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Marc Raimondi
The first great movement of the low season of the Atlanta Falcons was to block his most experienced player.
The Falcons agreed with the former left Tackle of the Pro Bowl Jake Matthews in an extension of two years and $ 45 million, the sources confirmed to Jeremy Fowler of ESPN on Sunday. NFL Network was the first to report the news. The agreement was negotiated by agent Ryan Williams of athletes first.
Matthews, 33, still had another year in his previous contract. This will probably keep one of the team’s franchise players, an 11 -year -old veteran, in Atlanta at least until 2026. Matthews will get $ 38 million guaranteed, NFL Network reported.
In its previous contract, Matthews’s salary capitalization number would have been almost $ 22 million next season. This extension is expected to provide Atlanta’s salary lid. The team had finished the limit in the low season.
Matthews has been with the Falcons since Atlanta recruited the sixth in general in 2014. He has started from the first day, including the armor cover for the field marshal Matt Ryan when the Falcons went to the Super Bowl after the 2016 season. Matthews, a 2018 Pro Bowl selection, is the son of the Hall of Fame Pro Football Bruce Matthews.