{"id":297973,"date":"2025-08-18T12:34:12","date_gmt":"2025-08-18T12:34:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/297973\/"},"modified":"2025-08-18T12:34:12","modified_gmt":"2025-08-18T12:34:12","slug":"nathan-carter-providing-spark-for-falcons-ground-game-in-preseason","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/297973\/","title":{"rendered":"Nathan Carter providing spark for Falcons&#8217; ground game in preseason"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Lions <a class=\"nfl-o-cta--link nfl-o-cta--underline\" style=\"word-break: break-word\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Lions\/status\/1954023651423977474\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">shared an update<\/a> later that night, that Norris was in stable condition and had feeling and movement in all his extremities.<\/p>\n<p>Carter reached out to Norris on Instagram, and the two eventually talked. That conversation gave Atlanta&#8217;s running back the strength and reassurance he needed to return to the playing field Friday night against the Titans without any hesitation.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I really feel at peace,&#8221; Carter said. &#8220;I think the biggest thing with that is the fact that he was all right and that he was doing good.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Also, just being able to understand that it was a football play and that at the end of the day, my performance relies not on me trying to perform for other but me doing it for the Lord. So, I was really honing in on my faith and helping that be my peace today. I&#8217;m just grateful God was able to be glorified through my performance and I was able to do what I was able to do.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Falcons totaled 115 rushing yards versus the Titans after gaining 82 yards in the second half, primarily powered by Carter&#8217;s touchdown.<\/p>\n<p>Atlanta has one more preseason game left next Friday against the Dallas Cowboys. The NFL&#8217;s 53-man roster deadline is Aug. 26.<\/p>\n<p>Bijan Robinson and Tyler Allgeier are the Falcons&#8217; starting running backs. Carlos Washington Jr. is currently sidelined with a hamstring injury, so there&#8217;s an opening for a possible third back. Carter, Elijah Dotson and Jashaun Corbin are all eyeing it.<\/p>\n<p>Carter knows the best he can do in the meantime is take advantage of every opportunity presented his way.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He&#8217;s one of those young players that&#8217;s just fighting for a spot on this roster,&#8221; Morris said. &#8220;He shows up every single week and shows why he should be on it.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Lions shared an update later that night, that Norris was in stable condition and had feeling and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":297974,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2074],"tags":[23699,223,254,2554,224,7,31039,88,6,54286,1024,8896],"class_list":{"0":"post-297973","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-atlanta-falcons","8":"tag-2025-training-camp","9":"tag-atlanta","10":"tag-atlanta-falcons","11":"tag-atlantafalcons","12":"tag-falcons","13":"tag-football","14":"tag-nathan-carter","15":"tag-news","16":"tag-nfl","17":"tag-tennessee-titans-at-atlanta-falcons-2025-pre-2","18":"tag-terrin-waack","19":"tag-training-camp"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115049795944631909","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/297973","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=297973"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/297973\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/297974"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=297973"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=297973"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=297973"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}