Jake Matthews’s Busy Day: Son’s Birth, ‘Thursday Night Football match’

Falcons and Panthers are confronting to open Week 10 in NFL with their matchup on Thursday night

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Atlanta's starting left tackle traveled back to Georgia on Thursday morning as his wife, Meggi, went into labor with the couple's first child

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Meggi welcomed a healthy baby boy, Beckett, this afternoon. Both the mother and the child are healthy

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Jake is travelling back to Charlotte with Falcons owner Arthur Blank to see his own cute baby boy.

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Jake is expected to arrive before Thursday's NFC South matchup, with plenty of time to spare with

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Jake and Meggi got a great story to tell their child about this surprise day and it looks gorgeous

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Matthews took another flight to travel back to Charlotte to rejoin his team ahead of Thursday Night Football

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Matthews is travelling back to Charlotte with Falcons owner Arthur Blank.

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He’s only missed one game in his entire NFL career, which came in the year 2014 during his rookie season

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Matthews' existance is massive for the Falcons, who are one of the most run-heavy teams in the NFL

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On game side, Atlanta is fourth in the league in rushing yards per game (162.9) and third in both rushing attempts (33.7) and rushing touchdowns (11).

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Caption of this pic: "Only you would come on game day baby boy! Here we go!! Let’s get dad back for this game!"

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