Atlanta Falcons rule Roddy White out vs. Buccaneers
By Josh Hill
The Atlanta Falcons are hoping to get back to the top of the NFC South with a win tonight against the lowly Tampa Bay Buccaneers but they’re going to have to try and get a win without one of their biggest receivers there to help out. After failing to get healthy enough to start tonight, the Falcons have deactivated Roddy White before the deadline to do so.
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Julio Jones is looking to have a big night fantasy-wise with the Buccaneers suspect secondary made even weaker by the injury ravaged frontline. Gerald McCoy, Michael Johnson and Adrian Clayborn are all out tonight which puts pressure on the secondary to lock things down.
White won’t be there to take advantage of that though.
#Falcons WR Roddy White (hamstring) is inactive tonight vs #Bucs
— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) September 18, 2014
The Falcons were hoping to get White back this week against the Buccaneers but the turnaround from Sunday was just too quick. The same turnaround has kept the likes of Gerald McCoy, Austin Seferian-Jenkins and Doug Martin out as well, so the two teams going at it inside the Georgia Dome tonight will be doing so with tattered rosters.
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