Atlanta Falcons

Jake Matthews is out with left knee injury

By D. Orlando Ledbetter
Dec 4, 2016

Falcons left tackle Jake Matthews suffered a left knee injury late in the second quarter and went to the team’s locker room on Sunday.

Matthews was replaced in the lineup by Tom Compton.

Matthews, the sixth overall pick in the 2014 draft, was declared out in the third quarter.

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Honored by the Pro Football Hall of Fame in recognition of his "long and distinguished reporting in the field of pro football," D. Orlando Ledbetter, Esq. has covered the NFL 28 seasons. A graduate of Howard University, he's a winner of Georgia Sportswriter of the Year and three Associated Press Sports Editor awards.

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