Falcons’ Turner Is Running ‘Like A Bowling Ball’

FLOWERY BRANCH, GA – All the postgame comments from Tennessee’s locker room were similar: Tackling Michael Turner is no easy task.

Turner, listed as 5-foot-10 and 247 pounds, ran for 100 yards and a touchdown in the Falcons’ 23-17 win over the Titans on Sunday. It was just a typical game for Turner, who is on pace for one of his best seasons and is a key to Atlanta’s playoff hopes in the tight NFC.

Tennessee linebacker Will Witherspoon says the big back “is like a bowling ball out there.”

Titans safety Jordan Babineaux says it’s not easy taking on such a big back in the secondary.

Falcons coach Mike Smith says Turner is running as hard as any back he has been around.