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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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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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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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
Oh boy. After losing to the Jets, the Falcons head home from a road swing to face…the Seattle Seahawks, one of the best teams in the entire NFL, and a team operating near the peak of their powers. This is likely to be ugly; if it isn’t, we’ll all be surprised and at least a […]
This season, there are two clear tiers in the NFC South division: the hopeful and the hopeless. While the Falcons and Saints continue to roll around in squalor, the Buccaneers and Panthers find themselves in the thick of the playoff race. Here’s the Week 13 NFC South review. Tampa Bay Buccaneers (7-5) Week 13 Result: […]
The Falcons are now 4-8 and coming off a ridiculous loss to the Jets. Kevin Knight and Tre’Shon Diaz break down the film from Week 13 and discuss the overall state of the team, questioning the decisions and comments of Raheem Morris, calling out the worst special teams performance of the season, a bad day […]
The Atlanta Falcons continue to disappoint their fans and waste stellar individual performances. It’s been a recurring theme of the season and one fans are sick of. Here’s the Week 13, 3 up and 3 down: 3 up James Pearce Jr. The Falcons won’t have their 2026 first-round pick, but James Pearce Jr. is making […]
Rather than focus on how snaps counts have been divvied up, which is pretty standard at this point in the season, I’d rather focus on some personnel issues that cropped up in this game in part because of who was playing and why. Offense Kirk Cousins: 69 Jake Matthews: 69 Matthew Bergeron: 69 Ryan Neuzil: […]
The gloom was pervasive, and it wasn’t just the weather. This Atlanta Falcons team had everything to play for—a small chance to climb the ladder in the NFC South, pride, their coaching staff, one another, and even not handing a top ten pick to the Rams in 2026—and they simply weren’t good enough to beat […]
This is a low point for the Falcons. Losing to this New York Jets team that just went on a fire sale feels like the final straw for the Terry Fontenot-Raheem Morris era. If it is, then they picked the perfect note to leave on. There is no better encapsulation of why the Falcons need […]