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
QB 12 - Sean Renfree
CB 28 - Javier Arenas
LB 52 - Nate Stupar
LB 54 - Tyler Starr
C 62 - James Stone
T 73 - Ryan Schraeder
DT 91 - Corey Peters
SAINTS INACTIVES
CB 33 - Stanley Jean-Baptiste
S 36 - Marcus Ball
FB 41 - Erik Lorig
G 65 - Senio Kelemete
WR 84 - Kenny Stills
WR 88 - Nick Toon
NT 92 John Jenkins
FALCONS STARTERS
Offense
WR 84 - Roddy White
LT 70 - Jake Matthews
LG 63 - Justin Blalock
C 61 - Joe Hawley
RG 75 - Jon Asamoah
RT 76 - Lamar Holmes
TE 80 - Levine Toilolo
WR 11 - Julio Jones
QB 2 - Matt Ryan
RB 39 - Steven Jackson
FB 42 - Patrick DiMarco
Defense
DE 71 - Kroy Biermann
DT 99 - Tyson Jackson
DT 96 - Paul Soliai
DE 95 - Jonathan Babineaux
LB 55 - Paul Worrilow
LB 59 - Joplo Bartu
CB 23 - Robert Alford
CB 26 - Josh Wilson
S 25 - William Moore
S 20 - Dwight Lowery
CB 21 - Desmond Trufant
Specialists
K 3 - Matt Bryant
KO 5 - Matt Bosher
P 5 - Matt Bosher
KR 17 - Devin Hester
PR 17 - Devin Hester
LS 47 - Josh Harris
H 5 - Matt Bosher
SAINTS STARTERS
Offense
WR 12 - Marques Colston
LT 72 - Terron Armstead
LG 66 - Ben Grubbs
C 55 - Jonathan Goodwin/68 - Tim Lelito
RG 73 - Jahri Evans
RT 64 - Zach Strief
TE 80 - Jimmy Graham
WR 13 - Joseph Morgan
QB 9 - Drew Brees
FB 35 - Austin Johnson
RB 22 - Mark Ingram
Defense
LDE 76 - Akiem Hicks
NT 77 - Brodrick Bunkley
RDE 94 - Cameron Jordan
OLB 93 - Junior Galette
ILB 57 - David Hawthorne
ILB 50 - Curtis Lofton
OLB 98 - Parys Haralson
LCB 28 - Keenan Lewis
SS 32 - Kenny Vaccaro
FS 31 - Jairus Byrd
RCB 21 - Patrick Robinson
Specialists
P 6 - Thomas Morstead
K 3 - Shayne Graham
LS 47 - Justin Drescher
H 7 - Luke McCown
PR 39 - Travaris Cadet
KR 39 - Travaris Cadet
KO 6 - Thomas Morstead