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Hold the line: Philadelphia Eagles and Falcons injuries affect Week 2 gameplan

The Philadelphia Eagles and Atlanta Falcons will square off on Sunday Night Football this week, and both will be down a key member from their starting lineup. The injury bug has bitten both teams hard, and those losses could be crucial to the end result.

When the Falcons selected offensive guard Chris Lindstrom fourteenth overall in this past year’s NFL Draft. That was done with the implicit goal to build protection for quarterback Matt Ryan.

Why? It’s quite simple. The Falcons signal-caller was sacked forty-two times in 2018.