Minicamp is over, and now we wait until training camp. As the NFL has increasingly tried to make itself into a league where fans are interested and engaged year-round, the stretch from mid-June to late July is the last real breather or wasteland of boredom left, depending on your perspective.
There were a few worthwhile notes from assembled reporters at the final minicamp session Wednesday, and we’ve rounded up a few below. We’ll spend the next month-plus checking out the state of the roster, looking ahead to the season, and previewing some of the camp and preseason battles that figure to define the summer for this Falcons team.