The Atlanta Falcons and Carolina Panthers 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
S 38 Dashon Goldson
LB 55 Paul Worrilow
LB 59 De'Vondre Campbell
G 68 Mike Person
G 71 Wes Schweitzer
TE 82 Joshua Perkins
DL 91 Courtney Upshaw
FALCONS STARTERS
Offense
WR 11 Julio Jones
LT 70 Jake Matthews
LG 67 Andy Levitre
C 68 Alex Mack
RG 65 Chris Chester
RT 73 Ryan Schraeder
TE 83 Jacob Tamme
WR 12 Mohamed Sanu
QB 2 Matt Ryan
RB 24 Devonta Freeman
FB 42 Patrick DiMarco
Defense
DE 99 Adrian Clayborn
DT 95 Jonathan Babineaux
DT 97 Grady Jarrett
DE 94 Tyson Jackson
LB 44 Vic Beasley, Jr.
LB 45 Deion Jones
LB 56 Sean Weatherspoon
CB 23 Robert Alford
CB 21 Desmond Trufant
S 37 Ricardo Allen
S 36 Keanu Neal
Specialists
K 3 Matt Bryant
KO 5 Matt Bosher
P 5 Matt Bosher
KR 26 Tevin Coleman
PR 14 Eric Weems
LS 47 Josh Harris
H 5 Matt Bosher