Friday brings a new fave five to Falconsville.

The Falcons will leave the roost Friday to head down the road for a scrimmage under the lights. Some Dirty Birds remain sidelined while others continue on the mend. And then there’s something or other about panties.

What? Panties?

Yeah, that got your attention.

Without further adieu let’s get to this edition of the “fave five” aptly subtitled: From practice to (no) panties …

1) “Friday Night Lights”
The Falcons will host their annual public scrimmage on Friday night. This year, the Dirty Birds are taking the show to North Gwinnett High School in Suwanee. The best part of it all is that admission is free.

The event includes a fan fest with inflatable game and giveaways, a post-even autograph session and fireworks. The Falcons take the field at 7:30 p.m. However, team officials are warning folks to get there as early as 6 p.m. to reserve a seat and to beat the traffic.

For those who can’t get their Dirty Bird fix on Friday, the team will host another scrimmage at noon on Saturday at their Flowery Branch facility.

2) Robinson can’t go?
This has been a frustrating pre-season for Atlanta’s top free agent acquisition, Dunta Robinson. The

cornerback tweaked a hamstring on Sunday and has not practiced with the team since then. He will not be playing in the “Friday Night Lights” scrimmage.

Word out of camp now is that while Robinson may return to practice next week, he may not play in the exhibition opener against the Kansas City Chiefs on August 13 either.

3) Jerry, Douglas back at practice.
The news is a bit more encouraging for DT Peria Jerry , Peria Jerry, who took part in his first full practice on Wednesday. The second-year tackle looked good in the pre-season last year, but his season was cut short by a knee injury in his second NFL game. The AJC’s D. Orlando Ledbetter reported that Jerry looked a “little rusty” in his return, however, some rust is expected after a 10-plus month layoff. Also shaking off the rust was WR Harry Douglas, whose entire 2009 campaign was robbed by a knee injury. He also made his Falcons debut on Wednesday.

4) Put a Spoon in him?
Rookie LB LB Sean Weatherspoon has stood out among all players in his first few practices at the Branch for both his play on the field and his antics on it. Word out of camp is that the linebacker is never at a shortage of them. The AJC’s Jeff Schultz reports that teams shied away from Atlanta’s newly minted No. 1 pick because “he never shuts up." True to form, Atlanta’s linebacker got under OT Sam Baker’s skin during one of the team’s first padded scrimmages.

Weatherspoon, whose gift for gab often got him in trouble in the classroom, looks at his loquaciousness as a positive.

“You definitely want people to know that you’re here,” he told Schultz. “My goal is to come in and make plays. I want to show that I belong.”

5) Falcons pantyless
As reported by Atlanta Style Examiner A. Scott Walton, Victoria’s Secret contracted with the NFL to produce panties and paint-on tops with the logo of 13 of the league’s 32 teams. The Dirty Birds did not make the (bikini) cut.

Alas Falcons fans -- you are not the only NFC South Division team shunned by the lingerie titan. Sorry, Drew Brees. Your “Who Dat Nation” admirers ain’t getting no Victoria’s Secret love either down there in the Big Easy. The same holds true for fans of the lowly Tampa Bay Buccaneers, leaving the Carolina Panthers as the only division rival included in the clothing line.

-- PHIL FOLEY
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