The Atlanta Falcons appear to have a relatively clean bill of health entering the season. There had only been three players on their injury report up until today, and nobody had failed to practice. Today’s Friday injury report is the final one with injury designations for the Steelers game Sunday of either questionable, doubtful, or out. Anyone receiving a questionable or doubtful designation will ultimately be clarified 90 minutes before kickoff when the inactives lists are announced for both teams.
Below is the final Falcons injury report ahead of Week 1, per the Falcons’ website.
FALCONS’ WEEK 1 FRIDAY INJURY REPORT
DNP
CB Antonio Hamilton Sr. – Groin (Out)
DT Grady Jarrett (Rest)
DT David Onyemata (Rest)
LIMITED
OT Jake Matthews (Rest)
DT Ta’Quon Graham (Rest)
FULL
LB Nate Landman – Quad
TE Kyle Pitts – Hamstring
The only player with a designation for Sunday is CB Antonio Hamilton, who was added to the list on Thursday with a limited practice. He did not practice on Friday and was ruled out.
The Falcons rested four players during today’s practice, but none of them are listed with injury concerns and have no designation for the game. TE Kyle Pitts, who started the week limited, finished with two full practices and is going to play as expected.
Hamilton is listed as the backup nickel corner. So the Falcons, like the Steelers, have some depth concerns in the slot for this game. In the preseason, Hamilton only played three special teams snaps but played a fair amount of special teams for the Arizona Cardinals last season on multiple units.
