The news could have been worse for Keanu Neal.
The rookie Falcons safety left Thursday's preseason game with a knee injury and will need surgery, but just an arthroscopic procedure that will cause him to miss 3-4 weeks, Falcons coach Dan Quinn said Friday.
"From all of us who know Keanu, you know he's going to put a thousand percent into all the rehab to get ready," Quinn told reporters. "We know kind of what he stands for and the toughness, so I'd expect the shorter-term [amount of time being out] with him.