ESPN gathered a panel of 10 analysts and insiders to determine their 100 best players heading into the 2025 season, and the number of Falcons on the list may be cause for debate.

Voters were asked to "rank players based on expected performance for the 2025 season," and they feel that only three Atlanta players will wind up among the league's best when the year concludes. It's a familiar trio for the Falcons that made the list: Jessie Bates III, Chris Lindstrom and Bijan Robinson.

Bates was lowest-ranked Falcons player on the list, coming in at the No. 62 spot, which is five spots higher than where he appeared on the list last year. In an earlier ESPN ranking of the league's best safeties , Bates was listed fourth. Atlanta's defensive captain was the only player in the NFL last season t

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