ATLANTA -- The Atlanta Falcons placed outside linebacker Dante Fowler Jr. on injured reserve Friday after he suffered a knee injury in a Week 5 win over the New York Jets.
Fowler, who has turned into Atlanta's best edge rusher and has two sacks and two forced fumbles on the season, did not practice all week.
"It's not necessarily next man up. That's the old conventional wisdom," Falcons coach Arthur Smith said Friday. "Like, you know, you go into these things and maybe some people do it like that, but I always kind of, 'Oh, you got this guy out, you got your depth chart out.