Atlanta Falcons linebacker Jalon Walker reportedly sustained a lower leg injury during Tuesday’s practice. The Falcons’ initial fear is that Walker tore his ACL, a potentially season-ending injury. Walker, reportedly, will have an MRI to confirm the injury. Walker is entering his second season in the NFL. He was drafted 15th overall in 2025, but had a minimal role on Atlanta’s defense during his rookie season. He only played 50% of snaps, recording 5.5 sacks, 36 total tackles and two forced fumbles. Walker’s potential absence adds to an already-diminished linebacker room in Atlanta as fellow 2025 first-round pick James Pearce Jr. could receive a suspension from the NFL after an arrest in February. The Falcons finished the 2025 season on a four-game winning streak, and were hoping to build on that momentum. Atlanta opens the 2026 season with an away game against the Pittsburgh Steelers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Atlanta Falcons linebacker Jalon Walker reportedly sustained a lower leg injury during Tuesday’s practice. The Falcons’ initial fear is that Walker tore his ACL, a potentially season-ending injury. Walker, reportedly, will have an MRI to confirm the injury. Walker is entering his second season in the NFL. He was drafted 15th overall in 2025, but<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlinebettingnewyork.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33131"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlinebettingnewyork.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlinebettingnewyork.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlinebettingnewyork.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33131"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/onlinebettingnewyork.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33131\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlinebettingnewyork.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33131"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlinebettingnewyork.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33131"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlinebettingnewyork.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33131"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}