If you wear number 84 for the Atlanta Falcons, you better be good, even outstanding. That was Rodney White’s number for a decade. The four-time Pro Bowler holds several Atlanta receiving records and is rightful in the Falcons Ring of Honor. So, no pressure for the new addition who had the eight and the four sewn onto his jersey. However, no one seems to mind Cordarrelle Patterson wearing that number after his first two games.
He’s an old-school player. He can do a little bit of everything – Matt Ryan on Cordarrelle Patterson
Matt Ryan says what we are all thinking when we see 84 on the field, “I still feel like it’s Roddy White when I’m handing the ball off, so this is a little strange, he’s got the dreads come out the back too, so you do a double-take.