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1:03Falcons Turn to Michael Penix Jr as QB 1
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1:19NFL Non-playoff Teams That Will Contend This Season: Atlanta Falcons
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1:52NFC South Offseason Grades: Atlanta Falcons
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1:49Jonathan Jones Explains the Falcons' $250K Fine for Shedeur Sanders Prank Call
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1:42How the Shedur Sanders Prank Call Was Different Than the Other Prank Calls During the Draft
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0:505 Trades That Could Shake Up the NFL: Kirk Cousins to the Saints
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0:365 Trades That Could Shake Up the NFL: Jalen Ramsey to the Falcons
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0:53Prisco's Best & Worst NFL Draft Picks: Atlanta Falcons
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8:082025 NFL Draft Grades: NFC South
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9:242025 NFL Draft Day 2: Biggest Winners Through Round 3
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3:25Atlanta Falcons take Jalon Walker in 1st round of NFL Draft | Junkyard Dawgcast
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9:342025 NFL Draft: NFC Round 1 Winners and Losers
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0:342025 NFL Draft Grades: Falcons Select James Pearce Jr. No. 26
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0:242025 NFL Draft Grades: Falcons Select Jalon Walker No. 15
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1:54Veterans Jalen Ramsey, Kirk Cousins Being Shopped Ahead of Draft
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9:18Atlanta Falcons GM Terry Fontenot joins CBS Sports HQ
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3:49Conference Championship Top 5 Moments
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0:14MUST-SEE: Michael Penix dives for the pylon to get Falcons even
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2:01NFL Week 18 Preview: Chargers at Raiders (1/4)
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2:12NFL Week 18 Preview: Panthers at Falcons (1/4)
2024 Defensive
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Interceptions
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Interceptions Returned For Touchdown
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Forced Fumbles
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Sacks
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| Regular Season | 102 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1.0 |
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Falcons' Jessie Bates: Excellent again in 2024
Bates recorded 102 tackles, including 1.0 sacks, along with 10 pass defenses (including four interceptions, one of which was a pick-six), four forced fumbles and a fumble recovery over 17 regular-season games.
Bates wasn't able to approach the career-high 132 stops he made in 2023, but he was still prolific as a tackler, notching his fifth career season with triple-digit stops. He also had two fewer interceptions than in the previous campaign, though he had twice as many pickoffs than anyone else on the Falcons and tied for 10th in the NFL in that category. For good measure, Bates recorded his second career pick-sick in Week 16 against the Giants and tied for fifth in the NFL with a career-best four forced fumbles. He's slated to be the centerpiece of Atlanta's secondary -- and an elite IDP option -- again in 2025, when he'll be in the third year of the four-year contract he inked in March of 2023.
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Falcons' Jessie Bates: Double-digit tackles Sunday
Bates recorded 12 total tackles (seven solo), including 1.0 sacks, in Sunday night's 30-24 overtime loss to the Commanders.
Bates led Atlanta's defense in total tackles while tying his season high in stops in a single game during Sunday's overtime loss. The Wake Forest product has seen a decrease in production from his first to his second year in Atlanta, having now recorded 97 total tackles, including 1.0 sacks, four passes defended and four forced fumbles while appearing in all 16 of the Falcons' regular-season games thus far. Expect Bates to continue starting alongside Justin Simmons as part of the Falcons' top safety duo in the Week 18 matchup against the Panthers.
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Falcons' Jessie Bates: Game-sealing INT vs. Las Vegas
Bates registered two solo tackles and an interception during Monday's 15-9 loss to the Raiders.
Bates logged his third interception of the regular season Monday on a Hail Mary pass from Desmond Ridder. Bates' two tackles were his lowest since Week 7, but he's played in 100 percent of the Falcons' defensive snaps in nine of 14 regular-season games. He's up to 83 tackles (50 solo), eight pass defenses (including three interceptions), four forced fumbles and one fumble recovery.
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Falcons' Jessie Bates: Logs nine tackles
Bates totaled nine tackles (four solo) in Sunday's 42-21 loss to the Vikings.
Bates finished second on the team in tackles behind Kaden Elliss in Sunday's loss. Bates has now racked up 81 tackles (48 solo) and two interceptions across his first 13 outings of the season.
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Falcons' Jessie Bates: Makes 10 tackles in defeat
Bates recorded 10 tackles (five solo) and a pass breakup in Sunday's 38-6 loss to the Broncos.
The free safety also played on 97 percent of the defensive snaps. Bates has 70 tackles (42 solo), six passes defensed, including two interceptions, four forced fumbles and a fumble recovery in 2024.
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Player Bio
| HT/WT: 6-1, 200 lbs |
| Birthplace: Fort Wayne, IN |
| Age: 28 |
| School: Wake Forest |
| Experience: 8 |