MIKE PETERSON RUMORS
The Atlanta Falcons place two players on I.R.
The Falcons have placed 35-year old LB Mike Peterson (torn triceps) and 28-year old CB Kelvin Hayden (toe) on the Injured Reserve List, ending their seasons. Mike Peterson played in 15 games for the Falcons this year and he had 24 tackles, 2 tackles for a loss, 1 interception and 3 passes defensed. Kelvin Hayden played in 8 games for the Falcons this year and he had 24 tackles...
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December 29, 2011
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Falcons place LB Peterson, CB Hayden on IR
The Atlanta Falcons have placed linebacker Mike Peterson and cornerback Kelvin Hayden on injured reserve.
Peterson played in four games this season, including Monday's 45-16 loss to New Orleans. The 13-year veteran had 24 tackles and an interception
Hayden appeared in eight games but has been sidelined since Week 11. He had 22 tackles and a pair of interceptions.
The...
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December 28, 2011
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December 28, 2011
Peterson, Hayden placed on injured reserve
The Falcons place cornerback Kelvin Hayden and linebacker Mike Peterson on injured reserve.
Hayden, 6-0, 195 pounds, was originally selected as a second round (60th overall) draft choice by the Indianapolis Colts in the 2005 NFL Draft. He spent six seasons in Indianapolis before signing with the Falcons as a free agent on August 30, 2011. Hayden played in eight games this season...
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December 27, 2011
Peterson gladly accepts backup role with Falcons
Mike Peterson knows the end of his NFL career isn't far off.
The 13th-year NFL veteran, a starter nearly his entire career with Indianapolis, Jacksonville and Atlanta, wants to win a Super Bowl ring badly enough that he agreed to return for a third season with the Falcons and work as a reserve linebacker and special teams player.
Whatever the Falcons want him to do, Peterson...
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August 11, 2011
Mike Peterson agrees to terms with the Falcons
Mike Peterson (53) chases down a play. (Phil Skinner / pskinner@ajc.com)
Falcons linebacker Mike Peterson, in his quest for a Super Bowl ring, has agreed to terms with the team.
“Time to take care unfinished business ..just agreed to terms w/ FALCONS…let’s get it!!!,” Peterson wrote in a tweet this morning.
We talked to Peterson during the lockout at one of the...
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July 28, 2011
Mike Peterson would love to re-sign with the Falcons
Free agent linebacker Mike Peterson is working hard this off-season and is willing to do what it takes to get a new contract from the Atlanta Falcons. The 34 year old Peterson has been playing for the Falcons for the past two seasons and wants to remain in Atlanta. He is currently working out with his [...]
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May 20, 2011
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May 20, 2011
Free Agent to Be Peterson Working Out with the Falcons
Despite being a free agent, linebacker Mike Peterson is taking part in the Falcons’ unofficial offseason workout program. Like other players in contract limbo during the lockout, Peterson could be sitting at home or working out on his own but he really hopes to be re-signed in Atlanta.
Peterson, a 12-year veteran, has been mentoring some of the younger players on the team...
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May 19, 2011
Mike Peterson goes into Florida’s Hall of Fame on Friday
Mike Peterson (53) chases down a play. (Phil Skinner / pskinner@ajc.com)
BIRDLAND — Falcons linebacker Mike Peterson, a 12-year NFL veteran, will be inducted into the University of Florida’s Athletic Hall of Fame in a banquet on Friday in the Holloway Touchdown Terrace at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium.
Peterson played at Florida from 1995 to 1998 and was a member of the school...
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April 07, 2011
Atlanta Falcons Offseason: Breaking Down the 2011 Free Agents: OLB Mike Peterson
2010 Stats: 13 games started, 16 games played, 1 sack, 2 interceptions, 2 forced fumbles, 39 tackles
Summary: Mike Peterson is another player that will be in his mid-30s that the Falcons will have to make a decision on.
Peterson’s numbers fell off after his great 2009 season where he had more than double the tackles he made in 2010.
The defensive side of the ball is where the...
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February 11, 2011
Now this is more like it. Peterson a Falcon
Mike Peterson, one of my favorite non-Falcons in the league is now a Falcon. Yes folks we in the Falcons fold have watched two of our best linebackers leave via free-agency in an exodus the likes of which have not been seen since Moses. Well, we got a good player in return.
?So, who is Mike [...]
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March 10, 2009
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