FLOWERY BRANCH — Falcons offensive tackle Lamar Holmes, who missed most of last season with a foot injury, suffered a broken foot and will be out indefinitely.
“Lamar Holmes banged up his foot yesterday,” Falcons coach Dan Quinn said. “He went down and saw the doctor. It looks like he has a broken foot. One of the bones in his foot.”
Holmes, a third-round pick (91st overall) in 2012 out of Southern Mississippi, has had a history of foot problems dating back to his rookie season.
He played in one game in 2012 and had a foot surgery. He came back to start 15 of 16 games in 2013 before suffered another foot injury in the fourth game of last season.
It is not known if this is the same troublesome foot of if he broke a bone in the other foot.
“I don’t know the prognosis on when he’ll be back,” Quinn said. “But we’ll move forward with that in the next couple of days. I don’t know any information regarding training camp or when he’ll be back. It was another setback from an injury standpoint.”
Holmes, 25, had dropped about 30 pound and was moving well in the Falcons’ new zone-clocking scheme.
“Up until this point for him, he’s had a terrific offseason,” Quinn said. “This is a setback for him. He was one of the guys who’s worked really hard this offseason. Hopefully, he’ll have a speedy recovery and we wish the best to him.”
Holmes, who’d been working out at left tackle while Jake Matthews recovered from foot surgery, was expected to compete for the starting right tackle job with Ryan Schraeder and Tyler Polumbus.
The Falcons released veteran tackle Sam Baker on Monday.
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