Falcons publish unofficial depth chart ahead of second preseason trip to Indianapolis

The Atlanta Falcons have released an unofficial depth chart for their second preseason game, setting the stage for a Week of evaluation against the Indianapolis Colts. The team will travel to Indianapolis this week, with the Colts hosting joint practices before the Falcons take the field for Saturday’s preseason contest.

According to the Falcons, the Colts and Falcons will share the practice fields for two sessions on Wednesday and Thursday. Those joint looks tend to matter because they compress game-speed work into a short window, giving coaches a more direct comparison of talent against live opponents than a standard practice schedule can.

The depth chart itself is labeled unofficial, which matters for how fans and observers interpret it. In the preseason, teams often reshuffle starters and situational groups based on health, practice performance, and specific coaching objectives, so the chart is best viewed as a snapshot rather than a final statement of roles.

For Atlanta, releasing the depth chart ahead of this matchup indicates an emphasis on clarity heading into a game that often becomes a test of depth, versatility, and execution under pressure. The second preseason game is frequently where teams try to refine their rotation for later exhibitions and the transition toward regular-season preparation.

The Falcons’ trip to Indianapolis also brings a different measuring stick than a familiar opponent at home. Joint practices provide an opportunity to evaluate how an offense responds to another defense’s fronts and coverages, and how a defense handles another team’s tempo and play selection. That dynamic is particularly useful when coaches want to understand which units can hold up when the game calls speed up and the margins tighten.

While the Falcons’ chart offers a framework for where players are expected to line up, the real story in this stretch is how those groupings look after two days of live reps. The Saturday preseason game should reveal which players track with their listed roles and which players move up or down the depth order after the joint-practice work.

Looking ahead, the next checkpoints are straightforward: watch how Atlanta’s planned groupings hold through Wednesday and Thursday, and then compare the depth chart’s initial impressions to what actually appears on the field in the preseason game. That sequence typically separates preseason planning from preseason performance, especially in the second exhibition when roster evaluation starts to sharpen.