The Atlanta Falcons and New Orleans Saints are required by NFL rules to reduce their active gameday roster to 46 players by naming a list of inactive players 90 minutes prior to kickoff. Below are the inactives for both teams. Starters listed below are on the game card given to the media and may not represent the actual personnel on the field to start the game.
FALCONS INACTIVES
WR 16 Justin Hardy
CB 22 Dezmen Southward
S 30 Charles Godfrey
LB 52 Justin Durant
C 68 Mike Person
T 72 Bryce Harris
DE 93 Malliciah Goodman
SAINTS INACTIVESP 6 Thomas Morstead
WR 12 Marques Colston
QB 18 Garrett Grayson
CB 27 Damian Swann
DE 58 Obum Gwacham
G 68 Tim Lelito
T 72 Terron ArmsteadFALCONS STARTERSOffenseWR 11 Julio Jones
LT 70 Jake Matthews
LG 67 Andy Levitre
C 62 James Stone
RG 65 Chris Chester
RT 73 Ryan Schraeder
TE 83 Jacob Tamme
WR 84 Roddy White
QB 2 Matt Ryan
RB 24 Devonta Freeman
FB 42 Patrick DiMarco
Defense
DE 44 Vic Beasley Jr.
DT 77 Ra'Shede Hageman
NT 96 Paul Soliai
DE 94 Tyson Jackson
LB 59 Joplo Bartu
LB 55 Paul Worrilow
LB 50 O'Brien Schofield
CB 23 Robert Alford
CB 21 Desmond Trufant
S 37 Ricardo Allen
S 25 William Moore
Specialists
K 3 Matt Bryant
KO 5 Matt Bosher
P 5 Matt Bosher
KR 14 Eric Weems
PR 14 Eric Weems
LS 47 Josh Harris
H 5 Matt Bosher
SAINTS STARTERSOffenseWR 10 Brandin Cooks
LT 75 Andrus Peat
LG 65 Senio Kelemete
C 60 Max Unger
RG 73 Jahri Evans
RT 64 Zach Strief
TE 82 Benjamin Watson
WR 83 Willie Snead
QB 9 Drew Brees
FB 35 Austin Johnson
RB 22 Mark Ingram
DefenseDE 78 Bobby Richardson
DT 92 John Jenkins
DT 93 Kevin Williams
DE 94 Cameron Jordan
LB 59 Dannell Ellerbe
LB 50 Stephone Anthony
LB 44 Hau'oli Kikaha
CB 21 Keenan Lewis
SS 32 Kenny Vaccaro
FS 31 Jarius Byrd
CB 39 Brandon BrownerSpecialistsP 4 Brandon Fields
K 2 Zach Hocker
LS 47 Justin Drescher
H 7 Luke McCown
KR 23 Marcus Murphy
PR 23 Marcus Murphy
