{"id":194309,"date":"2025-07-09T19:49:10","date_gmt":"2025-07-09T19:49:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/194309\/"},"modified":"2025-07-09T19:49:10","modified_gmt":"2025-07-09T19:49:10","slug":"falcons-urged-to-cut-former-saint-legend-4-possible-suitors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/194309\/","title":{"rendered":"Falcons Urged to Cut Former Saint Legend; 4 Possible Suitors"},"content":{"rendered":"

After having one of the worst pass rushes in the league the past two seasons, the Atlanta Falcons could cut Nose Tackle David Onyemata before the regular season. According to a report,<\/a> the Falcons could part ways with the nine-year veteran after two seasons since he\u2019s coming off one of his worst campaigns. Originally selected in the fourth round of the 2016 NFL Draft, the former Manitoba product left the New Orleans Saints to join their rival after having some substance issues. Onyemata hasn\u2019t been the same trenches guy and after losing Bud Dupree and Calais Campbell<\/a> in the past two years as well, it didn\u2019t help the nose tackle\u2019s chances of making an impact on the field.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s interesting that PFF\u2019s Jonathon Macri names him as the Falcons\u2019 most \u201cunderrated player\u201d even though Onyemata has been in several rumors that he will depart from Atlanta. Since they\u2019ve already made the move to release Grady Jarrett, it only makes sense for the Falcons to move on from Onyemata if they want to embrace the rebuild. The new defensive staff have shown their desire to get younger and that spells bad news for a veteran like Onyemata, so it\u2019ll be interesting to see what the Falcons do here.<\/p>\n

Usually, they can keep him for the 2025 campaign and trade him for some draft picks if they endure a losing season under quarterback Michael Penix. However, it\u2019s like the Falcons will release Onyemata and these four teams may pursue him.<\/p>\n

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\nReport: Falcons Urged to Cut Former Saint Legend David Onyemata; 4 Possible Suitors
\nPossible Destinations
\nBaltimore Ravens<\/p>\n

Following Michael Pierce\u2019s retirement<\/a>, the Baltimore Ravens need another reliable trenches guy to complement Nnamdi Madubuike this upcoming season. Despite signing John Jenkins, he\u2019s a journeyman and won\u2019t do much given his age. The same can be said about Travis Jones<\/a> and Broderick Washington, even though they\u2019re younger and have a lot to prove. Onyemata is aging, too, but he\u2019s a safe veteran to invest in.<\/p>\n

New Orleans Saints<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the New Orleans Saints will highly depend on a strong and physical defense since they don\u2019t have the toolkit offensively<\/a> to be successful during each game this upcoming season. Between Tyler Shough<\/a> and Spencer Rattler, the Saints are better off pairing Davon Godchaux and Onyemata. He won\u2019t make more than ten sacks, but he could make some type of impact to keep giving Shough or Rattler more opportunities on the field.<\/p>\n

Washington Commanders<\/p>\n

Even though the Washington Commanders are not looking to add any more defensive linemen to their unit, the team can\u2019t afford to ignore upgrading. They can win offensively, but if the defense can\u2019t pull it together, then many should expect games to go to shootouts. Despite signing Javon Kinlaw, he was one of the worst free-agent investments<\/a> this offseason. It didn\u2019t help losing Dante Fowler Jr.<\/a>, but someone like Onyemata could alleviate pressure and get after the quarterback on a rotational basis.<\/p>\n

Los Angeles Chargers<\/p>\n

Head Coach Jim Harbaugh wants to win football games in the trenches<\/a>, but it doesn\u2019t look like he truly wants to do that. Da\u2019Shawn Hand and Teair Tart<\/a> won\u2019t single-handedly carry this unit by themselves, but Onyemata could be an emergency depth fill. He doesn\u2019t need to make an immediate impact but keep this defense back to their old self after losing Poona Ford.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After having one of the worst pass rushes in the league the past two seasons, the Atlanta Falcons…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":194310,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2074],"tags":[223,254,2591,2554,849,4755,5403,9084,11413,224,7,11465,2453,401,6,10420,6211,10998,10421],"class_list":{"0":"post-194309","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-atlanta-falcons","8":"tag-atlanta","9":"tag-atlanta-falcons","10":"tag-atlanta-falcons-news","11":"tag-atlantafalcons","12":"tag-baltimore-ravens-news","13":"tag-calais-campbell","14":"tag-chargers-featured","15":"tag-dante-fowler-jr","16":"tag-david-onyemata","17":"tag-falcons","18":"tag-football","19":"tag-justin-madubuike","20":"tag-los-angeles-chargers-news","21":"tag-new-orleans-saints-news","22":"tag-nfl","23":"tag-ravens-featured","24":"tag-saints-featured","25":"tag-teair-tart","26":"tag-washington-commanders-news"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/114825014193135963","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/194309","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=194309"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/194309\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/194310"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=194309"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=194309"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=194309"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}