Falcons DE John Abraham declared inactive for Rams game
101024 Atlanta - Atlanta Falcons defensive end John Abraham sacks Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Carson Palmer during 2nd half action at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta on Sunday, Oct. 24 , 2010. The Falcons beat the Bengals 39-32. Curtis Compton ccompton@ajc.com
ST. LOUIS – Falcons defensive end John Abraham, who has a history of groin problems, was declared inactive against the Rams with a groin injury on Sunday.
Abraham leads the Falcons in sacks with eight.
Abraham had groin problems earlier in his career, but had started 55 of the last 56 games for the Falcons, including all 16 games in 2007 and 2008. He started 15 of 16 games last season.
Lawrence Sidbury, who has been inactive for four of the last five games, was announced as the starter for Abraham.
Abraham recorded two sacks against Baltimore to give him eight this season, second most among defensive ends in the league. The New York Giants’ Osi Umenyiora went into this week’s game leading all ends with nine sacks.
Before missing the St. Louis game, the upgrade in his performance was dramatic. Abraham had only 5 1/2 sacks last season after registering a franchise record 16 1/2 sacks in 2008.
Abraham was named second-team All-Pro in 2008, but was a bit miffed that he didn’t make the Pro Bowl NFC team.
Other players declared inactive for the game against the Rams included cornerback Dominique Franks, running back Gartrell Johnson, linebacker Spencer Adkins, tackle Garrett Reynolds, guard Mike Johnson and defensive tackle Trey Lewis.
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485 comments Add your comment
falcondawg
November 21st, 2010
6:44 pm
Can’t depend on Turner to run out the clock.
ATLol
November 21st, 2010
6:44 pm
What exactly does the prevent prevent?
Steven
November 21st, 2010
6:44 pm
Falcons fighting like hell to hold on to the lead… AJC commentary? “Who cares?”
jack bull
November 21st, 2010
6:44 pm
if i were a head coach, i’d outlaw the prevent defense from ever being used on my team!!!
Ree Roe
November 21st, 2010
6:45 pm
SMH @ the inevitable STL comeback
-REE Roe!
pip
November 21st, 2010
6:45 pm
Gotta love that prevent defense. Falcons always take their foot of the gas.
jack bull
November 21st, 2010
6:45 pm
it prevents you from winning
J.J.M.
November 21st, 2010
6:45 pm
our DBs still playing 15 yards off
ATLol
November 21st, 2010
6:45 pm
This is where Abe would come up big
falcondawg
November 21st, 2010
6:45 pm
I think we miss Abe
ToccoaBird
November 21st, 2010
6:46 pm
prevent only prevents you from winning
Far_East
November 21st, 2010
6:46 pm
Damn, this is becoming an all too familiar refrain!!!!
falcondawg
November 21st, 2010
6:46 pm
YAAHOOOO
1111
80sFalcon
November 21st, 2010
6:46 pm
More for Moore!!!
rob
November 21st, 2010
6:47 pm
we need Patrick Kerney and Chuck Smith! old days lol
jack bull
November 21st, 2010
6:47 pm
that was ugly there, bradford
45ACP
November 21st, 2010
6:47 pm
Rookie mistake. Go Falcons!
DawgGirl Drunk....Unemployed Husband
November 21st, 2010
6:47 pm
haha….Bradford. Thank you.
bigdave
November 21st, 2010
6:47 pm
play maker..
Draggin' Fly
November 21st, 2010
6:47 pm
Dayum!
Steven
November 21st, 2010
6:47 pm
Falcons come up with CRITICAL interception! AJC.. no where to be found!!!!
just saying
November 21st, 2010
6:47 pm
hahaah, you stupid S O B haters….
Kane337
November 21st, 2010
6:47 pm
Whew!
ATLol
November 21st, 2010
6:47 pm
We gave them more Moore…too much Moore…Moore than they bargained for
Shane
November 21st, 2010
6:47 pm
And thats why you kick the FG and make them score twice.
falcondawg
November 21st, 2010
6:47 pm
yAAHOOO!
J.J.M.
November 21st, 2010
6:47 pm
busted play
80sFalcon
November 21st, 2010
6:48 pm
That no huddle works both ways. Offense gets tired to and makes mistakes.
FSUInDC
November 21st, 2010
6:48 pm
nothing like this bend but dont break defense…
Far_East
November 21st, 2010
6:48 pm
Wow, the Falcons deviated from their script!!! Time for one of those signature time consuming drives.
jack bull
November 21st, 2010
6:48 pm
let me guess Steven, Falcons come up with a big INT and the AJC is nowhere to be found..
ToccoaBird
November 21st, 2010
6:48 pm
got lucky but I’ll take it. now run out the clock Falcons
just saying
November 21st, 2010
6:48 pm
J.J.M.
November 21st, 2010
6:47 pm
busted play
Yawn.
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Atlanta ex pat
November 21st, 2010
6:49 pm
God, reading these comments makes so glad I moved away from Atlanta. Good city, but filled with a bunch of losers because of their loser mentality.
THE CURSE OF BRETT FAVRE LIVES IN ATL
November 21st, 2010
6:49 pm
TOLDYA PEPS
just saying
November 21st, 2010
6:49 pm
ToccoaBird
November 21st, 2010
6:48 pm
got lucky but I’ll take it. now run out the clock Falcons.
Lucky? ahahahahaahah.
pip
November 21st, 2010
6:49 pm
Steven – we get it. The AJC is oblivious. They stink. Let’s move on.
ccatlanta
November 21st, 2010
6:49 pm
Steven
You’ve got a point. The home page says “discuss the game with D. Orlando Ledbetter” and he hasn’t been on this blog, nor are they actually billing the blog as a “live” blog. But they also say follow him on Twitter and he and Jeff Schulz have been posting Twitter updates every few minutes, so they’re keeping the Twitter folks up to date. And the Twitter posts are posted on the sports homepage.
J.J.M.
November 21st, 2010
6:50 pm
yawn?
jack bull
November 21st, 2010
6:50 pm
the Rams have a Goldberg and a Laurinitis? they need to be in the WWE, not the NFL..
falcondawg
November 21st, 2010
6:50 pm
gonna give em the ball back with lots of time. thank goodness for the fg
DawgGirl Drunk....Unemployed Husband
November 21st, 2010
6:50 pm
Steven…. was that you at Town Center Mall with a AJC table… selling AJC Newspapers with no takers?
ToccoaBird
November 21st, 2010
6:51 pm
yes just saying LUCKY they went to a prevent and bradford threw the ball right to us or the wold have scored… LUCKY
J.J.M.
November 21st, 2010
6:51 pm
damn roddy
ToccoaBird
November 21st, 2010
6:51 pm
would
jack bull
November 21st, 2010
6:51 pm
dang, he had his feet in, just dropped the ball
J.J.M.
November 21st, 2010
6:52 pm
so we killed what 10 secs off the clock?
ATLol
November 21st, 2010
6:52 pm
Atlanta ex pat
WINNING losers!!!
DawgGirl Drunk....Unemployed Husband
November 21st, 2010
6:53 pm
Bring On GreenBay.