The Falcons released their official depth chart for the game against the Buffalo Bills at 1 p.m. Sunday at the Mercedes Benz-Stadium.
While there were no major changes on the chart released Tuesday, there are several possible lineup scenarios for the game due to injuries. In addition, defensive tackle Joe Vellano was added behind Grady Jarrett and cornerback Deji Olatoye was removed.
With Vic Beasley out with a hamstring strain/tear, rookie Takkarist McKinley played 48 of the 70 defensive snaps (69 percent) and finished with two tackles, one sack, two tackles for a loss, a quarterback hit and a batted pass in the 30-26 win over the Detroit Lions last Sunday.
Beasley is not expected back until after the bye week.
Starting free safety Ricardo Allen suffered a concussion on a big hit he laid on Detroit wide receiver T.J. Jones in the fourth quarter. He's the league's concussion protocol program. Quinn said that rookie Damontae Kazee is ready to start if needed. Like Allen, Kazee played cornerback in college and has been converted to free safety.
Ty Sambrailo is ready to start at right tackle if Ryan Schraeder remains in the concussion protocol program.
Reserve defensive tackle Courtney Upshaw, who’s listed in the depth chart as a starting defensive end, didn’t play last week with an ankle injury. His status for the Buffalo game is unknown.
Here’s the depth chart:
OFFENSE
WR 11 Julio Jones, 14 Justin Hardy, 19 Andre Roberts
LT 70 Jake Matthews, 74 Ty Sambrailo
LG 67 Andy Levitre, 64 Sean Harlow
C 51 Alex Mack, 63 Ben Garland
RG 71 Wes Schweitzer, 63 Ben Garland
RT 73 Ryan Schraeder, 68 Austin Pasztor
TE 81 Austin Hooper, 80 Levine Toilolo, 85 Eric Saubert
WR 12 Mohamed Sanu, 18 Taylor Gabriel, 15 Nick Williams
QB 2 Matt Ryan, 8 Matt Schaub
RB 24 Devonta Freeman, 26 Tevin Coleman, 28 Terron Ward, 25 Brian Hill
FB 40 Derrick Coleman
DEFENSE
DE 50 Brooks Reed, 99 Adrian Clayborn, 98 Takk McKinley
DT 92 Dontari Poe, 95 Jack Crawford
DT 97 Grady Jarrett, 94 Joe Vellano
DE 91 Courtney Upshaw, 90 Derrick Shelby
SLB 44 Vic Beasley Jr.
MLB 45 Deion Jones, 56 Jermaine Grace
WLB 59 De'Vondre Campbell, 42 Duke Riley, 36 Kemal Ishmael, 52 Jordan Tripp
CB 23 Robert Alford, 29 C.J. Goodwin, 33 Blidi Wreh-Wilson
CB 21 Desmond Trufant, 34 Brian Poole,
S 37 Ricardo Allen, 20 Sharrod Neasman, 27 Damontae Kazee
S 22 Keanu Neal, 36 Kemal Ishmael
SPECIALISTS
K 3 Matt Bryant
KO 5 Matt Bosher
P 5 Matt Bosher
KR 19 Andre Roberts, 14 Justin Hardy
PR 19 Andre Roberts, 18 Taylor Gabriel
LS 47 Josh Harris
H 5 Matt Bosher
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