David Wells

The Falcons are down to 53. With several hours to go before the 4pm ET/3pm CT deadline, the Falcons have released 27 players to meet the new max.

Some of these players will re-appear on the Falcons’ 16-man practice squad, if they’re not scooped up by another team. None of the cuts are particularly surprising, though D’Onta Foreman‘s name stands out on this list. The former UT star is still looking to reprise his rookie year with the Texans when he notched 327 rushing yards and two scores in ten games. However, he’ll have to do it somewhere else.

For now, the Falcons are keeping both of their backup quarterbacks. That means Feleipe Franks and Josh Rosen could be on the roster for the season opener, backstopping Matt Ryan.

Here’s the full rundown:

• CB Delrick Abrams – Waived
• DL Eli Ankou – Terminated, Vested Veteran
• OL Willie Beavers – Waived
• WR Trevor Davis – Terminated, Vested Veteran
• DL Zac Dawe – Waived
• ILB Emmanuel Ellerbee – Waived
• RB D’Onta Foreman – Terminated, Vested Veteran
• OL Matt Gono – Reserve/Physically Unable to Perform
• WR Juwan Green – Waived
• TE Parker Hesse – Reserve/COVID-19
• RB Caleb Huntley – Waived
• S Dwayne Johnson – Waived
• OLB Kobe Jones – Waived
• OL Sam Jones – Waived
• P Dom Maggio – Waived/Injured
• OL Ryan Neuzil – Waived
• WR Antonio Nunn – Waived
• S JR Pace – Waived
• TE John Raine – Waived
• WR Chris Rowland – Waived
• OL Joe Sculthorpe – Waived
• OLB Tuzar Skipper – Waived
• DL Chris Slayton – Waived
• OL Kion Smith – Waived
• ILB Erroll Thompson – Waived
• TE David Wells – Waived
• CB Chris Williamson – Waived