{"id":120515,"date":"2025-06-11T04:59:09","date_gmt":"2025-06-11T04:59:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/120515\/"},"modified":"2025-06-11T04:59:09","modified_gmt":"2025-06-11T04:59:09","slug":"atlanta-shows-off-picture-of-vfl-james-pearce-jr-in-his-falcons-threads","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/120515\/","title":{"rendered":"Atlanta Shows Off Picture of VFL James Pearce Jr. in His Falcons Threads"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rockytopinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/James-Pearce-Jr-\u2014-Tennessee-Football.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-121074\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\" alt=\"James Pearce\" width=\"558\" height=\"361\" data-lazy- data-lazy- data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/James-Pearce-Jr-\u2014-Tennessee-Football-300x194.jpg\"\/><\/a>Tennessee EDGE James Pearce Jr. Photo By Andrew Ferguson\/Tennessee Athletics.<\/p>\n<p>The Atlanta Falcons made a huge splash in the 2025 NFL Draft by sacrificing future draft capital to acquire former Tennessee EDGE rusher James Pearce Jr. with the 26th overall pick last spring.<\/p>\n<p>Atlanta went into the draft with the goal of bolstering its pass rushing unit and took strides in the department by taking George EDGE Jalon Walker and Pearce with two first-round draft picks.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, the Falcons\u2019 social media team posted a picture of Pearce in his all-black home threads with the same No. 27 jersey that he wore during his time in Knoxville.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"qme\">\ud83d\ude24 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JamesPearceJr10?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@JamesPearceJr10<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NFLVols?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#NFLVols<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/OnfDHebvgQ\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/t.co\/OnfDHebvgQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tennessee Football (@Vol_Football) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Vol_Football\/status\/1932514653193843145?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">June 10, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<p>More From RTI:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rockytopinsider.com\/2025\/06\/10\/an-update-on-joe-miltons-training-camp-after-being-traded-to-the-dallas-cowboys\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">An Update on Joe Milton\u2019s Training Camp After Being Traded to the Dallas Cowboys<\/a><\/p>\n<p>As teams go through rookie minicamps and OTAs this month, Sports Illustrated\u2019s Daniel Flick posted a video of Pearce speaking with Falcons owner Arthur Blank during practice on Tuesday. Blank invested a lot in Pearce\u2019s acquisition this past spring as excitement begins to build with what he could potentially bring to the table.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Falcons owner Arthur Blank is out at practice today. Here he is chatting with James Pearce Jr. before the session gets underway.<\/p>\n<p>Jeff Ulbrich has now joined their conversation. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9l6yNEUXQg\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/9l6yNEUXQg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Daniel Flick (@ByDanielFlick) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ByDanielFlick\/status\/1932481105573392605?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">June 10, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">James Pearce Jr. out here working \ud83d\udcaa\ud83c\udffe <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/AUzH3CdmiP\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/AUzH3CdmiP<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 JazzyJeffRealTalk (@JazzyJeffRealT1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JazzyJeffRealT1\/status\/1927435689135644798?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">May 27, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tennessee EDGE James Pearce Jr. Photo By Andrew Ferguson\/Tennessee Athletics. 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