The Falcons didn’t have to look long to find their first preseason roster casualty, and Layden Robinson was an easy call.
Atlanta signed the offensive guard earlier this offseason after bringing him in for rookie minicamp, hoping he could rediscover the kind of form that led to 11 starts in 13 games with the New England Patriots in 2024. Instead, his run with the team ended just days after the preseason loss to the Denver Broncos, when the Falcons moved on from Robinson and backup punter Matthew Hayball.
The Atlanta Falcons have released offensive lineman Layden Robinson and punter Matthew Hayball.
Hayball was the team's international designation and did not count against the 90-man roster limit. pic.twitter.com/gYgIuNVzwu
- Will McFadden (@willmcfadden) August 17, 2026
Hayball’s departure didn’t require another move since he didn’t count against the 90-man roster limit. Robinson’s exit, though, says plenty about where the Falcons think they are on the offensive line. They have other options at guard, and one of them is an undrafted rookie who has started to put himself in position to matter.
That rookie is Kam Dewberry.
Atlanta signed the Alabama guard as an undrafted free agent shortly after the 2026 NFK Draft, and he arrived with far less attention than some of the other UDFAs in the class. Jack Strand, James Brockermeyer, and Vinny Anthony have drawn more of the camp buzz, but Dewberry may be the one with the clearest path to the Week 1 roster.
The setup helps him. The tackle spots are still more of a battle, but the guard picture is much cleaner.
Kyle Hinton looks lined up as the backup left guard behind Matthew Bergeron, leaving Dewberry and Robinson to compete at right guard. Dewberry played left guard next to Kadyn Proctor while blocking for Ty Simpson at Alabama, but Atlanta was looking for depth on the interior, and Robinson never really seized the opening.
From there, the gap only got wider. The 2024 fourth-round pick looked painfully slow against the Broncos, and that’s not the kind of look that buys time on a roster already sorting through younger options.
Dewberry brings a different kind of appeal. He’s 22, he played in 46 games across four college seasons, and he did it at two major SEC programs in Alabama and Texas A&M. At 6-foot-4 and 332 pounds, he has the size and background the Falcons were after when they brought Robinson in.
He’s not locked in yet, but the release of Robinson makes the path easier to see. With Ethan Onianwa and Brandon Walton getting more work at right tackle, Dewberry is now effectively in line for the backup right guard job, with only Jaeden Roberts standing in his way.
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