Atlanta Falcons: Corey Peters out with foot injury
Atlanta Falcons defensive tackle Corey Peters (91) pressures St. Louis Rams quarterback Sam Bradford (8) during the first quarter of an NFL football game Sunday, Nov. 21, 2010, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Tom Gannam)
FLOWERY BRANCH – Falcons starting defensive tackle Corey Peters suffered a foot injury this offseason and is expected back by the start of training camp, according to the team.
Peters, a third-round pick in the 2010 NFL draft (83rd overall), has started 30 of 32 regular-season games.
Last season, he had three of the team’s 33 sacks, scored a touchdown on a 13-yard fumble return against Jacksonville and had an interception against Carolina. He finished with 33 tackles, two passes defensed and six tackles for losses.
With Peters set to miss the rest of the organized team activities and the mandatory minicamp (June 19-21), defensive tackle Peria Jerry will pick up most of his work alongside Jonathan Babineaux.
In addition to Peters, rookie tackle Lamar Holmes (toe), linebacker Stephen Nicholas (foot) and long snapper Joe Zelenka (leg) were held out of Tuesday’s opening OTA session.
–D. Orlando Ledbetter, The Atlanta Falcons beat blog
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John
June 1st, 2012
8:42 pm
@ Really – I checked ESPN and there’s no such thing about Brees taking a job there. Are you the same jerk posting under 5 different names ? See ya fellas , first and last time on this stupid blog
SeenThisB4
June 1st, 2012
8:48 pm
First!!!
hiramsaint
June 1st, 2012
9:00 pm
John
June 1st, 2012
8:42 pm
John, don’t go. Its only the breaux aints trolls that get that treatment and we are only here to trash the failcants
Chub Rock
June 1st, 2012
9:03 pm
@Firsttimer
At 6′4 302lbs I think Travian may be more of the prototypical 3-4 DE more so than a nose. It’s mini camp and training camp, everybody will get reps. Travian was a 7th Rd pick so let’s see what the kid has before we start cutting guys for him.
Punk Rock
June 1st, 2012
9:55 pm
I swear I was there
hiramsaint
June 1st, 2012
10:27 pm
i’ve actually been there
Joe Tess Fish House
June 1st, 2012
10:28 pm
mi ben their
Gary Hershman
June 1st, 2012
11:23 pm
I went there once.
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SeenThisBFalcon
June 2nd, 2012
9:10 am
HIRAMSAINT AND SEENTHISB4 ARE THE SAME IDIOT!!!!
Falcon Jim
June 2nd, 2012
10:37 am
Two or three years ago, SeenThisB4 would post as multiple incarnations (at times as many as six or seven.)
Hiram can’t impersonate anyone else because his caps button is broken.
Ergo, they are not the same person.
Falcon4ever
June 2nd, 2012
10:53 am
@ SeenThis– No they are not and I know that for a fact . Joe Tess , Really and about 5 other screen names are the same person . Just look at the 5ht grade atempt to impersonate them and DOL is to lazy to do anything like letting one screen name go and blocking any other E-mail address that tries to use someone elses screen name . C’mon DOL , it ain’t rocket science , not that anyone is accusing you of that. Certainly a left wing org. of AJC ’s size has I T people !
Falcon4ever
June 2nd, 2012
11:38 am
And as everything left wingers do to be fair , they don’t have the brain power to see that it’s also overflowing with stupidity . I’m sure this post will be blocked eventually because it’s not fair that some people read it !
Joe Tess Fish House
June 2nd, 2012
12:04 pm
y yall pikin on mi /?
Firsttimer
June 2nd, 2012
12:54 pm
@Chub Rock
No, I am not suggesting cutting Peria because of Travian…I am suggesting cutting Peria because by now he should have shown something to represent his draft position. We really need to cut some of this dead weight that goes seaon to season and brings nothing to the table. Again, I hope you are correct and Peria proves me wrong. I would love to see him step it up.
Chub Rock
June 2nd, 2012
1:21 pm
@Firsttimer
Don’t worry if Peria Jerry does not step up this season I’m pretty sure it will be his last in Atlanta and probably the league. He may get a 1 yr deal somewhere after that but it will spell the end of his career. Right now I see T Robertson as more of a threat to Carlton Powell’s practice squad spot than a threat to Jerry. If Jerry is cut the Falcons will draft higher than 7th Rd to replace him. Jerry did have a terrible injury to his knee so IMO the kid gets one more year to show something.
Joe Tess Fish House
June 2nd, 2012
1:51 pm
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June 2nd, 2012
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hiramsaint
June 2nd, 2012
10:47 pm
SeenThisBFalcon
June 2nd, 2012
9:10 am
HIRAMSAINT AND SEENTHISB4 ARE THE SAME IDIOT!!!!
Yeah, both of us.
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June 2nd, 2012
11:06 pm
[...] According to reports by the AJC’s D. Orlando Ledbetter, it looks like Nicholas is in the same boat as Corey Peters is. He is out until training camp healing from injuries and it looks like he should still be a starter under Nolan’s watch. [...]
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June 2nd, 2012
11:36 pm
[...] According to reports by the AJC’s D. Orlando Ledbetter, it looks like Nicholas is in the same boat as Corey Peters is. He is out until training camp healing from injuries and it looks like he should still be a starter under Nolan’s watch. [...]
hiramsaint
June 3rd, 2012
12:21 am
where is everyone? all you have sunday school in the morning? i’m staying up.
Falcon Jim
June 3rd, 2012
1:08 am
Firsttimer, we seem to have a lot in common. It’d be nice if we can chat over drinks sometime, may be go for a walk? It’s hard to find true fans that I can be on the same page with these days. How about giving me your number so we can meet up sometime? I can even invite my pseudonym buddies: Roger Goodell, Tim Tebow, Frank Sinatra, Norm Von Brocklin just to name a few. What do you say.
Falcon Jim
June 3rd, 2012
1:15 am
Oh and it’s really a terrible thing that this left wing AJC is letting everyone post as everyone else. I’ve cried about this to Mr. Ledbetter on numerous occasions even getting into an emotional rant about leaving these blogs for good! I’ve been accused of having PMS because of this. Ha Ha. Yet he ignores it…I’m still waiting for your response on the audio engineer position DOL.
JSS
June 3rd, 2012
5:29 am
1. Ledbetter has little to nothing to do with the policing of the name stealers. 2. Send a note to the online editors, they’ll weed ‘em for the most part (protect your brand as they say in copyright law). 3. It is a tech issue IP jumping, there are a few immature ones who still can’t crack a joke or rebut without using the “user name” tag do it… That is the height of weakness in AJC blogging…
Jerry had better banked that coin, he’ll never see its like again!
SeenThisB4
June 3rd, 2012
8:10 am
I say the NFC South 2012 final standings will end up in alphatbetical order:
1st Atlanta Falcons
2nd Carolina Panthers
3rd New Orleans Saints
4th Tampa Bay Bucs
That’s it. Falcons getting to NFC Championship game.
hiramsaint
June 3rd, 2012
8:29 am
i agree, our geux beau breux lillies have no chance this year
FAILCANTS are a joke....
June 3rd, 2012
12:06 pm
Saints own the Falcants….fact….losahs…always…stay classy…
Falcon Jim
June 3rd, 2012
1:47 pm
DOL banned me a couple years ago. He CAN TOO do it.
Falcon Jim
June 3rd, 2012
1:53 pm
“FALCANTS are a joke…” must be a Democrat.
Roger Goodell
June 3rd, 2012
3:03 pm
Bla bla bla
PlanB
June 4th, 2012
10:16 am
firsttimer – an article below on T. Robertson 7th round pick 6′4″ 302. Hardly a huge DT. I’m hoping Jerry will come around too but with caution.
Robertson has good size and arm length with some growth potential. He is an above-average athlete with good initial quickness, lower-body flexibility and short-area lateral agility along the line-of-scrimmage. However, he struggles to get free from blocks and is easily removed from his gap. He has trouble against double-team blocks. He plays with his eyes up, but does not make many plays. He is most effective as a one-gap penetrator. He must defeat the blocker with his initial move to have a chance to make a play. As a pass rusher, he shows little ability or production. He gets little push with his bull rush and struggles to get himself free. A team might see Robertson as a late seventh-round prospect to develop a backup with the potential to improve in time. He fits best in a 4-3 scheme, where he can be a one-gap defender.
Joe Tess Fish House
June 4th, 2012
2:33 pm
Just like that looser Perier Jerry. Fake an injruy so U dont have 2 play.
Falconsrightwing
June 5th, 2012
6:59 pm
Gotta understand that the bounty club fans always find something to troll so..they know they ain’t got nothing on Atlanta… they’ll try anyway to piss u off, poossy Bounty club fans yeah?