The Atlanta Falcons and Detroit Lions 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 95 - Jonathan Babineaux
LIONS INACTIVESQB 17 - Kellen Moore
RB 21 - Reggie Bush
T 66 - LaAdrian Waddle
WR 81 - Calvin Johnson
TE 80 - Joseph Fauria
TE 85 - Eric Ebron
TE 87 - Brandon Pettigrew
FALCONS STARTERS
Offense
WR 84 - Roddy White
LT 70 - Jake Matthews
LG 63 - Justin Blalock
C 62 - James Stone
RG 75 - Jon Asamoah
RT 68 - Gabe Carimi
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 94 - Jonathan Massaquoi
LB 55 - Paul Worrilow
LB 53 - Prince Shembo
CB 23 - Robert Alford
CB 27 - Robert McClain
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
LIONS STARTERS
Offense
WR 15 - Golden Tate
LT 71 - Riley Reiff
LG 67 - Rob Sims
C 51 - Dominic Raiola
RG 75 - Larry Warford
RT 70 - Garrett Reynolds
TE 82 - Jordan Thompson
WR 12 - Jeremy Ross
QB 9 - Matthew Stafford
RB 35 - Joique Bell
FB 45 - Jed Collins
Defense
DE 94 - Ezekiel Ansah
DT 98 - Nick Fairley
DT 90 - Ndamukong Suh
DE 91 - Jason Jones
OLB 58 - Ashlee Palmer
MLB 59 - Tahir Whitehead
OLB 54 - DeAndre Levy
CB 31 - Rashean Mathis
CB 23 - Darius Slay
SS 32 - James Ihedigbo
FS 27 - Glover Quin
Specialists
PK 5 - Matt Prater
KO 6 - Sam Martin
P 6 - Sam Martin
KR 12 - Jeremy Ross
PR 12 - Jeremy Ross
LS 48 - Don Muhlbach
H 6 - Sam Martin
