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Finneran could be lost for the season after suffering a "serious" knee injury during practice Sunday night. Finneran will undergo an MRI exam Monday morning, but the initial prognosis is not promising, according to Jim Mora, who did not reveal the exact nature of the injury. "Sometimes you plant and your knee gives," the coach said. "It looks like it's serious. I'm hoping for the best because he's obviously a critical part of this football team. We'll hope for the best but I'm not overly optimistic."
Reported by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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A best-case scenario, Mora said, is that the MRI exam shows a bad sprain that would sideline Finneran, the Falcons' top pass-catching wide receiver last season, for five or six weeks. However Mora even tempered that remark, seemingly bracing himself bad news. ... Stay tuned. More on Finneran's injury as further details are released.
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