Davon House will get another crack at Julio Jones, and this time it'll be as a returning member of the Packers' secondary.

He first stepped in against the Falcons' athletic marvel of a wide receiver in 2014 -- a week 14 Monday Night Football meeting against Atlanta -- and held up well in place of Sam Shields, who previously struggled.

Jones was already en route to an 11-catch, 259-yard performance against a defense that helped guide the Packers to the NFC Championship over a month later.

While House saw the last 21 snaps of the game against Jones before the Falcons' star target left the game with an injury -- or else his numbers would've been even more astounding at the rate he was going -- it was House who helped limit Jones' production.

House would only play two more games for the Packers that season: their two playoff games against the Cowboys and Seahawks. His regular season was over after week 14 due to a shoulder injury.

A year later after House had signed with the Jacksonville Jaguars on a four-year deal worth $6.25 million, House and Jones met on opposing sides of the field once more.

^{Davon House (31) defending Falcons running back Devonta Freeman (24). (Kim Klement/USA TODAY Sports)}

In the midst of House breaking the Jaguars team record for pass breakups in a season, Jones toasted House for 118 yards on nine catches and a touchdown. It was one of the more unconvincing performances of the year for the House, despite him tallying four interceptions through the last eight games of the season.

Now, back in Green Bay for 2017, House is aiming to provide alleviation to a group that gets to see both Jones this week and Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver Antonio Brown in November -- two players who are widely considered to be the best at their craft.

It's a different situation this time around, too. House isn't the third or fourth-best corner on the Packers' roster; he's the best they have to offer at the moment. And that's not a bad thing.

Behind Tramon Williams, Casey Hayward and Shields in 2014, House didn't see as many reps as the starting trio did, but for the little action he saw through the course of the regular season, he made the most of his opportunities. He did the same thing in Jacksonville before the Jaguars' scheme shifted into more of a zone-oriented one rather than press-man that House once thrived in.

It's what defensive coordinator Dom Capers employs on defense to better suit House's skill set. As House even said himself, he excels in bump-and-run, even against the likes of Jones, who House made a crucial pass breakup against in the end zone during that 2014 meeting.

Cornerbacks coach Joe Whitt Jr. won't hang his hat on that game three years ago, though, no matter how good House performed in his limited snaps.

"That was a long time ago," Whitt said. "It's irrelevant, so we shouldn't even talk about it. That's 2014, that was a different team, that was a different season. I'm worried about the 2017 season."

Wherever House lines up come Sunday night, 2015 draft picks Damarious Randall and Quinten Rollins will likely be his supporting cast both on the opposite sideline and alternating in the slot.

The beauty of Whitt's group is each cornerback's individual ability to line up in various positions to play a multitude of roles. It's even more helpful now that the Packers released LaDarius Gunter, the last of the team's cornerbacks to go up against Jones in January's NFC title game.

That's one player Capers won't have to worry about deploying against Jones this time around.

"Those guys have the ability to do both [playing outside and slot], how we see fit to deploy the man each week, you'll see on gameday. But, they have the ability to do both. We're going to have different matches throughout the year, so however Dom [Capers] sees fit to deploy them, that's how we'll get it done."

The versatility -- wherever it may be implemented -- makes up for the numbers, which may very well see the Packers entering the Mercedes-Benz Stadium with one less cornerback than they did last week against the Seahawks. That is, if they choose to have both undrafted prospects Josh Hawkins and Lenzy Pipkins be two of the seven game inactives.

House will lead a young, unbridled group into Atlanta as the second-oldest player in the Packers' secondary. A high-powered Falcons offense isn't an easy beast to tame, but House being back on the side he began his career with is certainly a step in the right direction.