A.J. Terrell Hits IR With Groin Injury, Out at Least Four Games
Atlanta shuts down its top corner for a minimum of four weeks, opening the door for opposing WRs before the Falcons face Green Bay.
Full practice return is encouraging, but the profile stays QB2 in Atlanta.
- Terrell to IR with groin injury from Week 2
- Out a minimum of four games
- Tua practiced fully Tuesday after being limited
- Ebukam remains the lone Falcon absent
- Packers held a walkthrough, logged estimated report
The Falcons made it official: cornerback A.J. Terrell is headed to injured reserve with the groin injury he picked up in Week 2, which sidelines Atlanta's top perimeter defender for a minimum of four games. The team hasn't put a specific label on the severity yet, but the IR designation tells you enough — this isn't a week-to-week guessing game, it's a four-week floor.
That's a meaningful subtraction before Atlanta's upcoming matchup with Green Bay. Terrell has been the Falcons' shadow corner, and pulling him off the field changes the math for every receiver Atlanta faces over the next month. If you're rostering pass-catchers who draw the Falcons, that's a quiet tailwind worth tracking.
Good News Elsewhere for Atlanta
Beyond Terrell, Tuesday's practice was mostly encouraging. Nearly everyone limited on Monday's estimated report practiced fully, including quarterback Tua Tagovailoa. Samson Ebukam is now the only Falcon still missing from the field, so the injury cloud over the roster is thinner than it looked 24 hours earlier.
The Packers, meanwhile, ran a walkthrough for the second straight day and posted an estimated report. Their updates were minor, the notable one being guard Anthony Belton, who was added with an elbow injury and listed as limited. Nothing there screams alarm, but it's a name to keep an eye on if the injury lingers into the week.
The Fantasy Angle
Tua returning to full practice is the storyline that matters most for lineups, and it removes any last-minute panic. Still, his numbers don't scream must-start: he posted 161 PPR points across 14 games in the 2025 season (2,660 pass yards, 20 TDs against a rough 15 INTs), and our model ranks him just #104 overall, #26 at the position. His last five games sat two fantasy points below his season average — hardly a trend you build a starting lineup around.
Bottom line: treat Tua as a low-end QB2 and a bye-week fill-in only. The real actionable move here is chasing the receivers who'll face a Terrell-less Falcons secondary over the next four weeks — that's where the value leaks out. Keep Belton on your watch list and monitor how his elbow shakes out before Sunday.
