Injury Report:

Posted by thedirtybirdnest on 01/17/2013
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The Falcons Piedmont Healthcare Injury Report is published three times a week throughout the NFL season. Each Wednesday and Thursday prior to a Sunday game during the regular season, teams are required to report the level of participation in practice of any player hampered by an injury. Each Friday (or 48 hours prior to kickoff for those games not on Sunday), teams once again report injured players’ practice participation status and also designate the probability that each of those players will play in that week’s game (i.e. probable, questionable, doubtful, out).
Name Position Injury Wed. Thu. Fri. Game Status
Abraham, John DE Ankle LP - - -
Babineaux, Jonathan DT Shoulder LP - - -
Moore, William S Hand FP - - -
Nicholas, Stephen LB Foot FP - - -
Owens, Chris CB Hamstring LP - - -
  • Practice Status
  • DNP = Did not participate in practice
  • LP = Limited Participation in Practice – Less than 100% of a player’s normal repetitions
  • FP = Full Participation – 100% of a player’s normal repetitions
  • Out = Player will not play
  • (-) = Not Listed = No practice status available
  • Game Status
  • Out = Player will not play
  • Doubtful = 25% chance a player will play
  • Questionable = 50% chance a player will play
  • Probable = 75% chance a player will play
  • (-) = Not Listed – No game status available

“JINX’EM DAMIT”!

Posted by thedirtybirdnest on 01/16/2013
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The Sports Illustrated cover jinx has haunted many teams & players on the launch of greatness. Whether just coincidence or not it has ended playoff runs, stopped win streaks and have just gotten players hurt. San Francisco quarterback Colin Kaepernick graces this week’s cover heading into the NFC Championship Game against our Atlanta Falcons. We’ll have to wait and see if the 49ers’ fortune is the same as some previous NFL teams? Spooky isn’t it?!!

NOLAN KNOWS the 49ers!

Posted by thedirtybirdnest on 01/15/2013
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Former San Francisco 49ers coach Mike Nolan will be scheming against his former team in the NFC Championship Game as the Atlanta Falcons‘ defensive coordinator.

The job Nolan did as the 49ers’ head coach isn’t as relevant as the personnel decisions he made in conjunction with former general manager Scot McCloughan.

Those decisions were quite good ones in many cases. As a result, Nolan will be scheming to stop a 49ers offense featuring current or former Pro Bowl choices in left tackle Joe Staley, tight end Vernon Davis and running back Frank Gore, plus tight end Delanie Walker and, less probably, backup quarterback Alex Smith.

Ten Nolan-era draft choices remain with the 49ers. Five have achieved Pro Bowl status: linebacker Patrick Willis and safety Dashon Goldson in addition to Staley, Davis and Gore. Cornerback Tarell Brown, coming off a strong game against Green Bay, and defensive end Ray McDonald are also Nolan-era draft choices in the 49ers’ starting lineup.

Smith isn’t expected to play against the Falcons, but if he did, his falling out with Nolan over the coach’s handling of a shoulder injury would instantly surface as a story line for revisiting.

Nolan was also in charge when the 49ers used free agency or waivers to add defensive lineman Justin Smith and outside linebacker Ahmad Brooks. Both are starters. Smith is arguably the most important player on the 49ers’ defense.