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Falcons Injury Report: Atlanta Healthy for Primetime vs. Chiefs?
The Atlanta Falcons’ currently constructed roster will be at full strength for Sunday night’s game against the Kansas City Chiefs.
Atlanta’s three injury question marks this week — running back Tyler Allgeier, outside linebacker James Smith-Williams and backup nickel cornerback Antonio Hamilton Sr. — were each full participants in Friday’s practice.
“We all went out there and did our thing today,” Falcons head coach Raheem Morris said after Friday’s practice, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution’s D. Orlando Ledbetter. “It was awesome.”
Allgeier and Smith-Williams appeared on the injury report this week with hip ailments while Hamilton has been battling a groin injury since the start of the regular season. Hamilton was inactive the first two games due to his groin.
In Wednesday’s practice, all three were limited. Allgeier and Hamilton were full participants Thursday while Smith-Williams remained limited. On Friday, none of the three missed a beat.
The Falcons gave three veteran players rest days Friday — left tackle Jake Matthews was limited while defensive tackles Grady Jarrett and David Onyemata did not participate. Atlanta’s injury report specifically notes none are injury related.
On the Falcons’ official game report, no players are listed as questionable or out. Atlanta, of course, is without a handful of players on injured reserve, including starting linebacker Nate Landman (quad, calf), third-round rookie outside linebacker Bralen Trice (season-ending torn ACL) and backup safety DeMarcco Hellams (ankle).
The Falcons are expecting Landman and Hellams to play again this season, with Landman particularly poised to play shortly after his injured reserve stint ends in three weeks.
The Chiefs, meanwhile, had no players limited or out of Friday’s practice.
Atlanta (1-1) and Kansas City (2-0) will kick off at 8:20 p.m. Sunday inside Mercedes-Benz Stadium. The game will be televised live on NBC.
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The public is getting its first look at the two pandas that will be heading from China to Zoo Atlanta.
NBC’s Janis Mackey Frayer was able to visit female Fu Shuang and male Ping Ping before they make the nearly 8,000-mile flight. The giant pandas are both 6 years old and are headed to the United States as part of a new decade-long conservation agreement between China and the U.S.
Ping Ping’s keepers say he tends to follow them around, which is atypical behavior for a panda, but may be because of the food they have for him. Fu Shuang — which translates to “double happiness” — is playful, but nervous, and enjoys placing her chin on her paw. She also likes apples and has a penchant for finding them.
“Because we will hide pieces of apples, for example under the tree … she can find them everywhere,” panda keeper Wang Shun told Mackey Frayer, noting her “clever” behavior.
The pandas are part of an international cooperative research agreement on giant panda conservation between Zoo Atlanta and the China Wildlife Conservation Association, a renewal of panda diplomacy between America and China that began in 1972.
“Zoo Atlanta is delighted and honored to yet again be trusted as stewards of this treasured species and to partner with the China Wildlife Conservation Association on the continued conservation and research efforts that are the most important outcomes of this cooperation,” Zoo Atlanta President and CEO Raymond B. King said in a statement in April.
“We can’t wait to meet Ping Ping and Fu Shuang and to welcome our Members, guests, city, and community back to the wonder and joy of giant pandas.”
Pandas are already at zoos in Washington, D.C., and San Diego. Zoo Atlanta maintained a panda agreement with China from 1999 until 2024, when Lun Lun and Yang Yang went back to their home country, along with their two youngest cubs.
Animal behaviorist James Ayala marvels at how pandas mature.
“You see cubs and they seem so cuddly and clumsy and cute. And then they grow up into these big, majestic bears,” he told Mackey Frayer.
Fu Shuang and Ping Ping will be transported further south into a mountainous region where they will be prepped to make the trip to the U.S. It is unknown when they will leave.
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