Wes Schweitzer will start at right guard for the Falcons in the exhibition game against the Steelers this weekend, coach Dan Quinn said Friday.
“In this game at guard, we’ll start Wes and last week we started Ben (Garland),” Quinn said. “That was really by design for me heading into training camp. I knew Week 1 I was going to start Ben and Week 2 I wanted to start Wes. ... Don’t read into it past that. … Both are going to play almost the equal amount of plays.”
Garland remains listed with the first team at right guard in the second official depth chart, which was released by the team Monday. Quinn said he pre-determined this start of Schweizter during the offseason.
Garland and Schweitzer have been rotating with the first-team offense through training camp. The Falcons must replace Chris Chester, who retired in the offseason.
Quinn and offensive line coach Chris Morgan said the battle will continue through the four exhibition games. Both Garland and Schweitzer played well in the opener against the Dolphins, but no “clarity” was given about the position, Quinn said.
The Falcons are set to play at the Steelers at 4 p.m. Sunday.
(The team calls it’s depth chart ‘unofficial,” but since they release it, that makes it official.)
Here’s the depth chart:
OFFENSE
WR 11 Julio Jones 14 Justin Hardy, 19 Andre Roberts, 7 Josh Magee, 87 Deante Burton, 84 Reginald Davis III
LT 70 Jake Matthews, 76 Daniel Brunskill, 79 Will Freeman, 68 Marquis Lucas
LG 67 Andy Levitre, 64 Sean Harlow, 61 Travis Averill
C 51 Alex Mack, 72 Cornelius Edison, 62 Larson Graham
RG 63 Ben Garland, 71 Wes Schweitzer
RT 73 Ryan Schraeder, 66 Kevin Graf, 75 Andreas Knappe, 74 D.J. Tialavea
TE 81 Austin Hooper, 80 Levine Toilolo, 82 Joshua Perkins, 83 Darion Griswold, 85 Eric Saubert, 89 Alex Gray
WR 12 Mohamed Sanu, 18 Taylor Gabriel, 15 Nick Williams, 17 Marvin Hall, 16 Anthony Dable, 1 Reggie Davis, 88 Bra’Lon Cherry
QB 2 Matt Ryan, 8 Matt Schaub, 4 Matt Simms, 9 Alek Torgersen
RB 24 Devonta Freeman, 26 Tevin Coleman, 28 Terron Ward, 25 Brian Hill, 38 Kelvin Taylor, 35 B.J. Daniels
FB 40 Derrick Coleman, 39 Tyler Renew
*Taylor was not listed in the release. He was added.
DEFENSE
DE 50 Brooks Reed, 99 Adrian Clayborn, 98 Takk McKinley, 55 J’Terius Jones
DT 92 Dontari Poe, 95 Jack Crawford, 74 Taniela Tupou
DT 97 Grady Jarrett, 77 Ra’Shede Hageman, 92 Joe Vellano
DE 91 Courtney Upshaw, 90 Derrick Shelby, 93 Chris Odum, 96 Martin Ifedi
LB 44 Vic Beasley Jr., 43 Jack Lynn
LB 45 Deion Jones. 53 LaRoy Reynolds, 56 Jermaine Grace
LB 59 De’Vondre Campbell, 42 Duke Riley, 36 Kemal Ishmael, 52 Josh Keyes
RCB 23 Robert Alford, 29 C.J. Goodwin, 33 Blidi Wreh-Wilson, 38 Akeem King, 39 Jarnor Jones
LCB21 Desmond Trufant, 34 Brian Poole, 30 Deji Olatoye, 48 Jordan Moore, 32 Jalen Collins
FS 37 Ricardo Allen, 20 Sharrod Neasman, 27 Damonte Kazee, 41 Quincy Mauger
SS 22 Keanu Neal, 36 Kemal Ishmael, 35 Marcelis Branch, 49 Daron Washington
SPECIALISTS
K 3 Matt Bryant, 6 Mike Meyer
KO 5 Matt Bosher
P 5 Matt Bosher
KR 19 Andre Roberts, 14 Justin Hardy, 1 Reggie Davis
PR 19 Andre Roberts, 14 Justin Hardy, 15 Nick Williams
LS 47 Josh Harris
H 5 Matt Bosher
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