FLOWERY BRANCH Kyler Murray Jersey , Ga. (AP) — Atlanta coach Dan Quinn says running back Devonta Freeman won’t make it back for the final two games of the season.The Falcons were mathematically eliminated from the playoffs last week. Even though Atlanta’s chances were less than 1 percent, Quinn didn’t want to rule Freeman out for the rest of the year until he was certain.Quinn said Wednesday that the Falcons “were going to keep all of our options open in the hopes that the season would keep extending so he would have the largest window if he could come back. We know where that window is closing, so he won’t make it in time.”Freeman, signed to the NFL’s richest contract for a running back before the 2017 season http://www.arizonacardinalsteamonline.com/byron-murphy-jersey , has missed 14 games over the last two years with head, knee and groin injuries.He is still not fully recovered from in-season groin surgery and hasn’t practiced since Week 5.Tevin Coleman, Brian Hill and Jeremy Langford will handle the running duties Sunday when Atlanta (5-9) visits Carolina (6-8). The Falcons, already with the NFL’s second-worst rushing attack Andy Isabella Jersey , lost Coleman’s primary backup, Ito Smith, to a season-ending knee injury in last week’s win over Arizona.Atlanta ends its regular season at Tampa Bay on Dec. 30. Sunday night’s game between the New England Patriots and Kansas City Chiefs was the second-most watched and rated AFC championship game in 42 years.The overtime thriller on CBS averaged 53.919 million viewers, just shy of the 54.850 million that viewed Pittsburgh’s victory over the New York Jets in 2011. The 27.5 household rating fell short of the 2016 matchup between New England and Denver that had a 29.3 rating.Sunday’s game is also a 22 percent increase over last year’s game between the Jacksonville Jaguars and New England Patriots Clelin Ferrell Jersey , which averaged 44.145 million.Fox’s telecast of the NFC championship game between the Los Angeles Rams and New Orleans Saints had a 24.6 rating. The game averaged 44.218 million, which is up 14 percent over last year’s game which saw the Philadelphia Eagles beat the Minnesota Vikings (42.408 million).Both games had 13 percent rating increases over last year. This year’s 10 playoff games have averaged a 19.1 rating and 34.584 million viewers. The rating is up 11 percent over last year while the average audience has increased 12 percent.The rating is the percentage of television households tuned in. The share refers to a percentage of the audience viewing it at the time.