Running back/wide receiver Marcus Green returned to practice from a hamstring injury on Monday.
The Falcons (0-2) are set to host the New York Jets (0-1) Thursday at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in the exhibition home opener.
Green, a sixth-round draft pick out of Louisiana-Monroe, has not played since suffering a hamstring injury in the Hall of Fame Game against the Broncos Aug. 1. He’s a candidate to earn the kickoff and/or punt returner jobs, battling veteran returner Kenjon Barner.
“I would say a long way to go is where I feel like we’re at,” Falcons coach Dan Quinn said when asked about the returner competition. “It’ll be good to get Marcus (Green) hopefully back into that role this weekend. We’ll take another look at him.”
The returner didn’t get much action against the Dolphins.
“I think there were three punt returns and we were only able to field one of them,” Quinn said. “It wasn’t a great night for fielding punts and getting a chance to see what that would look like. We definitely have a lot of work to do with that one.”
Here’s the third official depth chart of the season released by the team:
OFFENSE
WR 11 Julio Jones, 83 Russell Gage, 15 Devin Gray, 17 Olamide Zaccheaus, 16 Shawn Bane, 19 Kahlil Lewis
LT 70 Jake Matthews, 75 John Wetzel, 67 Dieugot Joseph
LG 77 James Carpenter, 68 Jamon Brown, 64 Sean Harlow, 66 Tommy Doles
C 51 Alex Mack, 71 Wes Schweitzer, 61 Chandler Miller
RG 63 Chris Lindstrom, 72 Adam Gettis
RT 74 Ty Sambrailo, 76 Kaleb McGary, 73 Matt Gono, 65 Jaelin Robinson
TE 81 Austin Hooper, 80 Luke Stocker, 82 Logan Paulsen, 87 Jaeden Graham, 89 Alex Gray
WR 12 Mohamed Sanu, 18 Calvin Ridley, 14 Justin Hardy, 3 Marcus Green, 13 Christian Blake, 7 C.J. Worton
QB 2 Matt Ryan, 8 Matt Schaub 9 Matt Simms
RB 24 Devonta Freeman, 25 Ito Smith, 23 Brian Hill, 38 Kenjon Barner, 32 Qadree Ollison, 46 Tony Brooks-James
FB 30 Ricky Ortiz
DEFENSE
DE 98 Takkarist McKinley, 99 Adrian Clayborn, 62 Austin Larkin, 49 Tre’ Crawford
DT 97 Grady Jarrett, 95 Jack Crawford 79 Jacob Tuioti-Mariner
DT 96 Tyeler Davison, 92 Justin Zimmer, 94 Deadrin Senat, 90 Ra’Shede Hageman
DE 93 Allen Bailey, 50 John Cominsky, 91 Chris Odom
DE 44 Vic Beasley Jr., 48 Durrant Miles, 52 Yurik Bethune
LB 59 De’Vondre Campbell, 54 Foyesade Oluokun, 42 Duke Riley, 61 Stephone Anthony, 35 Chase Middleton
LB 45 Deion Jones, 55 Bruce Carter, 53 Jermaine Grace, 46 Del’Shawn Phillips, 69 Richie Brown
CB 26 Isaiah Oliver, 33 Blidi Wreh-Wilson, 20 Kendall Sheffield, 23 Jayson Stanley
CB 21 Desmond Trufant, 27 Damontae Kazee, 28 Jordan Miller, 40 Ryan Neal, 39 Taveze Calhoun
S 37 Ricardo Allen, 41 Sharrod Neasman, 34 Chris Cooper
S 22 Keanu Neal, 36 Kemal Ishmael, 43 Parker Baldwin, 32 Ronald Martin
SPECIALISTS
K 4 Giorgio Tavecchio
KO 5 Matt Bosher
P 5 Matt Bosher
LS 47 Josh Harris
H 5 Matt Bosher
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