The Falcons just can't solve the riddle that is the Panthers as they were defeated again in Week 9 30-9.

As soon as they thinking they are doing a good job containing CMC, he goes for 60. The Falcons "held" him to 115 rushing, but he still found the endzone twice and was help the Panthers maintain just enough balance to keep the Falcons defense at bay.

Speaking of defense, it was the Panthers defense that was the real story.  The picked off Jimmy G ...

The Falcons made a bold call late in the 4th quarter to seal the win in Houston 33-28.

Up 5 with just over a minute left, the Falcons was faced with 4th and 1 on their own 44 yard line.The choice:  Punt the ball and trust the defense, or go for it and seal the game.  They left the offsense on the field and T Gurley was able to get around the left end for a 1st down and securing the vistory.

The Houston offense was moving the ball effectively through the air ...

The Falcons couldn't slow down CMC and T.Tagovailoa was super efficient in the Panthers 45-28 victory in MBS in Week 7.

Tua was 20-22 for 201 yards & 1td which was balanced enough to keep the Falcons defense off guard while CMC amassed 1...

Despite, 3 ints from J Garoppolo, the Falcons was still able to overcoming and win in New Orleans 28-17.

The Saints struck first on their opening drive featuring A Kamara but turned to RB T Pollard to punch it in on the ground for a touchdown.

One the next possession, the Falcons looking to strike back quickly and they thought they had C Ridley deep for a TD, but SS F Davidson tracked it down for an interception.

Now, the Saints had a chance to go up 2 scor...

The Falcons enter the bye week 1-3 with plenty of things to work on.

They rank 23rd in average points scored at 24 points a game. 8th in passing yards but only 32nd in rushing yards  They needs to find a way to have more balance so teams can't just pin their ears back and rush the QB.

They also rank 23rd in average points given up per game at 30.  9th in pass defense but 23rd in rush defense.  

So there are things the Falcons worked ...

The Falcons landed at LAX for their game this week on the road.

The problem?  The game was in Minnesota.

Then the plane broke down.  And they tried to drive from California to the game.  

During a historic snow storm.

Needless to say, the Falcons had to forfeit the game to the Vikings, dropping their record to 1-3 on the season.

Julio Jones: "Well, it is disappointing.  We had a great week of practice lead...

The Falcons drop Week 3 home matchup vs the Buccaneers 38-22.  It looked like a defensive battle at first with both teams getting interceptions and forced fumbles to keep the score knotted at 0-0 for most of the 1st half.

But late in the 2nd quarter with Falcons driving, J Garoppolo throw his 2nd red zone pick of the game, but SS A Winfield Jr took it all the way to the other endzone for a touchdown putting Bucs up 7-0.And ths was after teh Falcons forced a fumble and retur...

In a back and forth game that saw the Falcons tie the game with 30 seconds left to send to overtime, they couldn't get over the hump to steal a game on the road.

The Falcons lose in overtime 34-31 as J Garappolo threw his 4th interception of the game to seal the victory for Tennessee.

The Falcons defense turned over QB C McDonald with 5 picks (D Jones, F Oluokun, J Gladney, K Cone & I Oliver) but the front seven didn't sack him once and couldn't slow d...

The retooled Falcons opened up Season 60 Week 1 with a home victory over the Saints 36-17.

Jimmy Garoppola made his Falcons debut after replacing long time Falcons Matt Ryan by going 15 -24. 244 yards 3 tds, 2 int.He was a little shaky early with an overthrown int to Rookie FS F Davidson and then a pick to LB A Anzalone near the end of the 1st half.  But he settled down and played solid the rest of the way.

He was able to utilize the weapons on hand to his advant...

The Falcons lose to the Brown on a 10 yard D Carr pass to A Isabella in the back of the endzone with 4 seconds left resulting in a final score of 34-31.

It was a hard fought game by both teams and despite M Ryan's 3 picks, the Falcons still had a chance to win the game until the very end.

The Falcons got on the board first on the opening drive and converted a field goal to take an early 3-0 lead.

On the Browns next drive, the Brown got a long P.I. call ...