Even if the Atlanta Falcons end up at 9-7, they would need a lot of help and magic to win the NFC South. The main purpose for these next seven games will simply be to play spoiler and that is not a reason to play Hooper anymore this season.
Austin Hooper suffered an MCL sprain in his knee during the Atlanta Falcons win in New Orleans this past week. If the reports are true, we probably won’t see Hooper again until mid-December at best. Dan Quinn used Wednesday afternoon to talk down the rumors of Hooper being out of action for that long.