FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. (AP) — The Atlanta Falcons agreed to a five-year, $75 million contract extension with left tackle Jake Matthews on Friday. The Kansas City Chiefs have acquired a big new left tackle in Orlando Brown Jr. (6-8, 345 pounds) who has even bigger goals with his new team. Atlanta Falcons second year left tackle Jake Matthews looked confident on his feet coming back from January foot surgery. Not much has changed on the defensive side of the ball from the 2018 season in terms of who's starting other than the addition of Tyeler Davison at defensive tackle and Isaiah Oliver starting at cornerback. Rashawn Slater, Northwestern, 6-4, … © ESPN Enterprises, Inc. All rights reserved. Eichenberg could be a piece that allows Jake Matthews to move inside to left guard and gives the Falcons five talented offensive linemen again. Explore Falcons have interviewed Penei Sewell 2. The browser you are using is no longer supported on this site. Schraeder, Matthews’s teammate, went undrafted out of college and makes $6.3 million. To view the full depth chart, click here. Ricardo Allen, Keanu Neal and Deion Jones are all healthy and returning to the starting lineup. Falcons depth chart: Starting right tackle, left guard undecided Sep 03, 2019 at 05:08 PM. At the top of the list are Oregon left tackle Penei Sewell and Florida tight end Kyle Pitts, with the Falcons facing what Ledbetter describes as a “tough call” between the two. He had high expectations … Listed below is a position-by-position breakdown of Atlanta's starting lineup with only the primary backups listed in parentheses. Falcons Cowboys inactives: Dallas without left tackle Tyron Smith For the Falcons, we already knew the big names from earlier this week with Kendall Sheffield already ruled out. He has started in each of his 63 games while serving the key role of protecting quarterback Matt Ryan. Veteran guards James Carpenter and Jamon Brown are still battling for the starting left guard position. Thomas saw some of the NFL's top passer rushers in his first two games and the rookie left tackle didn't disappoint the Giants. Oregon left tackle Penei Sewell, who’s widely considered the top offensive lineman in the draft, has interviewed with the Atlanta Falcons, who hold the … Bears GM Ryan Pace said he expected player attendance to be "good" for the second phase of the voluntary offseason workout program on May 17. DeVonta Smith responds to the critics about his size and shares what kind of NFL system he feels he would fit best in. In two years as Oregon’s starting left tackle, Sewell surrendered only one sack. The 26-year-old Matthews was the No. G: Bill Fralic (1985-93) Bill Fralic was one of the best guards of the 1980s. These cookies are necessary for the website to function and cannot be switched off in our systems. Necessary Cookies. 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