Falcons quarterback Matt Ryan to miss first game in 10 years

Falcons quarterback Matt Ryan won't play against Seattle, the team announced on Saturday, which will end his 10-year streak of consecutive starts.

Ryan sprained his right ankle last week in a loss to the Los Angeles Rams. He had limited participation in Friday's practice and was listed as questionable on the team's injury report.

Veteran Matt Schaub will make his first start since 2015 with Baltimore. The Falcons signed quarterback Danny Etling to the active roster, providing depth behind Schaub. Etling, a seventh-round draft pick by New England in 2018, was claimed off waivers by Atlanta before the season.

Ryan, the 2016 MVP, has not missed a game since 2009. He has made 154 consecutive regular-season and nine postseason starts.

Drew Brees will start for the Saints against the Arizona Cardinals on Sunday, according to a person familiar with the situation. The record-setting quarterback has missed New Orleans' past five games after thumb surgery.

Brees practiced this week and was listed as questionable on the Saints' final injury report of the week on Friday. ESPN first reported Brees' updated status for Sunday.

Teddy Bridgewater has started the past five games, all victories.

Surgery on Brees' ulnar collateral ligament was performed in Los Angeles on Sept. 18 and he began throwing a regulation NFL football about two weeks ago.

Brees is the NFL's all-time leader in yards passing with 74,845 and completions with 6,621.

Kelechi Osemele is no longer a member of the New York Jets.

The veteran guard's contentious standoff with the team, however, is far from over.

The Jets announced they had released Osemele a day after he had surgery on his right shoulder in Boston to repair a torn labrum without the team's approval.