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Falcons Sean Weatherspoon commits $5K to rookie for old jersey number

FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. -- Newly re-signed Atlanta Falcons linebacker Sean Weatherspoon kidded about taking rookie Jermaine Grace to Applebee's in order to reacquire his old No. 56 jersey.

Actually, Weatherspoon offered much more than just a plate of baby back ribs.

Weatherspoon told ESPN he agreed to pay the undrafted linebacker from Miami $5,000 for the number, which is the same one Weatherspoon wore when he was first drafted in the first round by the Falcons in 2010.

Grace, now wearing No.