One moment, you’re a cornerstone, a 330-pound pillar of stability fresh off a $30 million vote of confidence. The next, you’re staring up from the turf, the entire weight of a city’s hopes resting on a single, injured limb. For Kaleb McGary and the Atlanta Falcons , that moment arrived not under the bright lights of a Sunday but on a practice field, in the quiet grind of a Wednesday.

The news, delivered by head coach Raheem Morris after a humiliating 13-31 preseason finale loss to the Dallas Cowboys , was as blunt as a blindside hit. McGary, the Falcons’ ironman right tackle, is expected to miss “significant time” with a left leg injury, with an injured reserve designation looming.

The timing is a cruel twist of fate; just over two weeks after inking his new deal, the 30-year

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