Returner battle to go down to the wire
Kenjon Barner, Marcus Green and Olamide Zacchaeus will battle for the punt returner job over the Falcons’ final two exhibition games.
“I’m hoping for the opportunities,” Falcons coach Dan Quinn said Monday. “So far, we haven’t seen a lot. We’ve gotten a lot of work out here, but we haven’t had a lot in-game. Especially on the punt side. That’s the one where if you get your moments to go, you really want to max them out.”
Green had three punt returns for 18 yards and two kickoff returns for 39 yards against the Jets.
“We are still looking at Marcus and OZ, there is bigger body of work for Kenjon in the NFL especially,” Quinn said. “For those two guys, Marcus and Oz, it’s like ‘hey man, let’s get them out there and under it and see where they go.’ That’s really what we are trying to dig into in these next two performances, especially with those two.”
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