INJURY REPORT: Turner and Nicholas miss practice
110804 Flowery Branch - Atlanta Falcons cornerback Dominique Franks, left, defends against wide receiver Eric Weems during one on one plays at training camp in Flowery Branch on Thursday, August 4, 2011. Curtis Compton ccompton@ajc.com
FLOWERY BRANCH – The Falcons are getting second-year cornerback Dominique Franks ready for nickel back action against the Saints because Kelvin Hayden (dislocated toe) was not cleared to return to Thursday’s practice.
While Hayden (dislocated toe) did not practice, he spent time working out with the trainers. Running back Michael Turner (groin) and linebacker Stephen Nicholas (toe) did not practice.
Veterans John Abraham, Todd McClure and Tony Gonzalez were rested and held out of practice.
Running back Jason Snelling missed practice in a non-injury related matter.
Cornerback Brent Grimes (knee), tackle Will Svitek (groin), wide receiver Harry Douglas (groin), line backer Curtis Lofton (ankle) and defensive tackle Corey Peters (knee) were limited in practice.
Franks has started at left cornerback for the past three games. In nickel situations, he’s went inside to play the slot. He faced rookie quarterbacks T.J. Yates, Cam Newton and Blaine Gabbert. This will be his first major action against one of the league’s elite quarterbacks in Drew Brees.
“Dominique has progressed every week,” Falcons coach Mike Smith said. “Dominique played a lot of nickel for us in the preseason and has not had a whole lot of experience in the regular season.”
–D. Orlando Ledbetter, The Atlanta Falcons beat blog
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hiramsaint
December 22nd, 2011
7:17 pm
why all the jealousy frailcans fans?????? it’s ok – we all know why!
hiramsaint
December 22nd, 2011
7:21 pm
i’ll tell ya anyway- our coaches are better along with our 6 recievers 4 running backs , 1 real qb and a D that made smitty and turner wonder why they were even there on 4th and inches. saints by 17
ninobrown
December 22nd, 2011
7:22 pm
Chopper,
We don’t leave early. That’s a Falcon tradition (see Packer playoff game in 4th qtr) lol
Chopper
December 22nd, 2011
7:27 pm
8 points ahead a long way from winning saints fans
ninobrown
December 22nd, 2011
7:27 pm
The Falcons had a blackout of a Monday Night Game??? (Tell me that isn’t so). The owner had to put an ad in this paper to apologize for the Falcons play on the field???? (really). This is still a joke of a franchise.
Chopper
December 22nd, 2011
7:42 pm
Saint fan man saints neva get 17 up on them , close call game and Atlanta beat them in a surprise touchdown throw way late in 4th quarter u gonna watch n see and remember too
Chopper
December 22nd, 2011
7:43 pm
34 to 27
Ben
December 22nd, 2011
7:44 pm
Falcons win 54-7
hiramsaint
December 22nd, 2011
7:44 pm
saints by 17 on mnf..remember clowns fans-you heard it here 1st{like the saints in the nfc south}
BayouDawg
December 22nd, 2011
7:51 pm
HiramSaint keeps saying “Saints by 17″ because that’s as high as he can count
Objective Superblogger
December 22nd, 2011
7:52 pm
As Joe Tess would say,,, “Too many ijery Prune Fist round Busts,, We’ll never make it to the Superbowel”,,,,
Les
December 22nd, 2011
7:53 pm
Are these the same Saints that lost to Seattle in the first round of the playoffs last year? I’d be very careful.
ton
December 22nd, 2011
7:56 pm
saints 38 falcons 17 saits have to much defense and are @ home not that that matters they can play anywhere , really they are a road team , falcons are okay , but they can’t finish need more protection for matt ryan
Objective Superblogger
December 22nd, 2011
7:57 pm
ya know your right Les,, its also the same Saints team that lost to the that hight powered juggernaut Saint Louis Rams team earlier this year… Look out..
hughes
December 22nd, 2011
8:00 pm
saints win in a close one 34 to 31 in overtime I do think that the falcons will put up a fight but will come up short the sanits are to good at home they are 6-0 in the superdome. expect a close one!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Objective Superblogger
December 22nd, 2011
8:02 pm
If I were a betting man,, i would take the Falcons and the 7 1/2,,,,,,,,, these games are usually always close,,,
Bucky Badger
December 22nd, 2011
8:07 pm
Aints have a Good Defense Paleeeze!
Chopper
December 22nd, 2011
8:09 pm
late touchdown by Atlanta 34 -27 and both teams surprise by it
scsprinta
December 22nd, 2011
8:13 pm
No Doubt, New Orleans is a crap hole city, that’s why everyone from there lives in the “A” (that’s if they can afford to get out)
SeenThisB4
December 22nd, 2011
8:19 pm
The falcan’ts have the 9th ranked defensive unit….on Tuesday morning, it will be 13th.
please do us a favor and leave
December 22nd, 2011
8:27 pm
When the SAINTS actually win a superbowl instead of accepting charity wins….. we will acknowledge their talents…until then go kill yourselves and make this world a better place
SeenThisB4
December 22nd, 2011
8:31 pm
I am actually a tranny with both female and male parts. I love hanging around midtown, and I shop at Lenox Mall. My favorite past times are dancing at Bulldogs on Peachtree Monday through Friday, then organizing the national homo activist human rights tours. I have a little dog name bruno who is also homo. I love watching Drew Brees wear his little tights.
SeenThisB4
December 22nd, 2011
8:34 pm
Ironic that an imposter would be discussing Trannies.
SeenThisB4
December 22nd, 2011
8:34 pm
I am also starring in three flicks coming out this summer. I will be dressed as Drew Brees and my little doggie will going on a backpacking adventure as the Midtown Mafia tries to rape us and steal our black and gold colored panties. Oh how I wish they do not get to my old Reggie Bush t-shirt made into a blouse..that is my favorite. Anyway, look out of the film…parts of it were shot in the French Quarter with the Kardashians eating beignets in the background.
SeenThisB4
December 22nd, 2011
8:36 pm
I love to come on Atl Falcons blogs and run my mouth because I have nothing better to do than let my little bruno lick my balls for pure pleasure and enjoyment. Oh how I love my Bruno. What would I do without him? How would I ever reach ejaculation without him licking, and my Colston poster on the wall….hhmmm hmmm
Chopper
December 22nd, 2011
8:38 pm
take yer bud hiram handholdin with u please_______________laughs here
SeenThisB4
December 22nd, 2011
8:40 pm
Man oh man…if one day…..I could ever go back to my hometown of Slidell, LA and skinnydip in Lake Ponchutrain..i would be so happy. My relatives are alligator hunters who kill the gators with our musty funk. I personally like playing with alligator wee wees because I am also a Tebow fan. Man on man….its so great hailing from the poor state of Ms. Louise-Anna….
SeenThisB4
December 22nd, 2011
8:42 pm
Me and my buddy Hiramsaint love massaging each other will hot oil…and sometimes i even reach down and grab his little butt to make him giggle…man oh man…i love me some Hiramsaint….whew!!!…he’s a real smoocher too…..him and bruno are my little darlings….
SeenThisB4
December 22nd, 2011
8:42 pm
All the Saints have to do is churn up 411 yds on that pathetic falcan’t defense to drop them to 13th place….and the Saints are fully capable of doing it.
SeenThisB4
December 22nd, 2011
8:43 pm
Must be Ben posing as me, I know he has a fascination for fat asses.
SeenThisB4
December 22nd, 2011
8:44 pm
And my buddy Nino -brown likes to jiggle his little balls in front of us both…but for some reason…he will only let Hiramsaint touch em…i think he is selfish…why cant we all share…..i love me some ninobrown with his dark-chocolatey self…lookin like wesley snipes…hhhmmmm hmmmm…. smooches right back at cha ninobrown
SeenThisB4
December 22nd, 2011
8:46 pm
Who is this imposter posing as me, come on tell us who you really are. You know I came out of the closet last year. We all know Pierre Thomas is the guy that gives me hard on not Drew Brees……fakers….I tell ya…cant live with em…cant live without em…
SeenThisB4
December 22nd, 2011
8:55 pm
man….sometimes, when I am bored….i like to sing whitney houston in mirror…..then put on my leotard and do a janet jackson routine….it keeps me in shape
SeenThisB4
December 22nd, 2011
8:56 pm
I also like to….put on a wig, high heels and a thong and walk down peachtree at night…..i love to see who will play grabazz with me….so exciting
Chopper
December 22nd, 2011
8:57 pm
football talk to n steamy detextive magazine storysomethin huh . crazy stuff
Realness
December 22nd, 2011
8:57 pm
Okay, “SeenThisB4″….we always knew you and Hiram, and Nino were homo…but come on man…enough is enough….take the fruit-booty action to the saints site.
Chopper
December 22nd, 2011
8:59 pm
they dun skeered them on back to their place seems so ?
Realness
December 22nd, 2011
8:59 pm
I got the Falcons rising above the Saints by a field-goal. I want more, but Im realistic…a win is a win, lol.
FdaSaints
December 22nd, 2011
9:04 pm
Whoa!!! Sounds like somebody’s true colors came out on this blog. Since when did our blog turn into a literal gay porn novel. That guy is always running his mouth. I wish we could ban him.
Chopper
December 22nd, 2011
9:05 pm
Saints fans man crowd gets 0 n true Falcons fan home crowd gets 98 points on home bloging page a win win for atlanta an come monday in football game
chomp some more
RiseFaclons
December 22nd, 2011
9:07 pm
SeenThisB4 do us a favor and never come back to this site. Come on guy…you are already doing us a disservice by waisting space on our blog, but this is not a smear-the-queer chatroom. This is grown man football. I know you retards down in New Orleans dont exactly know how to fathom that, but just stop it.
MikeTurnershomie
December 22nd, 2011
9:09 pm
Who is the punk on our page with the sweet n low talk? Must be a saints fan….
Chopper
December 22nd, 2011
9:11 pm
check off the headlines if hayden n franks both get someplayin time with grimes in there too it be a long nighter for da saints off.
AtlFan98
December 22nd, 2011
9:12 pm
Ummm, who is this SeenThisB4 kid? I mean, I know we have a lot of “his kind” here in Atlanta, but can we have a straight man’s blog. Just so you know, we dont go on your blogs talking about how pretty the colors of your jersey are. We expect the same respect. Did Katrina cause brain damage also?
TheRealJamalAnderson
December 22nd, 2011
9:13 pm
I got the Falcons by an overtime win. A lob to Julio Jones to the house baby!!!!!!!
FalconsNFC
December 22nd, 2011
9:14 pm
SeenThisB4 please take that gay ish to New Orleans please!!!!!!!!
Tojo
December 22nd, 2011
9:15 pm
Thank God! HiramSaint is back! And I see SeenThisB4 tagged along with him! It’s been so long, I had begun to wonder how I felt about my home town Falcons. Thank the good Lord we are graced with the presence of these two football geniuses, so they can guide us to true awareness and keep us grounded. Little pigs, Little pigs, where have ye been? We had Drew Brees’ sack on our chinny chin chins!
Good to have ya’ll back around (not that you’d ever leave). Should be a good one Monday night.
CAN’T WAIT.
Chopper
December 22nd, 2011
9:15 pm
somebody made em mad he seem to left maybe good thing
FalconsNFC
December 22nd, 2011
9:19 pm
Seriously who comes on another teams blog and runs their mouth as much as those fruit-bootys do. Bunch Fleur de leis fags in my book. Fairy riding alligator eating nutgrabbers.
Objective Superblogger
December 22nd, 2011
9:21 pm
Shocking development,, just shocking