Jake Matthews is the all time Falcons iron man. Jake Matthews is the new all time Atlanta Falcons iron man, now having played in his 156th consecutive game Sunday against the Jets, moving him ahead of Ring of Honor member Jeff Van Note for first place in franchise history.
The greater Los Angeles area has produced some of the greatest football players of all time. Here are our top choices, listed in alphabetical order. Let the fun begin.
Atlanta Falcons left tackle Jake Matthews is expected to play in Thursday night's road game against the Carolina Panthers after leaving the team for the birth of his son.
Here are some of the NFL (or AFL) defensive greats whose quality careers have, to some degree, slipped through the cracks. No Hall of Famers or one-year wonders here, just high-end performers who were among their era's best.
Not surprisingly, there are some outstanding quarterbacks on this list — though you may be surprised to know some of the all-time greatest NFL iron men battled in the trenches their entire careers.