Falcons expecting boost from return of 3 defensive stalwarts

FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. — For most of last season, all they could do was watch. Watch as the Atlanta Falcons tried desperately to fill their spots.                                                                                                                                                                                                                           Watch as the team tumbled to a losing record.When Deion Jones, Ricardo Allen and Keanu Neal take the field for Sunday’s season opener at Minnesota, they’ll be eager to show just what this team was missing when three of its defensive standouts went down with serious injuries.”Everybody can say they’ve got the best team in the world right now,” Allen said. “But we know who we are. We know what we’ve done together. If we can pull it together, if we can stay healthy and play together, the sky’s the limit.”Just two seasons removed from a trip to the Super Bowl, the Falcons went into 2018 with high expectations.But Neal, the strong safety and a fearsome hitter, tore up a knee in the very first game at Philadelphia and was done for the year. Jones, a fly-around-field linebacker, injured a foot in that very same game and missed the… Read full this story

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