Matt

Pryor

The Cardinals bolstered their offensive line depth with the seven-year veteran that has played all offensive line positions except center during his career. Pryor made 15 starts for the Bears in 2024 but has amassed only 40 starts in 109 career appearances since 2019. The details of the contract were not yet made available.

Pryor entered the league as a sixth-round Eagles reserve but spent the past four years bouncing around various locales. That includes a stint as a 15-game starter for the Bears last season. He held up surprisingly well on Caleb Williams’ right side, mostly at guard. Although he’s now on the wrong side of 30, Pryor is valuable, experienced depth.

As beat writer Adam Jahns points out, Pryor overlapped with Bears coach Matt Eberflus in Indy in 2021. Pryor is versatile but tends to quickly get overexposed. Turning 30 in December, he won’t be a lock for the 53-man roster.

The 49ers will hope Pryor’s signing is nothing more than a move for added depth after he was graded as one of the worst offensive linemen in the league last season. Playing at both tackle positions and right guard in 2022, Pryor allowed 31 quarterback pressures and six sacks on 576 snaps -- allowing his quarterback to be pressured on nearly eight percent of dropbacks.

Trying to replace stopgap Eric Fisher, the Colts appear to be trending towards giving the veteran Pryor a shot on Matt Ryan’s blind side. Pryor finished with a 76.5 PFF grade in 2021 after coming over in August from the Eagles. He did start one game at left tackle against the Raiders in Week 17.

Acquired for a picks swap on the eve of 2021 season, ex-Eagle Pryor ended up providing critical depth as the first lineman off Indianapolis’ bench. Although he spent most of his time subbing at right tackle, he also put in stints at left tackle and right guard. He earned high marks from Pro Football Focus in the process. 2022 will be Pryor’s age-28 campaign.

When healthy, the Eagles have an elite group of starting offensive linemen. Pryor, who started ten games for Philly last year, was not close to cracking the starting rotation this year. The Colts have already suffered a number of injuries across their offensive line, forcing them to make a move for some depth. Pryor also gives them some flexibility as it was reported that Quenton Nelson moving to left tackle was in play this year.

Pryor on Thursday was ruled out for the team’s Week 6 game against the Ravens. Hopefully no more Eagles players find their way onto the COVID list in the coming days. Jamon Brown will start in Pryor’s place against Baltimore.

Pryor is in the illness protocol and will miss Sunday’s game. Jamon Brown will start for Pryor.

The last thing the Eagles’ injury-ruined offensive line needed. Seumalo disappeared in the first half and was ruled out after the break. Matt Pryor will finish out the game on Carson Wentz’s left side.