James Pearce Jr & Xavier Watts only received 3 combined votes for Defensive Rookie of the Year.
February 6, 2026
Wild.
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Robbed by a tackle merchant. Well both of them will be better in the long run IMO.
Wasn’t even close. At least they made it. We never had 2 Falcons players on there ever
Wow the guy who just filled whatever lane that Myles Garrett opened up and got clean tackles was voted the best rookie on defense.
Stunning and brave
“We really can’t vote for the falcons because we can’t let them rub it even more in our faces”
Like this is ABSOLUTELY Disrespectful!!! 💯
James Pearce sacks were top 20 all time for a rookie, and just 2.5 sacks behind Micah who was a Unanimous ROY. And i would bet a hefty sum he got significantly less snaps.
I can see Watts and Walker only getting 1 or 2 votes, but not Pearce.
But im not even mad, cuz Ulbrich gonna be in there telling all those rooks they got disrespected, and they need to show out and demand respect.
And if Ulbrich ain’t doing it I know Watts and Walker gonna be.
BULLETIN BOARD!!!… probably a Digital board these days lol
Should of had 3. Walker could have definitely gotten a vote too.
Don’t care. Those dudes are going to be anchors of very good defenses for years to come if their current trajectory stays the same. BB not being a first ballot HoFer this year proves that these panel voted awards mean essentially nothing. Anybody who knows ball knows we got 2 (3) very good players in the last draft and the future is looking bright
How can the guy who picked off the MVP twice not get more votes
Absolute shame. Pearce was hosed
ROTYs in my book. They were both incredible
This will motivate those guys. They are about to be two of the best
JPJ absolutely robbed. Dude has more passes defended than Carson as well. I knew it wouldn’t be any of our guys. I thought Bijan had a really good case at OPOTY as well but at least JSN over him I get.
In what way was Emmanwori better than Watts? Watts had 15 more tackles, 4 more interceptions, and the same amount of pass deflections. Insane to have Watts lower than him let alone JpJ who literally had 5 more sacks than the next rookie who just happened to be Jalon Walker. Absolute joke
I’ve said it before, I’ll say it again. No one watches Falcons games.
Criminal
For the final time. WHERE Y’ALL HATERS AT WHO SAID WATTS WOULDN’T BE ON THE LIST?
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Robbed by a tackle merchant. Well both of them will be better in the long run IMO.
Wasn’t even close. At least they made it. We never had 2 Falcons players on there ever
Wow the guy who just filled whatever lane that Myles Garrett opened up and got clean tackles was voted the best rookie on defense.
Stunning and brave
“We really can’t vote for the falcons because we can’t let them rub it even more in our faces”
Like this is ABSOLUTELY Disrespectful!!! 💯
James Pearce sacks were top 20 all time for a rookie, and just 2.5 sacks behind Micah who was a Unanimous ROY. And i would bet a hefty sum he got significantly less snaps.
I can see Watts and Walker only getting 1 or 2 votes, but not Pearce.
But im not even mad, cuz Ulbrich gonna be in there telling all those rooks they got disrespected, and they need to show out and demand respect.
And if Ulbrich ain’t doing it I know Watts and Walker gonna be.
BULLETIN BOARD!!!… probably a Digital board these days lol
Should of had 3. Walker could have definitely gotten a vote too.
Don’t care. Those dudes are going to be anchors of very good defenses for years to come if their current trajectory stays the same. BB not being a first ballot HoFer this year proves that these panel voted awards mean essentially nothing. Anybody who knows ball knows we got 2 (3) very good players in the last draft and the future is looking bright
How can the guy who picked off the MVP twice not get more votes
Absolute shame. Pearce was hosed
ROTYs in my book. They were both incredible
This will motivate those guys. They are about to be two of the best
JPJ absolutely robbed. Dude has more passes defended than Carson as well. I knew it wouldn’t be any of our guys. I thought Bijan had a really good case at OPOTY as well but at least JSN over him I get.
In what way was Emmanwori better than Watts? Watts had 15 more tackles, 4 more interceptions, and the same amount of pass deflections. Insane to have Watts lower than him let alone JpJ who literally had 5 more sacks than the next rookie who just happened to be Jalon Walker. Absolute joke
I’ve said it before, I’ll say it again. No one watches Falcons games.
Criminal
For the final time. WHERE Y’ALL HATERS AT WHO SAID WATTS WOULDN’T BE ON THE LIST?
Horrible