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Falcons injury update: Julio Jones eases concerns about calf; DEs McKinley [url=www.atlantafalconste… Ridley Jersey Limited[/url] , Shelby still out As the Falcons get in gear for their first rivalry bout with the Saints in Atlanta Sunday, the injury bug continues to crawl around. Falcondom clutched its pearls when word came in of Julio Jones and a calf injury that held him out of practice Wednesday and Thursday. Though, he spoke with reporters about the issue around missing his second practice and tried to calm any worries it was major. Jones missing two days of practice isn’t ideal, though with the rash of ailments plaguing Flowery Branch right now, it’s no surprise the team wants to keep Jones as loose and healthy as possible. They know he’ll be alright if he misses a day or two leading up to the game. A sore calf won’t keep him from missing time, but aggravating that calf in a practice session would do no one any good. He’s going to play Sunday unless a catastrophic setback hits. *knocks on wood*Though, you might want to get concerned about the edge depth, with DE Takkarist McKinley and DE Derrick Shelby still out, along with RB Devonta Freeman (expected to miss this week) and new LB Corey Nelson, who got hurt Wednesday. For Atlanta, the edge depth right now is sparse. If both McKinley and Shelby miss, they’ll for sure make DE Steven Means active Sunday, and, hypothetically [url=www.atlantafalconste… , could sign a free agent. If not, look for DTs Jack Crawford and/or Justin Zimmer to get looks at end. They’ll need someone to rotate in for that fourth spot. Let’s hope both of the hurt edge guys can go, though, particularly McKinley. He’s been far and above the best edge rusher this year. The team has playoff aspirations, though, and might be more gingerly than normal about rushing guys back. Right now, McKinley and Shelby are no sure bets. If Nelson can’t go, it leaves them a bit thin at linebacker, too. Maybe they’ll call up Richard Jarvis? Another day, another injury. Here’s hoping this wash of hurt Falcons stops sooner than later. FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. (AP) — Bruce Irvin has wanted to play for the Atlanta Falcons since he was a kid.Now that the seventh-year pass rusher is back home and about to make his Falcons debut, Irvin said he won't take this opportunity for granted.It's a rebirth for a 31-year-old who acknowledges he made bad decisions as an Atlanta teenager and now gets a chance to rewrite his local legacy. "Yesterday it hit me a little bit," Irvin said Thursday. "I know that I look scared but I really was crying yesterday, this is a childhood dream for me. Growing up [url=www.falconsauthorize… Keanu Neal Jersey[/url] , watching Michael Vick, and guys like Terance Mathis … this was always my dream so for me to be able to come and live it out it was a surreal moment and I'm just very fortunate to be an Atlanta Falcon right now."Irvin was cut last Saturday by Oakland, part of a housecleaning with the rebuilding Raiders. He cleared waivers and was a free agent with offers from several teams.He never doubted where he wanted to land."My agent said, ‘You know everybody thinks you're going to Atlanta,' and I said under my breath, ‘Well, they're right,'" Irvin said. "So it was no comparison, man. My family is here. My wife is from here. It was a childhood dream."Irvin said life passed him by growing up in nearby Stone Mountain. He watched friends from Stephenson High School — Perry Riley, Kelvin Sheppard and Jermaine Cunningham — focus on their football careers while he was getting having run-ins with law enforcement and constantly putting himself in danger."I was out in the streets doing stuff, and those guys were getting four-year scholarships to Florida and LSU and it hurt me," Irvin said. "It hurt me seeing those guys go off, and I was just around here doing God knows what. It was a motivating factor. Look at me now. I outlasted Perry and Jermaine (in the NFL). Sheppard just got on so, but it was a motivating factor. I'm glad that I figured it out and got my head on straight."Irvin returned recently to Stephenson to meet with current students and offer some advice."Like I said [url=www.falconsauthorize… Julio Jones Jersey[/url] , I never played at Stephenson," he said. "I didn't play football since the ninth grade and I didn't play for six years. Going back there and letting those young guys know that anything is possible. You can be in the worst situation and if you surround yourself by the right people and not around a bunch of yes-men, you can make it around anything. So that was the biggest thing."Now Irvin gets to show what he can do on the field. Before his first practice with the Falcons on Thursday, Irvin wanted to show his new teammates he can still be a force in disrupting the quarterback.Irvin will wear jersey No. 52 when the Falcons (4-4) take a three-game winning streak to (2-6-1). He intends to help Atlanta improve a pass rush that ranks 27th in sacks."I think I bring a lot of swagger, a lot of attitude," Irvin said. "I speak my mind. I talk a lot of mess. Just running around having fun, man. That's the biggest thing in this league. If you're not having fun, it doesn't take you a long way. Me just bringing energy and knowledge to these guys. Just being the best Bruce Irvin I can be every day."The 6-foot-3, 250-pound Irvin was a first-round draft pick for Seattle out of West Virginia in 2012. He played four seasons with the Seahawks and two-plus with the Raiders, and had 40 sacks. His 15 forced fumbles over that span lead the NFL."Me and DQ can't dwell on what we did in Seattle, going to the Super Bowl and things like that," Irvin said. "It's more about right now and I feel like they needed me. I wanted to be here. I did what I had to do. We made it happen."