Ben Garland will start at right guard in the Falcons’ exhibition season opener at 7 p.m. Thursday against the Miami Dolphins.
“I think that’s fair,” Falcons coach Dan Quinn said. “Coming into camp both him and Wes (Schweitzer) were right in the middle of it.”
Garland and Wes Schweitzer are battling to replace former starting right guard Chris Chester, who retired over the offseason.
“We could have went either way with it really, but I felt Ben was the one we named coming into training camp based on his experience of playing last year,” Quinn said. “That’s why we went that way. But both of them should see about the equal amount of time. We’ve got to get a good evaluation on these two guys.
“Ben will start it off, but we’ll get great evaluations on Wes as well.”
