Falcons News, Analysis & Tomfoolery For and By Fans
What a weird season this has been for the Falcons, and I absolutely mean that in a bad way. Any hope we had early on was choked out weeks ago. Nothing this team does makes sense, whether it’s getting shut out entirely by the Carolina Panthers or beating the Bills. And normally in a lost […]
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It’s a short week, and the reeling Falcons are on to Thursday Night Football to face the struggling Buccaneers. Atlanta would be delighted to get a win and play spoiler for the Bucs, while Tampa Bay badly wants this one to keep their dimming playoff hopes alive as Carolina charges at them. We should expect […]
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Atlanta has made a move just before Week 15 to add to a moribund receiving corps, claiming former Green Bay Packer Malik Heath off waivers. In a corresponding move, they released lightly used safety Jordan Fuller. The 25-year-old Heath is an interesting flier for a team as receiver-starved as Atlanta. The former undrafted free agent […]
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The Atlanta Falcons are keeping ugly company these days. With their ninth loss of the season, our favorite team is now: This is a terrible era by any standard, and if it’s not quite up there with the longest and most depressing historic stretches in NFL history, there’s still time for the Falcons to get […]
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The Atlanta Falcons 2025 season is dead, and will be neither lamented nor missed. The season will be survived by its fans and its schedule, which ensures the team will shuffle zombie-like through four more games, but make no mistake: It is dead. The Falcons will not make the playoffs for the eighth straight season, […]
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Well, it’s official. The Falcons are officially eliminated from playoff contention. And they made sure not to give Falcons fans too much hope in the process. The Seattle Seahawks bludgeoned the Falcons 37-9, outscoring the home team 31-3 in the second half. Was the performance lackluster? For sure. Is this yet another low point in […]
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Darnell Mooney’s overturned touchdown late in the second quarter, if it had stood, at least would have made the blowout they experienced at the hands of the Seattle Seahawks a little less embarrassing. The score was overturned because officials decided Mooney hadn’t established himself back in-bounds after going out of bounds. The Athletic’s Josh Kendall, […]
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The Atlanta Falcons have officially produced their 8th consecutive losing season after getting plucked by the Seattle Seahawks. Raheem Morris’s staring contest with the Jumbotron hasn’t yielded results, and another season has passed the team by. Here’s the Week 14 snap reactions. 2nd Half Quitters This game was 6-6 at halftime, and then the 3rd […]
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The Falcons kept it tied for a half before the wheels fell off in the third quarter, eventually losing to the Seahawks 37-9 in a massive blowout. Kevin Knight and Allen Strk break down the loss, including the continued glaring special teams issues, Zac Robinson’s third down ineptitude and predictability, even more mistakes from Raheem […]
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Atlanta has now lost seven of their last eight games, have ensured a losing season for the eighth straight year, and been blown out by more than 20 points on three separate occasions. A season that started out with some promise and quickly went sour has become fully rancid, with the stink televised for a […]
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The Falcons have two manageable games left, one reasonably tough divisional bout, and two impossible-seeming matchups, This is one of the latter, with a great Seahawks team in Atlanta to try to keep the good times rolling. Nonetheless, we Falcons fans will show up to watch out team and hope for better, as we have […]
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The Atlanta Falcons look to rebound this week against the Seattle Seahawks after a disappointing loss to the New York Jets. If the Falcons are going to challenge a Seahawks team in the midst of vying for the top seed in the NFC playoff race, they’ll need to see several players step up. But only […]
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I think we can officially call this season off the rails. The Falcons are going nowhere and even the goodwill they got from their victory in New Orleans has now evaporated with a defeat against the lowly New York Jets just a week later. There’s really no other way to put it other than that […]
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The Falcons gear up for a date against an NFC foe who became a bit of a rival during the Matt Ryan era, and against whom they have some really good memories from the decade of the 2010s. The Seahawks lead the all time series history 13-9, thanks in large part to their eight wins […]
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If you’re still taking action on Atlanta, one might question your state of mind at this point. Nevertheless, the Falcons will play host to the Seahawks on Sunday, a game where they are 6.5-point underdogs, per FanDuel Sportsbook. Lacking starting quarterback Michael Penix Jr. and top wide receiver Drake London, you could easily see this […]
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Thank goodness it’s Friday! And with that, the Atlanta Falcons and Seattle Seahawks held their final practices of the week. We have been monitoring the injury reports for both teams over the last few days, and we now know who we can and cannot expect to see out there on Sunday. Let’s take a look. […]
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The Falcons face the NFC-leading Seahawks in Week 14 as significant home underdogs. Kevin Knight is joined by Brandon Cain (The Hawks Nest) to break down the game, including the latest injury updates, matchups to watch on offense and defense, and the best pathway for Atlanta to take down Seattle on Sunday. Fellow Falcoholics, welcome […]
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We’re gearing up for a bloodbath. The Seattle Seahawks have lost three games, all by four points or less, and all against solid opponents. They have a top ten offense, defense, and special teams unit, have scored at least 26 points for six straight weeks, and just finished beating up the struggling Vikings in a […]
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Somehow it’s already Week 14, as the Atlanta Falcons and Seattle Seahawks continue to prepare for their matchup this weekend. Both teams are fairly dinged up, as the Falcons have now been without Drake London for two consecutive games due to a knee injury, as they hope to get him back ASAP. Let’s take a […]
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Atlanta’s now lost five games in a row and are threatening to go all the way to the bottom of the NFC South. Their obstacle this week is the team that is currently even worse than they are in the division, the Saints. Here’s how you can watch the matchup. Schedule & TV information Date: […]
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Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across the NFL. Throughout the year we ask questions of the most plugged-in Falcons fans and fans across the country. Sign up here to participate in the weekly emailed surveys. I can hear every single Falcons fan’s reaction to my headline now — NO SH*T, SHERLOCK. […]
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Being an Atlanta Falcons fan is a curse. This Thanksgiving weekend may have been one of the best weekends of football from the entire league, from massive upsets to incredible performances throughout the weekend, the NFL showed why it is the preeminent sports league in the country. But if you’re a Falcons fan, there’s always […]
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With another season of no playoff football and major questions surrounding the future of the current regime, all the Falcons can do is maximize the remaining five games and identify who can be counted on going forward. Pride is usually emphasized when a team is searching for motivation after falling well short of expectations. That leaves […]
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The Falcons are 4-8 heading into Week 14, and there’s a distinct lack of accountability from top-to-bottom. Kevin Knight is joined by Joe Patrick to discuss the state of the team, the apparent lack of accountability from the coaching staff and ownership, and thoughts on the remainder of the 2025 season and beyond. Fellow Falcoholics, […]
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Sunlight is a great disinfectant, as the saying goes, and in the harsh light of the morning a great many truths can be seen. The Atlanta Falcons have been hesitant to let that light in, given that in the darkness they’ve been mired in, slumbering shadows of the past and the dancing shadows of what […]
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