I mentioned this yesterday; at the game a lot of us went nuts seeing Biermann on the last two kick offs. I figured that Koenen must have been hurt, but I did not realize that he was out of the game in la-la land. Concussions seem to be a dime a dozen these days, but Koenen’s injury is significant for several reasons – he handles kick off and punts, and he does both very well.
The NFC South Blog shows that Matt Bryant was also injured in the game, which explains why Atlanta went for a few unusual fourth down attempts.
“Michael Koenen suffered a concussion making a tackle. Place kicker Matt Bryant suffered a hamstring injury.”
The Falcons have battled their share of injuries all season, but these two are distressing; when Atlanta visits Tampa Bay next weekend, the Falcons may need a game winning field goal to beat the suddenly hot Buccaneers.
