Jake Matthews is not always appreciated as one of the better Falcons of the past decade, likely due to a injury-slowed rookie season and one very visible penalty in a very big game. To state the obvious, though, those are a tiny piece of Matthews’ career, and blemishes on what otherwise has been an underrated and quality career.
I was reminded of that on Sunday when I saw the below Tweet (X?), which in turn reminded me that Matthews has the longest active streak of consecutive starts in the NFL with 144. Matthews is one of just two players to start every game since 2015, the other being potential future Hall of Famer Jason Kelce.