John Abraham slides out on way to practice; Smith cancels show
John Abraham's car slid off the road on the way to practice.
UPDATE 10:24 AM
Defensive end John Abraham tweeted that he slid off the road and posted pictures. Falcons defensive lineman Kroy
Kroy Biermann to the resuce for Abraham.
Biermann picked him up and they have arrived at the facilities. No injuries reported.
Abraham tweeted at 9:45 a.m., “I’m the passenger so I wasn’t being unsafe trust me. I (got) kids ain’t (trying to) go no where any time soon.”
Abe tweeted at 9:35 a.m., “We literally (just) crashed (two) exits away.”
Abe tweetwed at 9:30 a.m., “Jus got on 985 shud b to work in 20 hopefully funny thing is we have a short day we done at like 12 1230″
COACH SMITH’S SHOW CANCELED
–Coach Smith has canceled his radio show, Falcons Live, according to the team. He usually does it at a Sporting Good Store in Flowery Branch on Monday.
“Falcons Live: Come (Mike) Smith Show has been canceled tonight due to the weather. We will advise if it gets rescheduled,” the team tweeted on its official twitter account.
FLOWERY BRANCH – The inclement weather should not effect the Falcons preparation for their divisional playoff game with the Green Bay Packers set for 8 p.m. Saturday at the Georgia Dome.
The coaches were at the facilities late Sunday putting their finishing touches on the game plan and likely stayed on-site in the dormitories.
Monday morning, the players were trying to make their way into the facilities for a walkthrough practice that was schedule to start around 11 a.m. and conclude at 12:30 p.m.
When the team gets assembled, they will likely hold their practice at the indoor facility and the team would have to option of moving everyone back into the dormitories, which is where they live during training camp.
Here’s the practice schedule for the rest of the week:
Monday — Team Walkthrough.
Tuesday – Practice 1:10 – 3 p.m. (Game Plan Installation)
The Falcons could be playing some billiards in the players' amenities building if they stay in the dormitories at Flowery Branch. (D. Orlando Ledbetter/Dledbetter@ajc.com)
Wednesday – Practice — 11:40 a.m. – 1:20 p.m. (Game Plan Installation)
Thursday – Practice 11:00 a.m. – 12:10 p.m.
Friday – Team Walkthrough
Saturday – NFC Divisional Playoff vs. Green Bay, 8 p.m.
–D. Orlando Ledbetter
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225 comments Add your comment
RJR
January 10th, 2011
2:29 pm
Props to the ATL for winning the first time, but the Packer team they’ll see take the Dome on Sat. is vastly different than the one they squeaked past over Turkey Day Weekend. Remember, the Pack had a goal line fumble and outgained ATL 418-294, with no real semblance of a running game. Provided Starks is no aberration, that could provide the difference for a GB win. Either way it should be an epic battle.
JONESBORO SLIM
January 10th, 2011
2:30 pm
Geo.
Humorous that the man or for that matter anyone involved in an accident…you are an evil person…AND THATS MY FINAL ANSWER….goooood day
Veronica
January 10th, 2011
2:31 pm
Hope all of our Falcon Players are ok…. I love my FALCONS!!!!!
Stay Safe……
George Stein
January 10th, 2011
2:33 pm
Just when I think you’ve said the dumbest thing I’ve ever heard, you keep talking.
JONESBORO SLIM
January 10th, 2011
2:33 pm
You too Veronica
Jordan
January 10th, 2011
2:36 pm
http://isportsweb.com/2011/01/10/john-abraham-has-road-issues/
Falcon_Fan
January 10th, 2011
3:04 pm
We are the worst team in the league when it comes to adjusting our game plan. If we play the same way we played green bay the first time we will LOSE!!! Please make some adjustment …..
Just Saying
January 10th, 2011
3:16 pm
Here’s an analogy Packer fans will understand….we don’t have much by way of snow removal equipment here for the same reason you don’t have air conditioning in most cars and houses in WI. Don’t let the Cheeseys fool you….they all live here and are working from HOME today.
SAVFALCON21
January 10th, 2011
3:43 pm
First thing we as Falcon fans can do is not to Stub Hub any tickets for the GB fans to take away from the “DOme Field” advantage. Everyone knows GB fans travel well and do whatever it takes to get here so DO NOT help them out!!! I do not want to see any “patches” of Mustard and Kermit in the stands Saturday!!
No crying
January 10th, 2011
4:01 pm
Isn’t this the same Packer team that lost to Detroit, Washington and oh yeah.. The Falcons! One game does not make a running game. Philly was in bad form, looking confused and on a trhee game loosing streak, and almost beat these guys! I expect to see 6 birds on every tackle. Running with a lead is different than running when you are behind. The running game doesn’t mean squat when you are behind and you have to throw on every down which leads to inflated yardage totals.
TD and MS have focused on speed in the last three drafts and it really shows. After watching these dirty birds swarm all of the Brees and the (S)Aint’s I am impressed with the way our D is coming together, gaining momentum and playing with energy.
Our team is health, and ready. We are playing for national respect, and that is plenty of motivation for any team.
Business as usual. Bird win!
clay
January 10th, 2011
4:11 pm
its so funny how the packer fans keeping bringing up how we barely beat them. how the regular season doesnt matter. that is so contridictory if the regular season doesnt matter, then why the hell you bringing it up. I just think yall are nervous to come here in the dome because you know how good we are in the dome
Falcon
January 10th, 2011
4:20 pm
This is(was) as good a scenario as the Falcons could have hoped for.
They will be at home. They have had a week off. They will be facing a Green Bay team coming off a physical and emotional win and playing in a short week.
If you wonder whether the Falcons are good enough to beat Green Bay, maybe you’ve forgotten that they beat this team in November 20-17 at the Georgia Dome, when the defense wasn’t nearly as good as it is now.
-Jeff Schultz- ajc
swampfox59
January 10th, 2011
4:21 pm
GB played above their heads. Farve all time great since Bart Star. Besides that GB needs to give a good workout befoe hosting bears. Anybody who watched packers -Falcons games would know we did not need field goal to beat them in Atlanta if the facemask penalty had not occured. We would have won by TD
McBubba
January 10th, 2011
4:24 pm
Why am I not surprised Kroy Biermann drives a big ol’ MAN’s TRUCK..?
GO BIRDS!!
D. Orlando Ledbetter
January 10th, 2011
4:28 pm
Dr.J – I used to cover the Cheeseheads. They knew about our little blog.
Falconsforreal
January 10th, 2011
4:44 pm
Packbuzz…We would be glad to practice driving in the snow if we got it enough to do so. Even you stuck up yankees can’t drive on ICE. Plus, since we don’t get snow often, we don’t have the equipment (snow plows and trucks, etc) to clean the roads off like you do. The few equipment that we have only clears the interstates. Backroads are never cleared….so, if you can’t get to the interstates, we can’t go anywhere! Oh, and by the way….we got more than 2 inches…I have 6 inches (snow and ice)!
Mary Klovning
January 10th, 2011
4:46 pm
Just wondering how safe the roof is with all that snow.. Go Packers
DeeMoney
January 10th, 2011
4:48 pm
I will be on GOOD DAY ATLANTA wednesday morn performing my song ‘RISE UP’….the hottest Falcon Anthem in the CITY!! check out here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPqx6nRYnpU RISE UP Birds and beat those CHEESE HEADS!! IT’s our year…it’s our time…I have FAITH….DO YOU BELIEVE?
Falclone
January 10th, 2011
4:53 pm
Sorry ya’ cheeze-heads, but the Falcons have two more games in the Dome this year, and the Pack is a small speed bump for the Dirty-Birds…
Falconsforreal
January 10th, 2011
5:06 pm
@KevinKolb..
“The Falcons are over rated and while Ryan is a good quarterback, he’s quite inexperienced when it comes to the playoffs.”
You’re kidding right? Rodgers has only been the QB for three years…you call that experience? LOL He acted like a smart azz scoring his one TD in Nov., like he was big and bad. Falcons had the last laugh that day and will again come Saturday! GO FALCONS!
gadome
January 10th, 2011
5:08 pm
Why is it people are nervous about the Green Gay Slackers. Falcons are good we know that slackers are as well but we have no fear of any team yes there are some match up flaws this is why they play the game. I don’t care what the analyst think hell they thought the Seachickens had no chance. If anything the slackers should be afraid of us not be cause we beat them before because they will be eliminated from the bowl games. Stop being nervous we will prevail we are on a march to Super Bowl 45.
Football Fan Site » John Abraham slides into practice
January 10th, 2011
5:15 pm
[...] the Atlanta area deals with snow and ice. But the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports Abraham has made it to the team’s practice facility and should be ready to participate in today’s walk-through session. Abraham was picked up and [...]
forthn1
January 10th, 2011
5:17 pm
As I casually mentioned last week, if it did come down to Falcons and Packers in a playoff game. We’ve already proven we can beat them in the regular season and we still stand as the only team to beat them in the playoffs in Greenbay, a dreadful place to play a football game. The game should be close but The Birds will prevail ONCE AGAIN…
Sick & Tired Of Being Sick & Tired
January 10th, 2011
5:17 pm
DrJ @ How did all these cheeseheads find this blog?????
The response to your question…..THERE ISN’T MUCH TO DO IN GREEN BAY…so they have plenty of time to use the internet……
GO FALCONS!!! We’ll see if they are still on the Falcons’ blogs come late Saturday night……
Alan Johnson
January 10th, 2011
5:34 pm
The overrated Falcons will be ONE AND DONE in the playoffs and nobody will ever hear from them again!!!
Brian F.
January 10th, 2011
5:43 pm
All this back and forth trash talking is so petty and high schoolish. The fact of the matter is that two very good football teams will meet on Sat night & as usual, the game will come down to a play or two. GO FALCONS !!
gadome
January 10th, 2011
5:44 pm
Last week we put up with all the aints and eagles idiots posting on this blog but nothing from them this week???
“Now its the packer fans thinking they are just too hot to handle so next week I guess we’ll hear how great the bears are…”
Go Pack
January 10th, 2011
5:59 pm
I don’t know who will win this game, but some clarification needs to be made to some of comments on this blog that don’t make any sense. Some people seem really upset by Packer fan entires on this site.
1. You will always see Packer fans make comments on this blog. They have a lot of fans everywhere because they have existed in the NFL since 1921 (they were formed in 1919.) The Falcons started in 1965
2. The Packers are the only pro team owned by regular people that own the stock. You will not see an owner walking the sidelines because there are 1,000’s of owners.
3. The Packers are the most successful NFL franchise and have won the most championhsips . See the listing towards the bottom of the page. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_National_Football_League_Championship4. Packer fans are not “fair weather” like some teams. They will be there win or lose every season.
5. Thanks to Atlanta for giving the Packers one of the greatest quarterback evey it the dumbest trades of all time – Brett Favre.
Go Pack
FALCONI SQUARED
January 10th, 2011
6:04 pm
Pack fans are very scared therefore they post what the wish will happen. GB has to come to uor house again, were a batter all around TEAM! then the first go around. 27- 17 Falcons with a late game surge
FALCONI SQUARED
January 10th, 2011
6:06 pm
ok pack fans after 15 January no excuse post for why you didn’t win
cheesehead
January 10th, 2011
6:27 pm
@Steve C
Raised on Sherman Blvd in Milwaukee, right btwn Washington and Custer High schools. I ordered pizza from Ned’s. Delivered the Milwaukee Sentinel from the Hopkins Ave paper depot shack. I worked 9 seasons for the Brewers in County Stadium…………I could go on, but why.
Go Pack Go!
P.S. When you live there……da lingo jus come wit da territory
cheesehead
January 10th, 2011
6:30 pm
I’ll come back Sun, win or lose Falconi. I like the Falcons……………..but not when dey playin my PACK.
I pray, “Oh St. Vince. Don’t punish deez falcon fans for dair blasphemy. Dey know not wat dey do” Amen
Chattanooga Chuck
January 10th, 2011
6:32 pm
BLACKNGOLD, I complemented another Saint fan for being a good sport earlier today, but I hadn’t seen your post. I just want to say thanks. I appreciated your comments.
On the other had, there seems to be at least one bitter AINTS fan hanging around.
Falcons Chic
January 10th, 2011
7:07 pm
PACKbuzz — you may gloat if you win, but I’ve got 11-15 reasons why you won’t, starting with Grimetime & Biermann.
Singletary
January 10th, 2011
7:11 pm
Don’t show the Saints players the pool table with the Falcons logo. They will probably try to sneak in for one of their “photo shoots.” (P.S. Why do they have the green felt. Olhaussen in SD makes any color of felt including grey.)
BIG TOOMBS
January 10th, 2011
7:20 pm
I’m going to go on to the cheese head’s blog and of course the Ain’ts blog to rub it in there faces.
Maurice
January 10th, 2011
7:22 pm
Dr J. They are Aints fans.
ALT in FLA
January 10th, 2011
7:37 pm
Might as well Chime in on this epic P!ssing contest… PACKERS ARE FUX…. Bottom line you are Fux’d in the A… BIKE RACK… 8:00pm
BIG TOOMBS
January 10th, 2011
7:37 pm
It’s funny I don’t see any of these fakes on the Green Bay Blogs. Somebody had it right when they said these were Ain’ts fans pretending to be Cheese Heads. http://blogs.greenbaypressgazette.com/blogs/gpg/insider/
dawg day afternoon
January 10th, 2011
7:42 pm
Favre was successful in Green Bay because there are no distractions there besides subzero temperatures. I hope all those titles make up for freezing your asses off.
FALCONI SQUARED
January 10th, 2011
7:54 pm
What is it to do in GB besides football anyway? manufacture cheese and go to one of the three pubs? go home beat ya wife and go to bed? I am surpprised they even have internet access.
FAILCANTS ARE LLLOOOSSSEERRRS!
January 10th, 2011
8:26 pm
WARREN SAPP GOT IT RIGHT TODAY – FALCLOWNS OR FAILCANTS ARE NOTHING SPECIAL…PACKERS ALL THE WAY…..SORRY REDNECKS….YOU WILL HAVE TO ADMIRE THE SAINTS RING FOR ONE MORE YEAR….LMAO….FALSE HOPE IS ALL YA GOT…..RISE UP? MORE LIKE FALLING DOWN ON SATURDAY….
fabulous flying patrinos
January 10th, 2011
8:36 pm
stupid turdbird fans you are pathetic…worried about a little snow…the bucs got ring, the saints got a ring….no ring for you again…hell the pathers will get a ring before your over rated team…the pack will spank that azz…idiots..
AG
January 10th, 2011
8:40 pm
The falcons better have their running game going on, and all their offence of weapons ready. The defence has to step up big in this one. I hope the Falcons have a good game plan. Lets go Falcons .
terrell
January 10th, 2011
8:40 pm
Go Pack, Brett was an alcoholic and a pain killer addict when he was here you idiot. Couldnt even stay awake in qb meetings. Dumbest trades of all-time my azz. Yall just got lucky.
AG
January 10th, 2011
8:44 pm
Hey may the best team win.
ShredMon
January 10th, 2011
10:21 pm
First comes the snow and then the Packers. It’s an early sign.
Mike
January 10th, 2011
10:27 pm
Go to the fudge packer web site and click on the preview of the game on Saturday night and scroll down to the blogs and see these oh so nice cheeseheads are saying about the Falcons. You think you are going to bbq 2 birds after Saturday ? Y’all better take a good look at your offense against a sub par Eagles defense. Only 21 points ? Really ? Make all the excuses you want about week 11 and you better get a voodoo witch doctor for Woodson , cause he’s not feelin so well. I will be in the stand and throw a triple whopper with cheese to B.J Raje or whatever the hell his name is and he’ll stop running and munch down get cramps. If Clay Mathews had a sack below, he will promise to cut his hair if he can beat the birds. That’s right, he wouldn’t , cause they all still feel they can’t win here. OUR HOUSE, OUR TIME, RISE UP , GO BIRDS. Screw respect , let’s get a win and shut them all up.
Gen. Wm. T. Sherman
January 10th, 2011
10:32 pm
The Pack will burn the south again!
Packers 27
Falcons 24
JRfalcons09
January 10th, 2011
10:37 pm
Go FaLCONS!!!