With the Atlanta Falcons’ 2025 schedule official set, the dates of their five primetime games were confirmed after reports surfaced earlier in the day they would be participating in two Sunday Night Football games, two Monday Night Football games and one Thursday Night Football matchup, marking the second consecutive season they will be featured in at least four nights under the national spotlight.
“I think the league believes the Falcons are going to have a very explosive offense and I tend to agree with them,” ESPN Falcons reporter, Marc Raimondi, said on Thursday as he joined Mike Bell and Abe Gordon and shared his thoughts on the Falcons schedule and why he believes they find themselves on the national stage five times this season after finishing 8-9 in 2024.
And while Atlanta will head into this season with second year quarterback, Michael Penix Jr. under center, Raimondi noted the Falcons’ signal caller displayed enough talent in his three starts last season along with another productive year by Bijan Robison, have helped the Falcons garner the attention this year.
“By the end of the season, I thought he was one of the top three running backs in the entire league,” Raimondi said of Robinson while also acknowledging the talents of Drake London, Darnell Mooney and Tyler Allgeier are also contributing factors for all eyes being on the Falcons.
“This is a team that could have a top 10 offense, if not better, and I think the NFL sees that and you want to put your best possible product esthetically on television in primetime and that could be the Falcons,” Raimondi added.