Falcons_own_nfc_south Posted January 14, 2013 Share Posted January 14, 2013 Atlanta Falcons defensive end John Abraham re-injured his left ankle Sunday, missing the second half as the Seahawks rallied to erase a 20-point deficit, but said he'll be back for the NFC Championship Game. NFC South blogESPN.com's Pat Yasinskas writes about all things NFC South in his division blog.• Blog network: NFL Nation"Oh yeah, you know me, you can't keep me out of that game," Abraham, who led the Falcons with 10 sacks this season, told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. "We're going to treat the (heck) out of it."The Falcons will host the San Francisco 49ersnext Sunday with the winner advancing to the Super Bowl against either the New England Patriots or Baltimore Ravens.Abraham, who originally sprained the ankle in Week 17, aggravated his injury in the second quarter. "After awhile, I just couldn't push off of it anymore," he told the newspaper.The Falcons led 20-0 at halftime and 27-7 entering the fourth quarter only to squander the lead and escaped with a 30-28 victory thanks to Matt Bryant's 49-yard field goal with eight seconds remaining.The 34-year-old Abraham has 122 sacks in his 13-season career. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clownorg Posted January 14, 2013 Share Posted January 14, 2013 Abe's a vet, he don't need the practice this week, he needs REST.With that said, i'd bet anything he plays on Sunday Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sun Tzu 7 Posted January 14, 2013 Share Posted January 14, 2013 I was suprised they didn't tape his ankle up more.... but hopefully them having him not push it will help this Sunday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ergo Proxy Posted January 14, 2013 Share Posted January 14, 2013 Good news! Sounds like he just pushed it and it got useless/swelled up.NOT RE-INJURED! Hopefully, that means treatment for another week may help indeed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tuggle'2 Posted January 14, 2013 Share Posted January 14, 2013 Hope he plays , hope he doesn't re-reinjure it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ergo Proxy Posted January 14, 2013 Share Posted January 14, 2013 I was suprised they didn't tape his ankle up more.... but hopefully them having him not push it will help this Sunday.^It's probably the nature of his position on defense. Otherwise, a DT would've had uber taping. This probably allowed the ankle to swell by using the muscle too vigorously instead of restrained by restriction. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Falcons_own_nfc_south Posted January 14, 2013 Author Share Posted January 14, 2013 Hope he plays , hope he doesn't re-reinjure it.if he plays and we WIN.. He got 2 more weeks to rest it again LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1989Fan Posted January 14, 2013 Share Posted January 14, 2013 get this man some tape, a brace and a shot.....then let him lose of Kaepernick.IMO, it is no coincidence that WIlson got time to throw all over us once Abe was on the sidelines. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
g-dawg Posted January 14, 2013 Share Posted January 14, 2013 Don't get me started on this.......there was no way Abe was even close to 100% - two weeks off an ankle sprain - even a low ankle sprain (which must have been the case as high ankle sprain and he's not even playing).Mike Smith's boneheaded moves in Week#17 by playing Abe in the game almost cost us this week. A healthy Abe would likely have disrupted Russell Wilson a lot more and disrupted the flow of that offense in the 21 point 4th quarter - Abraham lives for closing teams out in 4th quarters with game-killing sacks against the opponent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ergo Proxy Posted January 14, 2013 Share Posted January 14, 2013 Note, Seahawks scored their first TD, two plays after Walker dropped Wilson.This isn't facing pocket passing QB, Atlanta BY DESIGN rushed with their DL that way in the 2nd half and most all game really.When we did blitz we got beat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoppy™ Posted January 14, 2013 Share Posted January 14, 2013 get this man some tape, a brace and a shot.....then let him lose of Kaepernick.IMO, it is no coincidence that WIlson got time to throw all over us once Abe was on the sidelines.CERTAINLY not a coincidence...... The difference between what Wilson could do while Abe was on the field vs. what he was able to do after Abe came off was night and day...... With yet another mobile QB coming in next week, it will again be imperative that we have our best speed rusher ready to roll..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ethos Posted January 14, 2013 Share Posted January 14, 2013 I don't think he'd be able to do much against Joe Staley anyway. Rest him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dhayester Posted January 14, 2013 Share Posted January 14, 2013 Mike Smith's boneheaded moves in Week#17 by playing Abe in the game almost cost us this week. A healthy Abe would likely have disrupted Russell Wilson a lot more and disrupted the flow of that offense in the 21 point 4th quarter - Abraham lives for closing teams out in 4th quarters with game-killing sacks against the opponent.It appeared pretty obvious to me that our D-Line was intentionally not trying to get much push.. they were more setting the pocket and trying to contain Wilson. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Falcons_own_nfc_south Posted January 14, 2013 Author Share Posted January 14, 2013 I don't think he'd be able to do much against Joe Staley anyway. Rest him.Isn't he dealing with some kinda RIGHT ARM injury? I thought that I saw that during the game.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ethos Posted January 14, 2013 Share Posted January 14, 2013 (edited) Isn't he dealing with some kinda RIGHT ARM injury? I thought that I saw that during the game..Yea, but he still shutout Clay Matthews. He'll play no doubt.Edit: Correction Matthews got one sack. Edited January 14, 2013 by Falconine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Falcons_own_nfc_south Posted January 14, 2013 Author Share Posted January 14, 2013 Yea, but he still shutout Clay Matthews. He'll play no doubt.Edit: Correction Matthews got one sack.I heard most of the time that Clay was over-pursuing (trying to get sack) and should have contain Kaep. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bossFALCON™ Posted January 14, 2013 Share Posted January 14, 2013 We need a "God, please place your hand on John Abraham's ankle" thread this week Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Negatorris Posted January 14, 2013 Share Posted January 14, 2013 Hopefully when he can make an impact and avoid re injuring himself in a Falcons win. Then he'll have two weeks of rest before the Superbowl. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
didz Posted January 14, 2013 Share Posted January 14, 2013 Man did our defense go down to **** once Abraham was out. Its obvious after this year, we need to get some pass rushers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ergo Proxy Posted January 14, 2013 Share Posted January 14, 2013 Atlanta needs improved play/personnel/player upgrade at LB. Spoon can't cover for Nicholas, or DeCoud/Moore when they get caught out of position.Atlanta asked a lot out of DeCoud and Moore today. Nicholas was the biggest weakness at times, but it's all correctable stuff. Playing WAY to flippin' stiff once they went into pass on your zone breakdowns for 3 or 4 drives in a row.They were scoring at will. Atlanta's offense couldn't flip an insano switch like that. Defense knows it nearly ruined the game.Thing is, the DL wasn't good enough to TRY to pressure Russell for fear of containment loss. AND when the Seahawks run 4 guys vertical? Wide open space to run.^It's called being real. Nolan is working with what Atlanta has. Period. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peyton Posted January 14, 2013 Share Posted January 14, 2013 Isn't he dealing with some kinda RIGHT ARM injury? I thought that I saw that during the game..Yeah I think Staley has a bad problem. If Abe can get right he could make a big impact. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GEORGIAfan Posted January 14, 2013 Share Posted January 14, 2013 Don't get me started on this.......there was no way Abe was even close to 100% - two weeks off an ankle sprain - even a low ankle sprain (which must have been the case as high ankle sprain and he's not even playing).Mike Smith's boneheaded moves in Week#17 by playing Abe in the game almost cost us this week. A healthy Abe would likely have disrupted Russell Wilson a lot more and disrupted the flow of that offense in the 21 point 4th quarter - Abraham lives for closing teams out in 4th quarters with game-killing sacks against the opponent.Completely agree. Abe easily would have sacked Wilson multiple times on the last couple of drives. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
russ7000 Posted January 14, 2013 Share Posted January 14, 2013 i just hope he will be effective enough when he plays, but we dont have much of a choice he is prob better than ours backups Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
since68andcounting Posted January 14, 2013 Share Posted January 14, 2013 It appeared pretty obvious to me that our D-Line was intentionally not trying to get much push.. they were more setting the pocket and trying to contain Wilson.This is what I saw. Very few stunts, few blitzes. They were basically playing a 4-man straight bull rush "two-gap" defense. Maintaining BOTH gaps was more important than getting to the QB.Abe still would've made a difference, but our goal was not to sack Wilson so much as contain him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slamee101 Posted January 14, 2013 Share Posted January 14, 2013 I said in the other thread it appeared he re-injured it on the 4th & 1 stop. He jumped on the pile and it looked like he landed on it awkwardly and came up gimpy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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