"Throw In The Damn Towel!" one Falcons fan who traveled from Logansville to LA to watch the team play could be heard screaming in the 3rd quarter.
This was supposed to be the test to see if the Falcons would be ready for primetime and they failed in epic fashion.
The defense was holding on for dear life, even getting a pick of J Herbert by LB F Oluokun, but the offense kept letting them down and giving the ball back to the Chargers. Along with that, th...
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Due to unforeseen circumstances, the Raiders had to forfeit the Season opener to the Falcons.
The Falcons, instead of playing the game, had a light practice that turned into a team fun day at Top Golf.
Coach BigReg "After a gueling training camp and unexpected forfeiting of the game, I felt we still have to do something competitive, but fun. And Top Golf was a great choice. Even though it was light hearted, these guys are competitors/ And I will...
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The Falcons finish the season with a lackluster win over the hapless Lions 35-21.
Both sides of the ball struggled early: Gurley couldn't find any holes and J Garoppolo threw an early pick to give the Lions great field position. The game went back and forth with neither team getting more then a 7 point lead until late in the 4th quarter.
Some highlights were that despite the 2 picks, J Garoppolo threw 2 touchdown passes, one to WR C Ridley and the other to T...
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In a game that had a disconnection near halftime, The Falcons had to overcome a 17-0 deficient but couldn't get over the hump.
Jaguars defense totally locked up the Falcons offense in the 1st half and despite the Falcons defense holding their own, was able to get a 17-0 lead with just over 1 minute left. Then the disconnect happened.
Owners agreed to play a half with Falcons getting the ball first and much like the 49ers/Ravens Superbowl in New Orleans.on 20...
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At times the Falcons defense has been humbled this season. Whether it was giving up big games to CMC, Miles Sanders or D Henry.
But the last two games the Falcoons have been able to keep oppoising running backs in check, last week it was J Taylor. This week vs the Packers, they was able to hold J Carruthers to 33 yards on 16 carries.
But the big story was that the Falcons defense picked off J Love 5 times, including a game ender by G Jarrett on...
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The Falcons came in knowing that they would have to find an answer for RB J Taylor. And even though he rushed for 102 yards, it took him 29 carries to get there and he was held out of the endzone.
The Falcons defense rallied to tackle JJ Taylor each time he touched the ball. Meanwhile the DT G Jarrett was killing the RG in front of him with 2 tackles and several TFL's as he was constantly in the backfield either tackling Taylor or re-routing him for others to tac...
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Internal technical difficulties force the Falcons to forfeit their Wk 13 game vs the Buccaneers.
During the start and subsequent 3 restarts, LB F Oluokun had 3 ints, 1 pick for AJ Terrell and K Cone, and T McKinley added a sack without giving up any points.
On Offense, WR C Ridley had 2 touchdowns and TE H Hurst added a touchdown.
But if was all or not as the service provider (Spectrum) has failed to deliver the service they were being paid for not only in ...
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It was another tough week for the Falcons as they lose to the Rams and fall to 4-7 on the season.
Cam Akers has emerged as one of the top running backs in the league this season and he gashed the Falcons over and over again.
Jimmy G was hot and cold all game. One minute he was threading the needle to J Jomes and H Hurst in the endzone for tds and the next he was missing 8 yard curl routes by 4 yards for pick 6's the other way.
The defe...
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The Eagles was able to do whatever they wanted in the Week 11 bouncing of the Falcons 49-21.
On the 1st 2 Falcons offensive plays, they through an interception and a caught pass was fumble and recovered by Philly. Thiugs didn't get any better the rest of the way for the Falcons who gave up 190+ on the ground to M Sanders and both Philly QB's combined to go 23-31, for 263 yards for 3 tds.
The Eagles defense picked of J Garoppolo 3 times and forced a fumbl...
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J Garoppolo's 1st pass of the game was intercepted. He was nearly perfect from that point forward. He ended the game going 14-17 for 272 yards and 2 td along with that lone pick. J Jones injury fill in R Gage had 5 catches for 114 yards while TE H Hurst had 3 grabs for 70 yards and 1 td. T Gurley ran hard for 76 yards but added 2 touchdowns.
The defense stepped up, getting 4 interceptions (D Jones 2, A Terrell 1, F Oluokon 1 for pick 6) while the front 4 got 2 sa...
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