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McClellan

McClellan was a fourth-round pick of the Falcons last season and was let go by the team in June. His signing comes just days after Rachaad White suffered a groin injury, but White was mentioned as being day-to-day by head coach Todd Bowles. There could be nothing to this signing, but the timing of it is interesting. McClellan rushed 13 times for 32 scoreless yards last season and should be considered a long shot to make the final 53-man roster if White is healthy by roster cut down day.

Corbin, 24, led the UFL in rushing in 2025 with 514 yards. Corbin has bounced around between the Giants and Panthers the previous two seasons after coming out in the 2022 class. He went undrafted. Corbin figures to be a deep backup who won’t be worthy of fantasy attention without several injuries in front of him. To make room, the Falcons waived RB Jase McClellan, who the team drafted in the sixth round last year. McClellan had just 19 offensive snaps in his rookie season and was only active for two games.

McClellan has not practiced since hurting his knee last Friday and may be a candidate for injured reserve. Ruke Orhorhoro (ankle) and Mike Hughes (neck) are playing off questionable tags. The other five Falcons are healthy scratches as the team tries to hold on to their NFC South lead.

The Falcons came into the week with a very busy injury report, but the big names are all healthy and active for Week 13. McClellan was downgraded to out on Friday with a knee injury he apparently suffered in practice. It wouldn’t be surprising if he was sent to injured reserve next week. Younghoe Koo (hip) is playing off the questionable line. Hughes is out with a Neck injury despite getting in a full practice on Friday. The others are healthy scratches.

The Falcons have much of the same inactives as they have had for most of the season. Anderson is out due to a knee injury and Nate Landman was activated off injured reserve to help boost the linebacker position in Anderson’s absence.

This is about as quiet of a list as you will ever see in the modern NFL. The Falcons are getting back RT Kaleb McGary, hopefully boosting the running game and buying Kirk Cousins a little more time with the pass.

For the third consecutive week, the Falcons enter their game with a relatively clean bill of health. That’s good news considering a matchup with the stalwart Chiefs on deck.

No real surprises here after the list of inactives almost exactly mirrors the team’s Week 1 inactives list. The Falcons remain one of the healthier on-paper teams heading into Week 2.

McClellan is sixth-round rookie who is now a healthy scratch with the Falcons having a full running back room Week 1. Washington, Orhorhoro, Gwyn and Dorlus are also healthy inactives. Hamilton was ruled out due to a groin injury, but other than that, the Falcons enter Week 1 against the Steelers with a clean bill of health.

Washington has quietly been competing for the Falcons’ No. 3 RB role with 2024 rookie Jase McClellan, who rushed 9 times for 37 yards and caught 2-of-4 targets for 13 yards. Washington tallied 12 first-team snaps to McClellan’s 10 and forced five missed tackles to McClellan’s one, maintaining an edge over the former Alabama player.