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The Atlanta Falcons are 3-6 heading into their Week 10 matchup against the Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday at Mercedes-Benz Stadium. They're in last place in the NFC South due to their 1-2 division record, having previously lost to the Carolina Panthers (34-3) and Tampa Bay Buccaneers (16-0) earlier in the year, but their season is far from over. A win on Sunday would snap their two-game losing skid and shift momentum back in their favor heading into the back half of the season.
Just two days before the big game, Atlanta made sure to lock up one of their top edge rushers to an extension, agreeing to a new three-year, $33 million deal with Cameron Thomas, keeping him in A-Town through the 2029 season.
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Thomas was a third-round pick by the Arizona Cardinals in 2022 after a standout college career at San Diego State, but spent just two seasons in Arizona before being traded to Kansas City ahead of the 2024 season. He appeared in just four games with the Chiefs before being waived and picked up by the Cleveland Browns, where he spent the rest of the 2024 and 2025 seasons.
Thomas signed a one-year deal with the Falcons in March as an unrestricted free agent, but the team clearly liked what they saw through the first half of the year. Thomas has started all nine games this season, recording 25 combined tackles (nine solo), 12 quarterback hits, two sacks, one pass breakup, one forced fumble, and one tackle for loss.
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Those numbers might not jump off the page, but he's also generated 26 pressures, which ranks 20th among qualified edge rushers in the NFL, and has an overall PFF grade of 77.2, which ranks 19th in the league.
At 26 years old, Thomas still has a lot of upside, and with all of the injuries to the Falcons' defensive line, it makes sense they'd want to secure one of their most reliable pass rushers to a long-term deal before his contract expires after this season.
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