FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. -- Pass-rush help for the Atlanta Falcons is on the way.Veteran linebacker Dwight Freeney was the talk of the Falcons training camp on Wednesday, a day after agreeing to a one-year deal with the team. Freeney, who is expected to arrive Thursday, is an important addition to a defense that ranked last in the league in sacks last season.Coach Dan Quinn said Freeney, 36, will play in nickel packages as a pass-rush specialist. Freeney played a similar role with Arizona last season.Freeney also could be a mentor for such young players as Vic Beasley Jr., the 2015 first-round pick who led the Falcons with four sacks. Freeney had eight sacks in 11 games with Arizona.Beasley is still working to improve his pass-rush skills and said hell be looking for advice from Freeney.Who better to ask than him? Beasley said after Wednesdays practice.Freeney, known for his spin move, has 119 1/2 career sacks, including 107 1/2 in 11 seasons with the Colts. He set a career high and led the NFL with 16 sacks for Indianapolis in 2004 and is a three-time All-Pro selection and seven-time Pro Bowler.The Falcons have ranked no higher than 28th in sacks since 2012.Freeneys decision to sign with Atlanta was big news for players on both sides of the line.Left tackle Jake Matthews called Freeney a legendary pass-rusher and said Falcons offensive linemen will learn from working against him in practice.Im happy hes on our team, Matthews said. I think its going to be really good work for me and I think I can learn from it. Hes legendary. Hes obviously proven hes a really good player over the course of his career.Im excited to go against him.Defensive end Adrian Clayborn said Freeney is a tremendous pass rusher.I think his track record speak for itself. Im excited to pick his brain and learn from him.Freeney visited the Falcons in May. Quinn said he remained in contact with Freeney, who also considered signing with Cincinnati.Quinn emphasized the Falcons didnt pursue Freeney because of his potential to help Beasley.We didnt bring him here to coach. We brought him here to rush, Quinn said, adding every veteran player is expected to share lessons with younger players.That certainly wasnt the case to bring him in to mentor, but I can tell you that any time a guy has had really good success theres things to gain from that, Quinn said. Some of that comes from the young player asking questions, too.Game notes RB Tevin Coleman was held out after rolling his foot on Tuesday. Quinn said Coleman had a rehab run on Wednesday and could return on a limited basis on Wednesday or Thursday. Hes had a great camp and I envision him being back in this thing really quick, Quinn said. ... 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I think thats disrespectful to me. I take that as disrespect. Dont go at me for game. And of course Ill say that, and next game [theyll] get game or something, but whatever.Greens bold but not surprising comments were made after the Golden State Warriors 124-121 narrow road victory over the Milwaukee Bucks on Saturday.The Bucks clawed back from a 14-point fourth-quarter deficit to come within two with 10.1 seconds remaining. It was Milwaukees ball on the sideline, and?Tony Snell was the inbounder. He lobbed the ball to Giannis Antetokounmpo, who was being guarded by Green.Green reached over Antetokounmpo without fouling and slapped the ball away. Klay Thompson recovered the ball and was fouled immediately. He was sent to the free throw line, where he converted the pair to give the Warriors a four-point lead with eight seconds to go. That was all the cushion needed to wrap up the teams seventh consecutive win.Green felt disrespected that the Bucks would target him by going to the player he was guarrding, so he made sure to make them pay with a game-saving defensive play.ddddddddddddI already knew what play they were running, Green said. They have two plays that they run in situations like that. Once Giannis was down on the block, I already knew what they were running, so I was just waiting on them to pass the ball in. I wanted to make it tough and make Tony Snell think about it. I knew once he thought about it that he would throw the lob pass. Then I just went after the ball.Green and Antetokounmpo were really going at it while fighting for position on that last inbounds play. Considering Greens reputation with the officials, he could have been close to being called for an over-the-back foul.Nah, because I was on the side of him, Green said. 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