Atlanta Falcons: Julio Jones returned to practice; Weatherspoon out with illness
081612 ATLANTA: Atlanta Falcons (20) Brent Grimes (from left), (11) Julio Jones and (32) Jacquizz Rodgers exit the tunnel and take the field to warmup for their preseason game against the Cincinnati Bengals at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta on Thursday, August 16, 2012. CURTIS COMPTON / CCOMPTON@AJC.COM
FLOWERY BRANCH — Falcons wide receiver Julio Jones, who is battling a right ankle injury, returned to practice on Thursday.
Jones, who suffered the injury against New Orleans, has not practiced since Nov. 9. He was limited at practice.
Linebacker Sean Weatherspoon, who is also coming back from an ankle injury, did not practice because of an illness.
Defensive tackle Peria Jerry (thigh), safety Charles Mitchell (calf) and cornerback Asante Samuel (right shoulder) did not practice.
Defensive end John Abraham (back), defensive tackle/end Jonathan Babineaux (neck), kicker Matt Bryant (back), wide receiver Kevin Cone (groin), cornerback Christopher Owens (thigh), running back Michael Turner (groin) and defensive tackle Vance Walker (ribs) were all limited.
Also, quarterback Matt Ryan was listed on the injury report with a left finger injury. He fully participated in practice.
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November 23rd, 2012
6:38 pm
[...] might argue Jones’ return to practice signals he’s ready to go, but that doesn’t necessarily make Jones safe from re-injury [...]
Esquire
November 23rd, 2012
6:53 pm
It’s ok DLed, I’ll cover for ya…………………..lol……..!!!
Matt Bryant K Back Limited Participation in Practice Probable
Michael Turner RB Groin Limited Participation in Practice Probable
Asante Samuel CB Shoulder Did Not Participate In Practice Questionable
Matt Ryan QB left Finger Full Participation in Practice Probable
John Abraham DE Back Limited Participation in Practice Probable
Charles Mitchell S Calf Did Not Participate In Practice Out
Julio Jones WR Ankle Limited Participation in Practice Questionable
Jonathan Babineaux DT Neck Limited Participation in Practice Probable
Sean Weatherspoon LB Illness Did Not Participate In Practice Questionable
Christopher Owens CB Thigh Limited Participation in Practice Probable
Vance Walker DT Ribs Limited Participation in Practice Questionable
Peria Jerry DT Quadricep Did Not Participate In Practice Questionable
Kevin Cone WR Groin Limited Participation in Practice Questionable
Esquire
November 23rd, 2012
6:54 pm
We are getting quite an injury list and many of these are not slight…….that could be a problem!!
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Falcon fan 24-7
November 24th, 2012
8:30 am
Spoon, get well soon.
If the Aints beat the 49ers it actually helps us towards the pursuit of the number 1 seed in the NFC, Go figure.
Esquire
November 24th, 2012
8:42 am
SUXThisBZero earlier this year……………….lol……:
“Ahem, KC, Carolina and Minnesota are all 1-2. Think about that.
Besides, it was these same players who said they would not let “all this that they have dealt with” hold them down. All of them, including the coaches sold us a bill of goods, and this isn’t what it was suppose to be.”
Esquire
November 24th, 2012
8:44 am
SUXThisBZero:
“Yeah, well they would have to go on a three game win streak
just to crawl back to .500. That won’t happen.”
Lol, doesn’t sound like much smack talk to me…………..!!
Esquire
November 24th, 2012
8:55 am
The 49ers are going to mow down the Caints………………I love it!!!
We got a tough game on Sunday, we need Spoon bad!!!
wisconsinfalcons fan
November 24th, 2012
2:31 pm
our offense need to open up no more conservative play calling thats play to not lose but in our case it play to not almost win, we still need to wrap up instead of throwing our body at the ball carrier to many extra yards doing it that way, with that falcons still win as someone said earlier good teams find a way to win we are a good team, JUST WIN BABY, 10 – 1 now let’s get it done!
coochie
November 25th, 2012
9:44 am
We have got to get pass all these injures…spoon we need ya bck on the field jpt boys shake it off n keep moving…Jones you have take get better also n sho these haters what n y Atlanta chose u in the first place..Lets go baby they talking down on us game day