53 Emmanuel Smith, 46 Jonathan Celestin

LB 59 De’Vondre Campbell, 54 Foyesade Oluokun, 49 Dewey Jarvis

CB 23 Robert Alford, 20 Isaiah Oliver, 33 Blidi Wreh-Wilson, 30 Chris Lammons

CB 21 Desmond Trufant, 34 Brian Poole, 28 Justin Bethel, 29 Leon McFadden, 39 Deante Burton

S 37 Ricardo Allen, 27 Damontae Kazee, 32 Tyson Graham, 35 Secdrick Cooper, S 22 Keanu Neal, 48 Ron Parker, 38 Marcelis Branch

SPECIALISTS

K 3 Matt Bryant, 1 David Marvin

KO 5 Matt Bosher, 1 David Marvin

P 5 Matt Bosher, 1 David Marvin

KR 14 Justin Hardy, 18 Calvin Ridley

PR 14 Justin Hardy, 17 Marvin Hall

LS 47 Josh Harris

H 5 Matt Bosher

Falcons quarterback Matt Ryan talks about the 17-6 loss to the Jaguars Saturday night. (Video by D. Orlando Ledbetter)

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