Falcons standouts Jones, Weatherspoon suffer injuries
FLOWERY BRANCH – Falcons wide receiver Julio Jones was limited in practice because of an undisclosed injury and linebacker Sean Weatherspoon left the practice with the Cincinnati Bengals after apparently injuring his hand on Monday.
Jones was scheduled to speak to the media, but was not made available because of injury.
“Julio only went through limited reps today,” Falcons coach Mike Smith said. “It was mainly precautionary. In terms of watching his load.”
Weatherspoon started practice, but didn’t finish.
“I haven’t really talked to the trainers yet in terms of what came out of this practice,” Smith said. “There was some contact. It was a very competitive practice. Sean did not finish practice. He left the practice and I don’t have any update on that right now.”
General manager Thomas Dimitroff appeared distraught when talking to the trainer Marty Lauzon. Smith also talked with Lauzon before addressing the media.
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