The Atlanta Falcons are already making another move in the secondary, parting with safety Jammie Robinson just two days after bringing him up to the active roster.
Robinson had been with Atlanta’s practice squad to start the season and got one of the team’s standard elevations for the Week 4 matchup against the New Orleans Saints on Monday night. Then, before the Falcons’ Week 5 prime time game against the Baltimore Ravens, the roster opened up when linebacker Yasir Abdullah was placed on injured reserve. Robinson was signed to the active roster last Saturday to fill that spot.
His role on defense was limited, but he was busy on special teams. Across Weeks 4 and 5, Robinson logged 44 special teams snaps, which made up 72 percent of Atlanta’s special teams work over that stretch.
This wasn’t his first stint helping the Falcons. Robinson played in six games for Atlanta last season after first landing on the practice squad in November. Before that, he spent two seasons with the Carolina Panthers.
A 2023 fifth-round pick out of FSU by Carolina, Robinson has now appeared in 27 career games.
Atlanta’s next move may already be taking shape. The Falcons hosted former Denver Broncos safety Delarrin Turner-Yell for a tryout on Wednesday. Turner-Yell, also a fifth-round pick, went to Denver in the 2022 NFL Draft and has played in 31 career games.
He missed all of 2024 because of a knee injury, then injured the same knee again last year after being activated in December. Before the injury, he had been a special teams contributor and a depth piece.
A tryout doesn’t guarantee anything, but the timing is hard to miss. Atlanta is still sorting through its options in the defensive backfield and looking for the right mix of depth and special teams help.
The Falcons now turn toward their next matchup against the Chicago Bears, set for 1 p.m. EST at Mercedes-Benz Stadium.
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