INJURY REPORT: Nicholas returns, leaves with new injury
Falcons linebacker (56) Sean Weatherspoon comes up with the fumble by the Jaguars' Jarett Dillard on a kick return, setting up a touchdown run by Michael Turner for a 17-0 Falcons lead during 1st half action. Curtis Compton / ccompton@ajc.com
Linebacker Stephen Nicholas, who missed the past two games with a quadriceps injury, returned to the starting lineup but suffered a knee injury.
Falcons defensive tackle Corey Peters limped off the field early in the second quarter. The doctors looked at his right knee and put on a brace on it before taking him to the locker room.
Peria Jerry took over for Peters at his the tackle spot next to Jonathan Babineaux. Peters returned with 8:04 left in the second quarter.
Linebacker Curtis Lofton got his right ankle re-taped in the second quarter.
Linebacker Sean Weatherspoon suffered a shoulder injury.
–D. Orlando Ledbetter, The Atlanta Falcons beat blog
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Michael M.
December 16th, 2011
5:58 pm
Saints need to flop against the Vikings to really make it interesting.
Firsttimer
December 16th, 2011
6:04 pm
Great win last night. A total team effort. That’s the way to put on an offensive and defensive clinic before a national audience. I was told that the Aints do not have a football blog. Has anybody else checked into this? I would but i really could care less! However, that would explain why they are all over our blog.
Michael M.
December 16th, 2011
6:11 pm
@ SeenThisB4………….a point of view…….I bet your Team doesn’t do to the Vikings what Atlanta did to the Jags and the Panthers………….that was 65 points with one score coming from a fumble recovery for 6 in just 5 quarters of football , and in the 4th Quarter last night , Atlanta could have kicked another fieldgoa and made it 68 points but showed class by not rubbing in the score.l
Michael M.
December 16th, 2011
6:14 pm
Another point to ponder…SeenThisB4……..Has your offense ever had a interception ( as they called it ), when one receiver grabs the touchdown from the other like Roddy did from Tony G. Now that was so cool .
Larry H
December 16th, 2011
7:47 pm
The Falcons are ready for the playoffs. They have been doing better each week.’course the Saints are a good team also, but Atlanta’s better. I like our chances . One team that wont be in play-offs is the Cowboys. I am sad for them as I am from Dallas.GO FALCONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
SAINT FAN NUMBER 1
December 16th, 2011
11:56 pm
YOU FALCON FANS ARE SO STUPID, AND ITS OKAY TO BE STUPID ONCE AND A WHILE, BUT TO BE STUCK ON STUPID IS ANOTHER THING. WIN THE BIG ONE THEN BRAG TO THE SAINTS AND THERE FANS. UNTIL YOU WIN THE SB YOU CANT SAY ANYTHING THAT MATTERS TO THE SAINTS AND THERE FANS. YOU DONT HAVE ANY STREET CRED, YOUR WORDS ARE JUST WORDS ,TALK ALL TALK, WHERE IS YOUR TITLE. EVEN IF YOU BEAT US YOUR STILL A TEAM THATS HAS NOT WON THE SUPERBOWL. CONVERSATION OVER STUCK ON STUPID.
Tyrone Shulaces
December 17th, 2011
12:43 am
Did anyone else catch that “the super saints fan”, seenthisb4, didnt know that his team had already played the Jags? You have been exposed troll…….are you someone pretending to be a fan of the saints and go to a Falcons blog just to cause trouble? Oh that’s so sad…..you really dont have a life.
Tyrone Shulaces
December 17th, 2011
12:45 am
SeenThisB4
December 16th, 2011
7:19 am
Ted: I’m in Central Standard Time, and you think 7AM is early? What a lightweight!
What a joke! The Saints would have beaten that team your team played last night by 40 points, not 27, especially with a plus 4 turnover ratio.
Here’s the proof…..
CuseFalcon
December 17th, 2011
12:53 am
@seenthisb4
at least we didnt lose the pathetic Rams!!!!!!!
CuseFalcon
December 17th, 2011
12:54 am
GO VIKINGS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ohhhYEAH
December 17th, 2011
1:52 am
high school team huh? like the RAMS? hahaha. at least we can handle the high school teams
steve
December 17th, 2011
1:53 am
I sure am glad the saints fans are putting their 2 cents in.Their tuter must still be around as soon as their tuter leaves we won’t here from them anymore They can’t read or write without their tuter.I still remember the days they only wore paper bags on their heads.When breees leaves or shawn paton leaves they will be right back to putting bags over their heads.Hope they kept the bags grocery stores and brack obaba outlawed paper.
SeenThisB4
December 17th, 2011
8:45 am
@Michael Moore: First you boast about running up 65 points(over two loser teams, which is hiilarious by the way) and then you boast about being classy for not going for a field goal. You know how hypocritical that is?
But you know what was REALLY COOL? (As you put it.) Seeing a safety stop a running back that outweighs him by 100 lbs, a foot short of the first down marker. NOW THAT was cool!
SeenThisB4
December 17th, 2011
8:47 am
@CuseFalcon: No you lost to a third string rookie qb from the ACC making his first start in the NFL.
SeenThisB4
December 17th, 2011
8:50 am
Hey TYRONE SHOELACES: I said the team you played the night before which was not the team we played a couple of months ago. Back then, the Jags had no where near the IR list they have now, they had a bonifide head coach, another owner, and a whole different perspective. Don’t even try to insinuate that that was the same team.
SeenThisB4
December 17th, 2011
8:53 am
GO STEELERS!!!!
GEAUX SAINTS!!!!
vesaver
December 17th, 2011
11:06 am
I really beleive the Falcons will beat those saints .
Michael M.
December 17th, 2011
11:19 am
@ SeenThisB4…….the frustration is starting to show in your blog posts as days go by leading up to the day after Christmas when your Team takes a beating at the hands of Ryan,Turner,Rodgers,Gonzales,Douglas,White,Jones, and Abe and the defense ! And too many other weapons to list !
Michael M.
December 17th, 2011
11:20 am
And by the way……where is all your regular buddies hiding at……………they are not seen on the Atlanta blogs lately !
SeenThisB4
December 17th, 2011
11:37 am
That’s your list? Ah, ha, ha, ha! Those are the same boys that the Saints whipped in your house!
Michael M.
December 17th, 2011
11:48 am
Santa’s last gift in the bag , he will drop off over the New Orleans Dome on the way back to the North Pole, a gift with a Falcons Win sealed on it over the Aints !
Michael M.
December 17th, 2011
11:49 am
Go Vikings !
Michael M.
December 17th, 2011
12:00 pm
Gooooooooooo Vikingssssssssssssssssssssssssss ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !
Tyrone Shulaces
December 17th, 2011
1:58 pm
SeenThisB4
December 17th, 2011
8:50 am
Hey TYRONE SHOELACES: I said the team you played the night before which was not the team we played a couple of months ago. Back then, the Jags had no where near the IR list they have now, they had a bonifide head coach, another owner, and a whole different perspective. Don’t even try to insinuate that that was the same team.
It was the same team……..they are called the Jacksonville Jaguars. Nice try knumb nuts. Anywho, you just made a very WEAK argument. Their defense was still ranker high at the start of our game thursday night. You’re funny seen, we all can see through the shield that your fear is hiding behind.
Tokenwhiteguy
December 17th, 2011
2:19 pm
I AJC would require registration and a permanent handle so we could block that loser SeenthisB4. He obviously has no life.
Tokenwhiteguy
December 17th, 2011
2:26 pm
Trolls aside. We can beat the Saints. We have before. We lost because our Coach didn’t reallize that the defense can stop Brees (they only scored 20 points at that time.) With that said, I hope Grimes is back for the game. The reason the Saints are better isn’t Drew Brees…Brees is like Aikman was…he benefits from having guys on his line by the name of Nicks and Evans. They won’t be able to resign Nicks next year. Atlanta needs a better line. In order to beat the Saints they are going to have to get pressure on Brees or have oustanding coverage. The first isn’t going to happen most likely. Maybe a Robber blitz with the nickel back and using Spoon off the edge. Evans owned Abe last game.
Laughing Out Loud
December 17th, 2011
2:56 pm
I think Mularkey wanted to win a football game! That’s all.
SeenThisB4
December 17th, 2011
6:44 pm
@TyroneShoeLaces: Listen up lame brain: You go ahead and pretend that was the same team. Using your logic, you’ll be playiing the same Saints team, and the Saints will be playing the same incompetent falcan’ts team. And the same outcome will happen, your team is going to get its rear end kicked again.
@Tokenwhiteguy: I’m still here. Have been here for a couple of years, and will be here for a long time to come. Must irk you huh?! And sure Drew Brees needs his linemen to perform, what QB doesn’t? Hell, even your sorry QB needs his lineman to perform, so all you did was state the obvious. Let’s see, how many Super Bowls did Aikman win? Yeah, I think 3 sounds good to the Saints too.
Michael M.
December 17th, 2011
8:34 pm
That was so much fun this morning I just have to do it again…are you ready SeenThisB4 ?
“”" Goooooooooooooooooooooo Vikingsssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss ! ! ! ! ! ! ! “”"”"
Michael M.
December 17th, 2011
8:37 pm
Wouldn’t hurt if Tampa Bay punches out the Cowboils..yeah Cowboils is what you call em.
Go Bucs
SeenThisB4
December 17th, 2011
8:53 pm
Go cowboys! It’s 7 – 0 !
SeenThisB4
December 17th, 2011
8:59 pm
Go cowboys! It’s 14 – 0! Love the games that squeeze the falcant’s!
SeenThisB4
December 17th, 2011
9:02 pm
I guess the cowboys already shut you up, huh Michael. The Saints are going to shut you up too!
SeenThisB4
December 17th, 2011
9:27 pm
I don’t hear ya Michael! 21 – 0
Michael M.
December 17th, 2011
9:42 pm
The Bucs are just showing the Falcons how easy a time they going to have against them in the Dome in the last game of the Season….instead of worrying with that game you should be focusing on that Vikings game tomorrow…..better hope your team is focused on it too instead of the following Monday night’s game with the Falcons…..otherwise your Team may be in for a rough go of it against the Vikings.
SeenThisB4
December 17th, 2011
10:01 pm
LOL! Yeah, uh huh, i’ll worry about tomorrow, tomorrow!
Michael M.
December 17th, 2011
10:03 pm
Cowboys might win this one but they are not going to do anything much less go anywhere.
Michael M.
December 17th, 2011
10:06 pm
1st Seed
Green Bay
Proj: 13-0
2nd Seed
San Francisco
Proj: 10-3
WILD-CARD GAMES
6th Seed
Detroit
Proj: 8-5
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3rd Seed
New Orleans
Proj: 10-3
5th Seed
Atlanta
Proj: 9-5
@
4th Seed
NY Giants
Proj: 7
Still looks like it will boil down to these six teams unless something drastic happens
Tyrone Shulaces
December 17th, 2011
10:07 pm
It was the same team knub nuts. Geez…….you stupid, dumb, idiot seen…….again they are the Jacksonville Jaguars….THE SAME FREAK’N TEAM. You just keep telling yourself it isn’t if it makes you feel better. I guarantee a Vikings wins tomorrow. After watching the Falcons thursday the aints wont be able to get them off the scared minds and lay a big choke fart against the Vikings……….this game will remind us of the Seahawks game last year and the Rams game this year. BWAAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!
Tyrone Shulaces
December 17th, 2011
10:10 pm
seenthisdipsh*tb4………why are you so sacred?
Michael M.
December 17th, 2011
10:12 pm
Chill out Tyrone …hes done this since Breeze got signed to the Saints.
Tyrone Shulaces
December 17th, 2011
10:14 pm
It’s as obvious as the ugly on your face seen……the Falcons (both offense and defense) have turned a curve and you know it. And you know your teams sorry defense wont be able to do a thing about it.
Tyrone Shulaces
December 17th, 2011
10:16 pm
Oh I know Michael. I know seen very well. I just haven’t been back to these boards in awhile and I just love pissing him and his lover He-rams-saints….I mean, Hiramsaint off.
Tyrone Shulaces
December 17th, 2011
10:19 pm
here seen………here seen…….blood boiling trying to come up with a big comeback post.
Michael M.
December 17th, 2011
10:19 pm
Thing is the Saint fans want to play certain opponents in the playoffs, heck as far as I am concern bring on the best and if our Team is for real they will knock em off and that will be that….no sense in hiding behind another Team’s skirt and peeking around hoping they will take care of the matter…but with these Saint’s fans they will rag us out about it if our Team gets whipped but at least we all will know they played head-on and straight-up and wasn’t hiding from anybody.
Tyrone Shulaces
December 17th, 2011
10:21 pm
Oh edit that last post of mine, it’s past 10pm and seen has taken over the window at popeyes he wont be back until around 7am or so.
Michael M.
December 17th, 2011
10:23 pm
I haven’t seen any post anywhere out of him lately and CGD either for that matter so maybe they shy away from here after seeing the Birds turn the corner and start playing some real good football…they can say the Panthers and Jags are sorry teams but both those teams had nothing to lose by pulling off anything on offense ,kicks,etc. Only thing bad on our Team the other night was that blocked punt and that can happen to anybody.
Tyrone Shulaces
December 17th, 2011
10:23 pm
agree Michael. I wouldn’t mind playing Green Bay for the championship on the frozen tundra…..our running game is better suited for it than theirs. But like you said who freak’n cares who it is………the Falcons will take care of their business one play at a time.
Michael M.
December 17th, 2011
10:25 pm
He may be buying for all three of them……….” The three stooges” on Atlanta Sports Blog ..lmao
Michael M.
December 17th, 2011
10:26 pm
I am tired of hearing how great Rodgers is and now Tebow is on the scene………..enough is enough already !