FLOWERY BRANCH http://www.denverbroncosteamonline.com/dre_mont-jones-jersey , Ga. (AP) — Falcons in their 2016 Super Bowl season and especially in their return to the playoffs in 2017.A wave of devastating injuries that began with the opening game of 2018 crushed that momentum.Now that the injured players are healing, linebacker Deion Jones said the Falcons’ defense has to prove itself again.“That chip is on our shoulders and we can’t wait to get back” and show everyone, Jones said Wednesday after the second day of the mandatory three-day minicamp.Jones was placed on injured reserve after suffering a broken right foot in the Falcons’ loss to Philadelphia to open the 2018 season. Another key starter, safety Keanu Neal, suffered a season-ending knee injury in the same game. The Falcons’ other starting safety, Ricardo Allen T.J. Hockenson Jersey , also was lost for the season before the first month was over.Jones returned for the final five games , but it was too late to save the depleted Falcons from a 7-9 finish.The Falcons are being cautious with some key players in the offseason. Jones and Allen have been observers in the minicamp but are expected to be cleared for next month’s training camp. Of the defensive starters returning from injuries, only Neal has participated in the minicamp, and coaches have limited his snaps.Jones’ path to full health has been unusual. He had surgery following the injury before making his return late last season and then moving back into a rehab schedule.“I’m feeling real good,” Jones said. “I just can’t wait to get back out there with my boys and run around.”Defensive tackle Grady Jarrett also has been an observer in the minicamp after he skipped organized team activities (OTAs).Coach Dan Quinn has taken over the defense this season. He is looking forward to having the full unit healthy for the first time in almost a year.“I think we’ve had really good practices, the nine OTAs and into the minicamp and I would imagine it would get that much better Justice Hill Jersey ,” Quinn said. “Already some really good practices that will be even better adding Grady and Deion and Ricardo and Keanu back into it in a full-time swing.”Perhaps no player is more important to Atlanta’s hopes of a defensive resurgence than Jones, the signal-caller for the unit whose speed provides big-play potential. He tied for fourth in the league with 138 tackles in 2017.At 6-foot-1, 222 pounds, Jones ran the 40-yard dash in 4.38 seconds at his pro day at LSU in 2016. It was good news for Jones and the Falcons when he returned an interception 41 yards for a touchdown in a win over Arizona after returning late last season.“Still working on it,” said Jones of his rehab. “But yeah, for sure http://www.ravenscheapstores.com/ben-powers-jersey-cheap , the speed is still there.”NOTES: Quinn said CBs Jayson Stanley and Rashard Causey, rookie OT Kaleb McGary and RB Ito Smith were players who stood out in the practice. “I’ve been pleased with the attitude and the intensity and the learning that is taking place,” Quinn said. … Quinn said WR Russell Gage has been an offseason surprise. Gage’s value is boosted by his ability to play multiple spots and his role on special teams. A week after a San Diego jury had to decide whether to put former NFL tight end Kellen Winslow away for a very long time, another San Diego jury will decide whether to put a very large amount of money in the pocket of current NFL quarterback Drew Brees.Via NBCSanDiego.com, closing arguments happened on Wednesday in a case where Brees alleging that he was overcharged for diamonds that he purchased as an investment. The jury will begin deliberating on Thursday.Brees and his wife seek $6.7 million, which represents the difference between the amount paid to Vahid Moradi for a variety of diamonds and the appraised value of the items. Brees accuses Moradi of breach of oral contract Iman Marshall Jersey , fraud by intentional misrepresentation, breach of fiduciary duty, and fraud by concealment.Brees testified in court last week.“I cared for him, cared for his wife, cared for his kids,” Brees said regarding Moradi. “He became somebody that I referred family and other friends to.”Moradi’s lawyer had a different characterization of the relationship.“They were not friends. Vahid Moradi was Mr. Brees’s friendly jeweler http://www.ravenscheapstores.com/trace-mcsorley-jersey-cheap ,” Moradi’s attorney, Pete Ross, said. “Drew Brees has an obsession for jewelry. He was drawn in like an addict with a drug.”It’s not entirely clear whether this is a case of Brees getting something other than what he thought he was buying or Brees simply paying too much for that muffler. And it’s also not entirely clear whether Brees has pursued this matter because he truly believes he was swindled or because he’s so intensely competitive that he refuses to admit that he lost in a business transaction.Regardless, a jury will be determining the winner and the loser in this one. Brees will be hoping for a more fair application of the law than the one he got when he was last on a football field.