Falcons Corner

The Atlanta Falcons suffered an embarrassing week one loss to their arch rivals the New Orleans Saints. Atlanta inexcusably blew a 16 point fourth quarter lead to break their fans hearts once again. It is the 8th time since Superbowl 51, the Falcons have blown a double digit lead. The team can change quarterbacks, players and coaches, but the club's inability to put games away seems ingrained in their DNA. Atlanta has lost 10 of their last 16 games, in which they have led after 3 quarters of play. The Falcons are 5-3 in games they have held a 15 point lead after three quarters over the last 3 seasons, compared to the rest of the NFL, who are 245-2-1 in said games. The Game Atlanta opened the game with a 10 play drive that ended with a Younghoe Koo 54 yard field goal. Taysom Hill scored the opening touchdown of the game with an 11 yard rush, Hill had set up the Saints in the redzone with a 57 yard power run two plays earlier. 7-3 Saints. Olamide Zaccheaus gifted possession to New Or...

The Atlanta Falcons kick off their 2022 NFL Season the same way they ended last season, with a home game against their arch rivals New Orleans Saints. Arthur Smiths led Atlanta to a 7-10 record in his first year as Head Coach, splitting the series with the Saints 1-1. The drastic change out of New Orleans this off season, is the departure of long time head coach Sean Payton. His replacement is Dennis Allen, who got a promotion, after six impressive years as the teams defensive coordinator. New Orleans manhandled Atlanta in January when the two teams last met, running out 30-20 winners, but the game was more one sided than the scoreline suggests. In their last 10 meetings, the Saints have been dominant racking up seven wins to the Falcons three. Despite this, Atlanta are 7-1 all time in season openers against their fierce rivals. Head to Head Saints D vs  Falcons O For the first time since 2007, Matt Ryan is not the starting quarterback for the Atlanta Falcons. Marcus Mariota is the...

The Atlanta Falcons season ended in a pitiful manner. An embarrassing home loss to their most hated divisional rivals New Orleans Saints, who were forced to play the majority of the game with their third string quarterback. Losing is acceptable when your team fights hard and leaves everything on the field; but this was a gutless showing, that emphasizes just how much work there is to be done to fix this team. Arthur Smiths men won three more games, then the 2020 Atlanta Falcons, but they were assisted by having the second easiest schedule in the NFL. The Game Taysom Hill started at quarterback for the New Orleans Saints. They opened the game on offense and orchestrated a dream drive. A run heavy approach saw Alvin Kamara pop off a 27 yard run to get the Saints in to Falcons territory. On a playaction pass, Hill found Adam Trautman, who lost Deion Jones in coverage; Trautman scampered into the endzone for an 18 yard score to give the Saints a 7-0 lead. They'd hold the lead for the r...

The Atlanta Falcons pulled off the upset win in week 14, to keep their NFC playoff hopes alive. It was the most complete performance of the season from the Falcons in my opinion. Arthur Smiths men got revenge for their week 8 loss at home to Carolina as they dominated the Panthers in Charlotte. It was nice to see Atlanta win a game where Matt Ryan could simply manage the game. I've been critical of the Atlanta Falcons and Arthur Smith this season but they have done well to win six games without Calvin Ridley for the majority of the season.  The Game The Panthers started out strong forcing a three and out from the Falcons offense. A beautifully balanced Carolina opening drive saw DJ Moore, Hubbard and Zylstra all contributing to getting them to the Falcons 12 yard line before Cam Newton rushed for a touchdown to give them an early lead. 7-0 Panthers.  Russell Gage started this game like he finished the last, catching three passes for 58 yards on the Falcons second offensive dri...

Misery loves company. The 5-7 Carolina Panthers host the 5-7 Atlanta Falcons in Charlotte on Sunday. The Panthers surprisingly fired offensive coordinator Joe Brady last weekend. Brady was highly touted and he was a contender for the Falcons head coaching job last offseason. In week 8, the last time these two teams met, the Panthers were victorious 19-13. The biggest difference from the first meeting is that Carolina will be quarterbacked by Cam Newton. The former league MVP has returned to Carolina after an injury to Sam Darnold. Newton is 6-9 all time vs. Atlanta.  Head to Head Falcons D vs Panthers O The Atlanta Falcons couldn't stop the Panthers rushing the football in week 8. Carolina will be just as run heavy this coming Sunday despite Christian McCaffrey being out injured. The Panthers haven't passed for more then 200 yards since week 4 of this season. McCaffrey missed the last meeting between these sides too. Chuba Hubbard will start in his absence. Hubbard started in A...

The Atlanta Falcons last won a home game at the Mercedes-Benz Stadium 372 days ago. They lost 30-17 on Sunday against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. The game went how many expected it would. The Falcons put up a valiant first half effort, trailing by only three points. The second half though underlined just how far Arthur's Smiths team have to go to be considered competitive opposition in the NFC, as they were shutout.  Tom Brady ended the day with 4 passing touchdowns; bringing his total vs. Atlanta this season to 9 passing TDs. He was able to attempt 51 pass attempts without being sacked. A damning indictment of the Falcons pass rush. Brady also improved his overall record to 10-0 vs the Falcons. The Game Tampa Bay received the ball to start the game and their gameplan on how they were going to attack Dean Pees defence was clear from the get go. Zero rushing attempts as Brady dropped back to pass on all 13 plays. It showed the Bucs had absolutely no respect for the Falcons pass rush. ...

This coming Sunday, the Atlanta Falcons welcome divisional foe Tampa Bay Buccaneers to town. The all time series record is tied at 28-28. Tampa arrive with the greatest quarterback of all time under center. Tom Brady has won 7 Superbowls and at 44 years old, he is playing as good as ever. He is 9-0 all time against the Atlanta Falcons including the win in Superbowl 51; a defeat that will haunt this franchise forever. The Buccaneers currently hold the NFCs #3 seed with an 8-3 record and the Falcons sit outside the playoffs at 5-6 due to Washington the #7 seed having the tie breaker over them. Head to Head The Buccaneers rank 5th in terms of turnover differential with +8. The Falcons rank 28th with -7. This is an area Atlanta must win on Sunday if they are to pull off an upset win. Tampa Bay are 3-3 on the road so far this season whereas the Falcons are 0-4 at the Mercedes-Benz Stadium. In their encounter earlier in the season, the Buccaneers ran out 48-25 winners. The score was inflated...

The New Orleans Saints fanbase have a chant that goes like this "Who  dat?   Who dat?   Who dat say dey gonna beat dem Saints? ". Well New Orleans, WE DAT! Atlanta Falcons kicker Younghoe Koo kicked a 29 yard field goal as time expired to give the Falcons a dramatic road win over their arch rivals New Orleans Saints at the Caesars Superdome. The Falcons squandered a 4th quarter 24-6 lead to trail the Saints by a point with 61 seconds left on the clock. Just as the whole Atlanta Falcons fanbase began to think we had lost another game having had a big 4th quarter lead, Matt Ryan found Cordarelle Patterson open down the sideline for his longest and most important completion of the season to set up the game winning kick. The Game In a first half where both offenses struggled; The Falcons orchestrated a magnificent 92 yard touchdown drive to put them 10-0 up at half time. The key plays on this drive were three consecutive 3rd down conversions. The biggest a 20 yard Ryan to Gag...

The Big 'Un. Saints Hate week. As Falcons legendary wide receiver Roddy White once said “I don’t like nothing about the Saints. The colors. The city. Nothing. But they’ve got some good food, though. Other than the food, nothing.” Simply put we can't stand each other. No two games mean more to the Atlanta Falcons fan base then our two games every year against our greatest rival the New Orleans Saints. Although we have an all time record of 53-51 vs. the Saints, recent times haven't been kind to us with the Saints winning 6 of the last 7 encounters. The big news coming out of New Orleans is that the Saints quarterback Jameis Winston will miss the remainder of the 2021 season after suffering a torn ACL early on in their very impressive 36-27 win over divisional foes and reigning Superbowl champions Tampa Bay Buccaneers.  Taking over at Quarterback for the Saints should be Trevor Siemian. The former Broncos Quarterback got his opportunity to replace Winston last week due to a...