Mike Peterson Gladly Accepts Backup Role With Falcons

FLOWERY BRANCH, GA – 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 says he’s willing to try – even if that means casting off the swagger that comes with a starting job.