Falcons spend time working on their passing attack

FLOWERY BRANCH -- The Falcons were focused Wednesday on improving the NFL's 14th-ranked passing attack at their organized team activities.

The offensive and defensive linemen were allowed to leave practice early and lift weights while the skill players continued to work.

The Falcons passed for 223.2 yards per game last season and had only two games where they amassed more than 300 yards.

"It's something that we really want to spend some time with, working with the skilled guys," Falcons coach Mike Smith said. "That's what we tried to accomplish this week."

Tight end Tony Gonzalez, one of the main cogs in the passing game, did not attend the voluntary session.

"It's important that our guys understand what we are trying to get done," Smith said. "It's a spacing game. It's a speed game. That's what we are emphasizing. We want to make sure that we're very precise because the defenders are just a fast as our offensive guys."

Wide receiver Michael Jenkins had a good day running his routes and catching the ball.

"We are getting our timing down and working on some different things," Jenkins said. "We are running some plays that we might not call all of the time, and we are throwing in some new formations just to see how things work."

Kicking update

The Falcons will make a move soon to resolve their kicking situation. They currently have three kickers on the 80-man roster: Garrett Lindholm, Steve Hauschka and Matt Bryant.

"We are definitely going to have to make a decision," Smith said. "We can not have three kickers on our roster going into training camp."

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