The Falcons have an offensive line problem, in case you hadn’t noticed. It’s a problem that has rarely been far from fans’ minds this season, especially after an offseason mandate from Arthur Blank to improve a consistently shaky unit has gone so awfully awry.
The Falcons exited 2018 with Andy Levitre and Brandon Fusco injured, and Levitre retired and Fusco was cut after the season. That left holes at guard the team had to fill, and Ryan Schraeder’s release and subsequent retirement left another one. The Falcons had to make some tough choices with their dollars and draft picks, and to their credit they poured both into solving the problem, signing Jamon Brown and James Carpenter at guard, bringing back surprisingly impressive swing tackle Ty Sambrailo, and using two first round picks on top guard Chris Lindstrom and big, mean fellow Kaleb McGary.