Mini Camp: All About Intensity

It felt more like July than early May in Flowery Branch Friday, giving Falcons players and staff a taste of what’s surely to come at Russell Falcons Training Camp — punishing heat. But the team directed its focus in practice, creating white-hot flames of intensity that left everyone feeling upbeat and optimistic about the next round of workouts and the 2010 season. It’s the best you could ask for for the first real “practice” of the season. It threw some players off. “I was a little bit rocky and had to get used to the NFL tempo,” rookie linebacker Sean Weatherspoon said. “I started feeling a little bit better at the end…” Other players couldn’t contain their excitement. “It feels great,” new cornerback — and Georgia native — Dunta Robinson said. “I was sitting in meeting with my practice jersey on and everyone was kind of looking at me weird. It felt good to get back out here and run around with my ...