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
QB 12 - Sean Renfree
WR 18 - Freddie Martino
CB 28 - Javier Arenas
LB 54 - Tyler Starr
T 64 - Jonathan Scott
T 65 - Cameron Bradfield
DT 98 - Cliff Matthews
PANTHERS INACTIVES
CB 25 - Bene Benwikere
RB 26 - Chris Ogbonnaya
S 38 - Robert Lester
T 63 - David Foucault
G 66 - Amini Silatolu
T 74 - Mike Remmers
DT 98 - Star Lotulelei
FALCONS STARTERS
Offense
WR 84 - Roddy White
LT 70 - Jake Matthews
LG 63 - Justin Blalock
C 62 - James Stone
RG 75 - Jon Asamoah
RT 73 - Ryan Schraeder
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 53 - Prince Shembo
CB 23 - Robert Alford
CB 26 - Josh Wilson
S 36 - Kemal Ishmael
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
PANTHERS STARTERS
Offense
WR 82 - Jerricho Cotchery
LT 77 - Byron Bell
LG 68 - Andrew Norwell
C 67 - Ryan Kalil
RG 70 - Trai Turner
RT 78 - Nate Chandler
TE 88 - Greg Olsen
WR 13 - Kelvin Benjamin
QB 1 - Cam Newton
TE 84 - Ed Dickson
RB 34 - DeAngelo Williams
Defense
LDE 95 - Charles Johnson
LDT 99 - Kawann Short
RDT 92 - Dwan Edwards
RDE 96 - Wes Horton
SLB 56 - AJ Klein
MLB 59 - Luke Kuechly
WLB 58 - Thomas Davis
LCB 20 - Antoine Cason
RCB 24 - Josh Norman
SS 41 - Roman Harper
FS 21 - Thomas DeCoud
Specialists
PK 9 - Graham Gano
P 8 - Brad Nortman
KO 9 - Graham Gano
H 8 - Brad Nortman
PR 16 - Philly Brown
KR 16 - Philly Brown
LS 44 - JJ Jansen
