Roddy White believes the Falcons can go undefeated. (Rob Carr/Getty Images)

Atlanta Falcons wide receiver Roddy White believes an undefeated season is well in reach.

“I’m hoping so,” White told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, when asked if the Falcons could go undefeated. “I think we have the pedigree to do it.”

“How we are on offense and defense and how we are as a team,” White added. “This locker room is very united right now. Every week, we expect to win. There is not a team that I felt like when we went into a ball game this year that we didn’t feel like we were going to win. I think we can (go undefeated.) We just still have to be consistent, don’t turn over the ball and get turnovers. That’s been the key to winning games all over the league this year. If we can continue to do that, we’ll be just fine.”

The Falcons are halfway through an undefeated season after beating the Dallas Cowboys 19-13 last Sunday night. Their next four games come against teams with no better than a .500 record, after which they will play host to the New York Giants.

One of the NFL’s biggest stars will be missing the league’s annual star showcase, as the Detroit Lions’ Calvin Johnson will miss the Jan. 29 Pro Bowl with an Achilles tendon injury.

Johnson missed practice for most of the season’s last two weeks with the injury, then sat out the final plays of the Lions’ playoff loss to the Saints when it flared up. He’s now opting to shut it down for the offseason rather than play in Honolulu later this month.

“It’s a season,” Johnson told Dave Birkett of the Detroit Free Press on Monday. “Sixteen games of guys just colliding. It’s not easy for nobody. Everybody needs time to rest up.”

Johnson set career highs with 96 catches, 1,681 yards receiving and 16 touchdowns this season.

Atlanta Falcons receiver Roddy White will take Johnson’s place in Honolulu. That leaves zero Lions remaining on the NFC roster; quarterback Matthew Stafford, defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh and safety Louis Delmas are all listed as alternates.