The Atlanta Falcons started their high energy and spirited veteran mini camp practice session on Monday under the watchful eyes of head coach Mike Smith. The first day of the camp itself provided the much needed energy booster for the Falcon boys as the abundant energy in Coach Smith got transferred to the players. The Falcon players were amazed with the amount of energy that the head coach possessed and his enthusiasm and passion for the game of football was clearly visible during the first day of the camp itself.

It is clearly evident that the coaching staff has decided to infuse more energy and power into the Falcon players as they had performed very badly during the 2007 season. Smith informed the media after the first day’s camp that he was very pleased that the coaching staffs were really able to instill some football tactics into the Falcon players. Smith said that the main focus of the mini camp is to develop positive body language in the players.

Joey Harrington was replaced by Byron Leftwich as the Falcons’ starting quarterback. The team’s coach Bobby Petrino said yesterday that he was planning to keep Byron Leftwich as his starter for the rest of the current season, as he hopes to spark an offense that has struggled without Michael Vick, who had been suspended.

Atlanta offense failed to score off 3 New York turnovers Monday night. New York won, 31-10, dropping the falcons to 1-5. Bobby Petrino indicated that Leftwich might have played against New York if he had not missed much practice time a week before with his sprained ankle.

The Tennessee Titans quarterback Young rested his strained right quadriceps by watching practice yesterday, leaving this work to the backup Collins. Jeff Fisher said Vince Young would be day to day and might not temporarily practice as Tennessee (3-2) prepare to visit Vince Young’s hometown team, the Texans (3-3).

The rookie Edwards is going to make his 3rd straight start Sunday when the Bills play host to the Ravens, leading to further questions about whether J. P. Losman is ever going to get his job back. Dick Jauron, the team’s coach, made the announcement yesterday, saying he would not commit to a full-time starter beyond this weekend.

The NFL reinstated Koren Robinson, the Green Bay wide receiver, yesterday. It was in fact the 1st day Koren was eligible to return from his 1-year suspension for violating the league’s substance-abuse policy. He had also petitioned for reinstatement to Commissioner Roger Goodell meeting with him earlier this week.