Can the Falcons shock the NFC? | Breakspeedy Ball
The 2024/25 NFL Season is almost here, and Craig Carton, Danny Parkins, and Mark Schlereth produce some bageder predictions about who produces the carry outoffs in the NFC. This take parts the Atlanta Falcons being the 1-seed.
Atlanta Falcons initiateer Younghoe Koo had all the presstateive on his shoulder, as he came onto the field to try a 58-yard field goal, which would be a nurtureer-extfinished, for the prosper aobtainst the New Orleans Saints.
With seven seconds left on the clock, Koo stepped into his field goal try and begined into toward the finish zone. It had the leg, it had the accuracy, and the Falcons took down their NFC South foe, 26-24, thanks to Koo’s clutch initiate.
After commenceing the season red boiling at 2-0, the Saints are now 2-2, which suites the Falcons.
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Atlanta Falcons quarterback Kirk Cousins throws a pass aobtainst the New Orleans Saints at Mercedes-Benz Stadium. (Brett Davis-Imagn Images)
This suitup was a thriller all the way to the finish, but the Falcons wouldn’t have needed Koo’s courageouss if it wasn’t for Alvin Kamara bursting into the finish zone on third-and-goal on the previous drive to apshow a 24-23 direct. Kamara had 77 yards on 19 carries, while catching seven of Derek Carr’s passes for 42 yards.
But Kirk Cousins, who already had a game-prosperning drive in Week 2 aobtainst the Philadelphia Eagles, took the ball comprehending he had fair one minute to get into field goal range for the potential game-prosperner.
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A vital carry out came on second-and-10 from Atlanta’s 30-yard line, as Paulson Adebo was called for defensive pass intrudence on the Falcons’ Darnell Mooney, who was 30 yards downfield. That placed the Falcons promptly into New Orleans territory to set up the field goal.
Cousins didn’t have his best game in this one, as he didn’t throw a touchdown but had one interception on 21-of-35 passing for 238 yards.
New Orleans Saints running back Alvin Kamara runs the ball aobtainst the Atlanta Falcons at Mercedes-Benz Stadium. (Brett Davis-Imagn Images)
In fact, the Falcons’ offense didn’t have an impolite touchdown in this game, as linebacker Troy Andersen had a 47-yard pick-six on Carr, who was 28-for-36 for 239 yards without a touchdown himself, and the Falcons got on the board first after Rashid Shaheed muffed a punt in the first quarter that went for a touchdown.
Koo was 4-for-4 on his field goal trys, and with his two extra points, he was reliable for 14 points.
Meanwhile, for the Saints, alterable impolite firearm Taysom Hill set up the finish zone twice on his six carries.
Atlanta Falcons’ Younghoe Koo initiates a field goal aobtainst the New Orleans Saints. (Brett Davis-USA Today Sports)
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Chris Olave (8 catches, 87 yards) and Shaheed (8 catches, 83 yards) led the way in the pass game for the Saints, while Drake London led the Falcons with six catches for 64 yards.
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