Head Coach Mike Smith confirmed Monday afternoon that quarterback Matt Ryan (toe) will not play next Sunday against the Eagles. The second-year player will work with the training staff and the team will re-evaluate his condition after the game.
Chris Redman, who led the team to a 20-17 victory over the Bucs after Ryan’s injury, will start. John Parker Wilson will back up at the position.
“Matt has been ruled out of the ball game on Sunday against the Philadelphia Eagles,” Smith said. “During the week he is going to work with our medical staff diligently to get back as quick as he can. We will have an update next week.”
http://video.atlantafalcons.com/video/200015/200015_2009-11-30-154501.flvSmith did not have a long-term answer for Ryan and his recovery from turf toe.
Ryan completed 2 of 3 passes for 15 yards before leaving Sunday’s game. He was coming off one of his best games of the season, leading the Falcons to four second-half scores and forcing overtime in New York in Week 11.
Redman saw his most extensive action in 27 games against the Bucs and clocked a 89.8 quarterback rating and threw two touchdowns, including the game winner to Roddy White with 23 seconds to play.
Redman started the final four games of the 2007 season, including an upset win over the Seahawks in Week 17 to cap a 4-12 campaign. He threw for more than 1,000 yards and 10 touchdowns in that stretch and was awarded with a contract extension in early 2008. A seven-year veteran, Redman has 10 career starts.
“Chris Redman, who came in yesterday, will be our starter this week,” Smith said. “I can assure you myself and everyone in the locker room has got all the confidence in the world in Chris Redman.”
Smith and Redman crossed pass in Baltimore for three seasons as defensive coach and backup quarterback.
“I am always in the game whether I am in or not,” Redman said Sunday. “As the backup, you have to be prepared to play at any second to be in the game. I understand that I am one play away from getting my number called to step in. This approach enabled me to focus in and help the team as much as possible. This organization has believed in me from the beginning and I will forever be thankful.”
ADDITIONAL NOTES FROM MONDAY:
- Smith did not reveal any injury details on running back Michael Turner, who also left the game, except to say he has not been ruled out for Sunday’s contest. “Michael will continue to work and we’ll see where he is on Wednesday,” Smith said.
- The coach reminded the media the Falcons also lost starting left tackle Sam Baker and starting right guard Harvey Dahl to injury against the Bucs. No update on their status. “It’s going to be important for us as a team — for the players that have an opportunity to play — they’re going to be counted on to do the job,” he said.
- Rookie cornerback Christopher Owens got his first start against the Bucs and Smith “thought he did very well.” The team also rotated other players in at cornerback but decided to stick with Owens and Chris Houston for the majority of the ball game. They will be the starters against the Eagles.
- It seems the Eagles are also facing some major injury concerns…
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Alright we shouldn’t panic as we saw Chris Redman handle himself very well and also the eagles have injuries including Desean Jackson with a concussion so I would think they will hold him out for this one and give our secondary a break.
One play away from JPW….that is not good
This places more emphasis on the defense. Also on Smitty to say why he even played Turner against the Bucs.
Redman needs to quickly learn how to look off the primary target. He had tunnel vision and only looked one way everytime yesterday. If he doesn’t change his ways, we are in for a long day.
Ok so this is not good. But resting Ryan is the right thing to do as not to risk him and making me agree with TRF as to why we played Turner. If he is good to go Sunday this will help Redman. Chris is good so I am not too worried. I just wonder about the D. Let’s keep the Faith Falcon Nation!
Go Falcons!
while redman is not absolutely horrible, there is a reason why he has been the back-up for the past two years. I hope those reasons dont manifest themselves this sunday against the eagles. I have faith in redman to step up and be a two-game hero (hopefully not three-game hero, i really would like to see matty ice back against the Saints, though it would be nice to see our back up QB slice and dice the Saints D). This game is extremely pivotal. Honestly, if the falcons lose this game against the Iggles this coming sunday, I cannot see them making the playoffs this year… I would see Green Bay and Philly taking the two wildcard spots. Heres to hoping that Redman brings us out on top!!
please please please get rid of Elam he almost lost that game for us!
No offense….bbut, we are DEFINITELY CURSED BY GOD!
This is not our year…..We will NOT be able to defeat eagles with what we got on our roster.
atlanta will not beat philly like this. it was gonna be hard with Ryan so imagine without him. not to mention turner might not play. atlanta will finish with a 9-7 record the two losses coming from NO and PHI. eagles and packers get the wild card with PHI 11-5 and GB 10-6. On the bright side we get a good draft pick……..who will end up being a bust and be injury prone.
Matt Ryan is no better than Chris Redman so no one should panic…I have seen nothin about Matt Ryan that impressed me this year… NOTHING!So maybe we are in better hands for now with Redman…i have more faith in him as of now!Go Redman
guys no need to panic as long as the defense comes through god willingy..we have a chance to win this game AT HOME!! redman played great in that game norwood playd good and we have great receivers and a veteran tight end. IF THE REDSKINS ALMOST BEAT THE EAGLES LAST WEEK I THINK ATLANTA CAN!.
Has anyone noticed the long snapper is causing a lot of Elam’s problems? He almost missed an extra point yesterday because of the long snapper. I suggest more practice between snapper, holder, and kicker might be warranted.
NO ONE IS TALLKIN BOUT MIKE VICK IM SURPRISED
even though the skins almost beat the eagles the BUCS almost beat us!!
Better get D.J. Shockley on the horn. Need a mobile QB if Redman takes the beating like he did last week, JPW will be in for some snaps.
DJ Shockley should have never got cut! You’ll need him now, 4 sure!
U r so right
@Jeff
Why? M. Vick won’t even play! I am glad he is gone from Atlanta. I have always thought Vick as an EXCELLENT athlete but he has never been and will never be an accomplished quarterback in the NFL. Have you read the reports about Vick in Philly? “He’s not happy sitting on the bench and wants to be traded”. The ONLY chance he EVER had to play was if NcNabb got hurt and stayed hurt. I hope he goes somewhere and gets an opportunity to start at wide receiver where he can showcase his athletic abilities. You know…on second thought, I hope Vick does get some playing time this Sunday. The strongest part of our defense, and this is not say much, is our front. We would definitely fare well against a Vick running attack. Anyways…GO FALCONS.
Redman didnt handle himself well till the last 5 minutes of the game. then it took him 7 trys to get the touch down from ten and five yards. If turner isn’t in the game next week we arent going to fare well against the eagles…
we aint gonna beat phils.we aint gonna beat da saints.we aint gonna beat the jets. we cant win in tampa. that leaves the bills.that leaves us at 7 and 9.still aint having back to back winnin seasons.front office really drop the ball this off season.needed to spend that money they spent on petterson somewhere else.and yea how many winning teams has tony g ben on.we seem to move the ball alot better without him last year.now the only phase of the game we had going for us was the punting game,until sunday.we got to go out and gets some big mean nasty defenders. thats the only way were going to catch the saints in the nex couple of years.
We can get the KID from UGA as our kicker and the DB’s from GT and we will be OK
WE NEED TO GET MORTON ANDERSON BACK TO FINISH OUT THE YEAR UNTIL THE DRAFT I’M NOT IMPRESSED WITH ELAM. I LIKE RYAN BUT HE HAS BEEN THROWING TOO MANY INTERCEPTIONS. I THINK REDMAN LOOKED GOOD IN THE POCKET AND WAS MUCH MORE ACCURATE PASSER AND NO INTERCEPTIONS. I THINK TOO MUCH PRESSURE WAS PUT ON RYAN AFTER HAVING SUCH A GREAT 1ST SEASON NOW HE’S NOT ALLOWED TO MAKE A MISTAKE OR BE AVERAGE. THEY SHOULD HAVE PLAYED NORWOOD MORE HIS SPEED IS WHAT WE NEED. I WOULD HAVE LOVED TO SEE A FEW SCREENS THROWN TO HIM OUT IN THE FLAT. GO FALCONS. PLEASE GET SOME BETTER DEFENSIVE PLAYERS IN FREE AGENCY WHO ARE PROVEN LEADERS AND PLAYERS. WE SUCK ON DEFENSE. WE LET GREAT PLAYERS GO FROM BROOKING, FOXWORTH, MILLOY. DOESN’T HOW GREAT YOUR OFFENSE IS IS YOUR DEFENSE CAN’T HOLD THEM. GO FALCONS.
This is whats gonna happen…FIRST OF ALL, WE HAD BERGERON, AND NEVER USED HIM. NO1 KNOWS ABOUT THIS GUY, HE’S A UNDERCOVER THREAT. But we let him go to play v haynes in the run game. Cant argue that. We cant ask too much outta redman, but he’s more of a vet than matt is so i can see him progressing well into the leader’s shoes this week. Get his timing down and get as much help from the o line and the 3diff running backs. We need v haynes in a time like this for the importance of an urgent run game. Our offense can move the chains and score at our average…..ITS UP TO THE DEFENSIVE BACKS AND HOW MUCH THEY ARE GONNA ALLOW MCNABB AND HIS YOUNG RECEIVER CORP TO DO. WE PRETTY EVENLY MATCHED IF U ASK ME, JUST WANNA KNOW HOW BAD THE ATLANTA FALCONS WANNA BE SEEN AS A TRUE COMPETITIVE TEAM IN THIS LEAGUE. DONT EMBARRASE THE CITY. GO FALCONS!!!!
Guys, are you watching NO? This is a champion’s game… we’ll need *everybody* healthy in two weeks to even have a respectful game. As for PHI I somehow believe we can win with Redman if our FG as good.
i dont really care that matt not playing. Id asked they play redman anyway as we see the way matt makes bad reads and cant step up and take off if needed. SO THE HELL WITH MATT RYAN RIGHT NOW. He gotta work with what we got. I believe we can shock the world with our 3game home stretch and any of our personnel. Anything can happen in this league if u play with your heart. we seen oakland and kc win games im sure alot of people lost bets on.lol im serious though if we take our A game with us the remainder of the season, we can win the rest, but we play lack luster attitude and nonchalant defense…..Sh#t we can hang up the cleats now. I swear though if we dont correct thing in our field goal unit…we will lose games that we shouldnt. We gotta tighten up n the off season though. Trade some guys and get some vets. We dont give ourselves a makeover then the saints will rule this division forever. C’mon Falcons!!!!!! Got damn man!
Check out NO gettin to late season additions in mcallister and mckenzie…did we not know these guys were free agents? wtf we went and got b williams and t hill-thats bs man, c’mon t dimitroff i blame u on that one. IN THE 2010 DRAFT I LOOK FOR FRESH RB LEGS, YOUNG KICKERS, THE BADDEST LB, AND 1SPECIAL ALL AROUND OFFENSIVE STUD. WE GOT SOME WR IN OUR PRACTICE SQUAD….NO MORE ROOKIE DB FOR GODS SAKE. RECEIVERS IN THIS LEAGUE ARE TOO SERIOUS ABOUT WHAT THEY DO. I REFUSE TO SUPPORT THE FALCONS IN 2010 IF C HOUSTON AND BRENT GRIMES AND THEM ARE STARTERS ON DEFENSE. THIS IS GETTIN DISGUSTING WEEK BY WEEK. EVERYBODY PICKS ON OUR DB’s AND IM SICK OF IT. I WANT A YOUNG FAST ENERGETIC AND SERIOUS RB. TURNER SPRAINS HIS ANKLE BECAUSE HE DOESNT RUN BEHIND HIS PADS AT FULL SPEED. YOURE BOUND TO HAVE A HANG UP WHEN U NOT GIVING IT YOUR ALL ON EVERY PLAY. I WANT ALL VETS ON DEF THAT HAVE THAT DESIRE IN THEIR HEARTS TO PLAY LIKE STAND UP NFL DEFENDERS. GO FALCONS!!!!! THE FANS AND CUSTOMERS ARE ALWAYS RIGHT. IT HURT TO HEAR THE CROWD BOOING.
ABSOLUTELY! That is the best advice I have read on the blogs! He has to go. Can we call Morten Anderson again? We desperately need him.
i dont know what the hell is wrong with the falcons we are not going to the playoffs they cant win on the road and cant win at home jason elam needs to go we need another good quality back up qb with a strong arm matt ryan or chris redman have weak arms we need a gun slinger to hit our fast receivers we need another verasatile back move jason snelling to a fullback position we need a o-line to move the ball mike mularkey needs to go he draws up these simple minded conservative plays which are pretty basic anybody can guess brian van gorder needs to go wheres the blitzing we get no pressure on opposing qb’s i like our line backing corp but the secondary sucks atlanta needs to stop being cheap and spend some money on quality players to win a superbowl becauase mediocre players are not going to cut it brent grimes needs to go chris houston i would move to safety position he cant cover but he a decent tackler we passed up to mant free agents for our secondary im glad we pulled off this victory we made the bucs look like the 02 bucks with warren sapp we have to win these last couple of games we can only give up one more loss or no playoffs
@Sleepy
Falcon fans no need to panic!!! If the Falcons defensive line get their hands in the air on pass plays, block some passing lanes and disrupt the quarterback timing everything will fall into place. If the defensive line can accomplish this, there will be more sacks and better play from the DB’s. I really wish the Defensive line would work on this. I’ve been on target about 90% of the time with my score predictions – Falcons 28 – Eagles 17.
Could not agree more!!!!!
@TOM
Ok no one cares to mention Philly did lose to Raiders, who are worse than Bucs in my mind..
And our d backs are good but they need the d line to step up and rush the QB to force bad passes and easy pick… I like Brent Grimes heart and jumping abilities… and Crisp Houston is just horrible i like Tye Hill to take his starting job… and why is Christopher Owens even on the Feild?
Watch out for Haynes, he will slap some paint!
Honestly We Are Not Gonna Have A Chance Against The Eagles, Chris Redman Is A Good QB BUT NOT Good Enough To Beat The Eagles. Our Secondary Is A Discrace And Is Imbarrasing, I Hate Chris Huston Alot Because He ALWAYS Get Burnt And Never Look At The Ball. WE SHOULD HAVE SIGNED MIKE MCKENZIE, BUT NO WE WANT TO GO AFTER DB THAT LOOK LIKE THEY BELONG IN HIGH SCHOOL! The Only Secondary Man I Like On Our Team Is Erik Coleman. Com’mon Falcons Make A Move With That Money Yall Got From Vick!! DO SOMETHING NOW!! GO FALCONS LETS PULL THROUGH THIS SITUATION!
Say what you want about Redman, he didn’t turn the ball over, something that Ryan hasn’t been able to manage since the first few games of the season. I’m personally looking forward to seeing Redman start against the Eagles.
Chris Redman Was Playing The Bucs I Mean Be Serious Of Course He Not Gonna Turn It Over It’s The Bucs, I Know He Had A Game Winning Drive But It Was Against The BUCS Who Are 1-10 Be Seroius Anyone Can Beat The Bucs, Except Green Bay Of Course! But The Point Is He Is Playing Againt A Real Defence Not THE BUCS DEFENCE, So We Will Have To See How Much Confidence Yall Have In Redman After The Eagles Game
Matt Ryan being a big puss with a toe injury,without him we dont stand a chance against mcnabs big weiner
WE NEED HELP IN THE SECONDARY!!! PLEASE! Why didn’t we pick up Mike Mckenzie? You all saw the job he did against the Pats last night. We just CANT GET RIGHT! Chris Houston is the worst damn corner in the whole league. I’m getting tired of waiting year after year for the Falcons to address these obvious issues. If the Saints can go 11-0 we can too with the right moves this offseason.
Oh Yeah. Where the hell is John Abraham this season?
WE SHOULDNT WORRY CUZ MATT NOT IN THE LINE UP. HE HASNT BEEN PLAYING AS WELL AS WHEN WE ALL MET ANYWAYS. I havent seen a decent backup qb like we haven in redman around the league too much. As a guy that step in when the score is low, not make many if any mistakes, and rally our offense to at least compete and or even come out with the victory. God has control and its Redman’s time to shine. Maybe this will open doors for him to win a starting qb job with another club next season. Nevermind the haters and doubters, GOOD LUCK REDMAN! SHow these folks that you just aint gettn paid for nothing brother. Lead that offense like its yours. Get those guys to be mentally tough and the rest will fall in place.
I’ll be at the Eagles Vs Falcons game. I am an Eagles fan…so GO EAGLES.
Good Luck To Both Teams.
Good Luck To Both Teams. I Won’t Bash The Falcons, They Did Really Good Last Year.
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