Falcons Training Camp 2015: Sean Renfree Takes Second Team Reps

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Falcons Training Camp 2015: Sean Renfree takes second team reps

By Jeanna Thomas

The Falcons took the practice field in pads today to work on correcting the issues they saw on film after Friday night's win over the Titans.

There was plenty of positive news on the injury front, as Dave noted earlier, as Devonta Freeman, Tevin Coleman, Brooks Reed, Cliff Matthews, and Devin Hester all returned to the field in full pads today. They all had a limited workload, as expected, but it's excellent progress nonetheless.

Antone Smith was out today, obviously, as he's recovering from a hamstring injury suffered during Friday night's game, and Desmond Trufant was also out with the shoulder strain from last week.

One thing that was really noticeable today was the second team offense working against the first team defense and vice versa. This gives the coaching staff the ability to better evaluate players' ability and also pushes those second team units to improve.

Offense

• WR Nick Williams, who stood out in Friday's game, actually got some work with the first team offense today.
• The starting o-line was the same lineup as last week's. Jonathan Asamoah and Mike Person were running with the second team.
• Matt Ryan looks really good in play action situations. There was a play in 11-on-11s today where the defense maintained coverage and Ryan had to extend the play with his legs. Obviously, the defense isn't allowed to hit Ryan, which was a factor, but Ryan looked really comfortable extending the play and then hitting new running back Evan Royster on a short pass.
• Julio Jones had one Matt Ryan pass go right through his hands when it was pouring rain, but he also hauled in a one-handed sideline catch a few minutes later.
• Sean Renfree seemed to get more second team work today.

Defense

• With Desmond Trufant out today, Robert Alford took some snaps in the nickel while Phillip Adams and Kevin White got first team looks outside.
• Ricardo Allen is really developing confidence at free safety. He's a good fit for this physical scheme. In one-on-ones against Levine Toilolo, who is 11 inches taller than Allen, Allen was aggressive enough to break up the pass. There haven't been many passes during camp that Toilolo hasn't hauled in, which made Allen's coverage more impressive.

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• WR Nick Williams, who stood out in Friday's game, actually got some work with the first team offense today.

A coaching staff that preaches competition, and lives up to that.

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Thank God!