Whenever you hear “Falcons” and “assault” or “killing” or “Hookie” (that one doesn’t apply here), you immediately think of dogs fighting, bleeding and dying.

Thankfully, that’s not the case today.

Falcons linebacker Michael Boley was arrested and charged with battery Saturday after his wife told police he “became physical” with her, Gwinnett police said.

Boley’s wife, Chantelle, told police officers who were called to their home in Dacula that she and Boley argued and that Boley became physical with her, said Cpl. Illana Spellman, spokeswoman for the Gwinnett County Police Department. The officers determined that Boley was the primary aggressor in the fight, Spellman said.

Michael Boley is one of our best defenders, and sad as it sounds, I’m glad to hear it’s his wife he kicked the shit out of, and not his Yellow Lab.

Seriously.