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Ryan watched the last 30 minutes because the coaching staff wanted to take longer looks at No. 2 QB T.J. Yates and third-stringer Sean Renfree.
Devonta Freeman and Tevin Coleman, the Nos. 1 and 2 running backs, missed the team's annual Friday night practice at a local high school. Both sustained hamstring injuries in the last couple of days.
"For him to have an injury and then come back and battle the way he did through his rehab, I was so thrilled for him tonight,Cheap World Cup Jerseys 2018," Quinn said. "I really felt that burst. There was a draw, there was an outside run, catching the ball — a terrific night by him. Kind of a way for him to say, 'I'm back and I can play again.' "
Hardy, a fourth-round draft pick from East Carolina who set the major-college career record with 387 catches, impressed Quinn while running routes for the backups.
With Freeman and Coleman both unlikely to play in next Friday's preseason opener against Tennessee at the Georgia Dome, Antone Smith becomes the starting running back.
Though he spent most of his first six seasons on special teams, Smith had some highlights at running back last year,Cheap Jerseys, averaging 6.3 yards a carry on 23 attempts and catching touchdown passes that covered 54, 74 and 41 yards.
NOTES: LB Brooks Reed, nursing a strained hip, watched from the sideline as the Falcons went through a two-hour workout at Buford High School. ... FS Charles Godfrey left practice early with cuts on his forehead and nose.
Julio Jones, Roddy White,Cheap Arizona Cardinals Jerseys, Leonard Hankerson and rookie Justin Hardy took turns catching passes from Matt Ryan on a variety of routes.
That doesn't mean the Falcons aren't hurting.
A broken leg ended Smith's season in Week 11 last year,Wholesale China Jerseys. The seven-year veteran will get plenty of snaps to show what he can do in new coordinator Kyle Shanahan's scheme,Jerseys NFL China.
BUFORD,NFL Jerseys Wholesale, Ga. (AP) — One week into training camp, first-year coach Dan Quinn is pleased the Atlanta Falcons haven't been hit with a major injury.
"I was really thrilled with Justin," Quinn said. "He's got terrific hands, so for him to go and catch the deep ball and catch the winner in the 2-minute shows what kind of competitor he is." |
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