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Melbourne star onballer Jack Viney is facing a delayed start to the AFL preseason after undergoing hip surgery.The 2016 best-and-fairest winner will not resume full training until after Christmas, nor will key defender Tom McDonald who had surgery to fix a persistent shoulder complaint.Jack was experiencing hip pain throughout the year and had an operation post-season, Demons football manager Josh Mahoney said.The theory is the same with all of these players, so that we maximise their pre-seasons and were confident the surgery that Jacks had will allow him to complete the majority of pre-season post-Christmas.Viney was the shining light in Melbournes midfield this season, averaging 26 disposals, seven tackles and six clearances per game.The 22-year-old signed a three-year contract extension in May which will keep him with the Demons until the end of 2020.McDonald, 24, has become one of the most durable players on the Demons young list, playing 104 games since making his debut at the end of 2011.He and utility Cameron Pedersen (shoulder) are expected to commence running when training resumes in November but will be held out of some drills.Aaron vandenBerg (ankle) also went under the knife and will face a delayed start to training in 2017.Mahoney said vandenBerg had been managing his ankle injury throughout the year and had always been scheduled to undergo surgery.Heritier Lumumba, who missed most of the year recovering from a concussion sustained in round six, is expected to return to training in November. 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NEW ORLEANS -- While the sold-out Superdome celebrated Monday nights opening-drive touchdown by New Orleans, one fan stood still, holding an American flag colored in the home teams black and gold.The Rebirth, it read.The Saints hosted the Atlanta Falcons on Monday night, 10 years and a day after re-opening the Superdome against the same team following the devastation of Hurricane Katrina and the Federal levee breaches.The Superdome is much different now compared to the one ravaged during and after the 2005 storm. More than $360 million in mostly public money has been used to renovate the facility. Improvements include two large end-zone videoboards and field level club sections.The faded exterior siding dented by hurricane debris was replaced a couple of years after the Superdome re-opened, and the recognizable roof has been replaced with newer material.New Orleans rebirth from Katrina is tied as much to the Saints and the Superdome as it is anything else. And Monday night, the team tried to tap into that emotional connection.Like Sept. 25, 2006, Grammy Award-winning singer and New Orleans resident Irma Thomas belted out an emotional national anthem.At halftime of Atlantas 45-32 win , while videoboards showed scenes from the 2006 re-opening, Southern Universitys marching band played and spelled out rebirth in formation. And just like that night in 2006, New Orleans Grammy Award-winning Rebirth Brass Band played The Saints Are Coming.The biggest part, though, was the involvement of Steve Gleason, who played an emotional role again.Ten years ago, he blocked a punt to help New Orleans to an early lead in a 233-3 victory over Atlanta.ddddddddddddIn the years since, he has been known as much for his battle against Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis as he is for that punt block.He was one of the Saints honorary captains on Monday night, directing his automatic wheelchair onto the field for the coin toss. When he was announced as one of the captains, he was greeted with a loud round of cheers.But all of the memories couldnt help the Saints re-capture the same magic the night held 10 years ago. While that 2006 win made New Orleans 3-0 and gave the Saints an early divisional lead, Monday nights loss kept them winless and at the bottom of the NFC South.Whatever is happening now is here for a reason, Saints quarterback Drew Brees said. Its here to make you stronger. Its here to sharpen you up a little bit, toughen you up a little bit, and bring a team together in a way that will serve you in a positive way down the road.Yet, the remembrance of the events a decade ago werent just felt by the home team. Falcons linebacker Deion Jones, who grew up in New Orleans and played at LSU, made a special note on his shoes to remember Katrina.I think that everybody was just so excited for him, Atlanta coach Dan Quinn said of Jones, who returned an interception 90 yards for a touchdown. Tonight, he had a special message on his cleats that was very personal to him about growing up here and what happened for him 10 years ago.---AP NFL website: www.pro32.ap.org and AP NFL Twitter feed: https://twitter.com/AP-NFL ' ' '