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On Marcus Mariota, Falcons loss to Joe Burrow, Bengals, NFC South standing | Falcons Final Whistle

Was the Falcons loss to the Bengals loss bad matchup or something more? Scott, Tori and Ashton discuss what went wrong against Cincinnati, what to make of it and where the Falcons stand in an NFC South division that’s completely up for grabs. We also focus on the state of the Atlanta secondary, which operated most of the game without Casey Hayward and A.J. Terrell.

Timecodes:

(00:00:10): Intro, where things went wrong vs. Bengals
(00:04:38): Was loss to Bengals a matchup problem or a sign of bigger issues?
(00:08:35): Impact of A.J. Terrell loss
(00:10:03): Impact of Falcons second quarter flurry and a pivotal, game-changing sequence
(00:14:06): Are there issues with Falcons offensive imbalance?
(00:18:48): What is the Falcons winning formula?
(00:20:46): Where Falcons stand in wide-open NFC South after loss

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Lamar Jones

I didn’t realize how bad we needed Casey Haywood until that game

    Bully Bully

    @Arron Gross with 2 starting pro cb’s okay😂

Havier Smith

What they (Bengals score in the first two mins!) You are not going to beat the Bengals playing Zone. You have to man up. Secondly you have to double cover J Chase. Thirdly the Falcons aren’t built to keep up in a high scoring game or our Quarterback throwing more than 30 attempts. Arthur Smith you are going to have to open the play book more. Pass the ball 🏈.

Jo01

Casey Hayward was the key piece in the secondary with the experience he brings.

Anthony White

Please don’t make excuses about injuries, Ashton. This is the NFL sir. Nobody made excuses for the Niners last week, and nobody on the Falcons side shouldn’t. Offense and defense didn’t get it done. If yo had Terrell and Heyward, the game still would have been tough. Give Cincinnati credit. They were better.

    Bully Bully

    What you watch???? Legit everybody made excuses for the niners even the media but no excused but niners definitely complained

Robert Wolfe

The Bengals will beat a lot of teams bigger than the falcons.

Robert Wolfe

The Bengals team has been playing together for five years all their players are not new they’ve been around they’re defense and offense have experienced vets and that can step up.They been doing it for 5 years

    Roger J. Noble

    The bengals only have 4 players that were on the 2017 squad. 2 offensive and 2 special teams, 0 on defense.

Robert Wolfe

The falcons were playing with reserve players on offense and defense.

    Arron Gross

    Excuses…

Robert Wolfe

Their lucky they had enough players on the field.

ROTTIE RAY

Falcons still dark horse playoff team!

Miltondavoice

Everyone is blinded by injuries and the poor play at qb all because of our record us being in games late and other division teams not playing well also the offense needs to step up and stop going 3 and out

Vaxienation

We don’t have to comment on the specifics of the play calling, but running the ball on 70%+ of first downs is outrageous. It’s the definition of predictable play-calling. Also, y’all talk about how they haven’t been able to have a consistent passing game, yeah that’s because they don’t try! It’s run run 3rd and ~long every drive!

    keti meleah

    👎🤣👎🤣

D Howard

Full stop! Matt Ryan in 222 games had 4 total games with less than 20 passes Mariota achieved that mark in 7 games.

We look like the GA TECH of the NFL..
Ridder should be starting period..long term effect Ridley, Pitts, and London will all want out as Jones and Gage🙄

    Adrian Goode

    U r absolutely right 👍

    The Kings Son

    Facts and Arthur Smith will be the cause of it he wasting Pitts man I know he will want to leave next year if he could

    Hal Holman

    Thanks for the advice, Coach.

AlanShirtsink

Injuries weren’t bigger than the whole team lack of focus presented. Also every time the offense starts of with tricky plays, they start slow

Robert Stephens

As a Bengals’ fan, I understand losing starters will hurt any team. However, AJ Terrell and Casey Hayward are not on the same level as Chase, Higgins, and Boyd. Chase put up 162 yards and 2 touchdowns in the first half against Terrell in the national championship game in college. Would having these players helped yesterday? Of course. At the same time, even if they played the entire game it wouldn’t have negated the issue entirely.

MA P

Well when you have to force a practice squad designation to line up against Joe Burrow and the WRs the Bengals have, you should already know the outcome. The Falcons struggle big time to stop the pass when everybody is 100% so I knew this would be ugly. Some want to put this one on injuries but the same thing would’ve happened with AJ and Casey out there. Maybe not as ugly but we don’t have solid press man corners. These guys give free releases and stay out of the WRs way until after he makes the catch🤣.

Cliff Howell

Everybody makes excuses they just played like doo doo on both sides of the ball and not to mention quarterback we got ain’t hitting on nothing you could not rely on just a run game not in today’s NFL

40PackNugs

Please for the love of God trade for Bradley Chubb and Greedy. Our Dbs are depleted. A rookie off our practice squad has no place trying to cover Chase 1 on 1 and 97 needs some help up front!

40PackNugs

I appreciate our run efficiency because we haven’t been solid there since 2017 but man…Drake needs 10 targets a game and has only had that 1 time this year. Pitts hasn’t had 10 targets once. They will say they trust the process and do what they can to win but anyone that has played ball or even other sports will tell you that if they don’t get the ball there will be no faith in the QB. It’s already showing in the way these guys line up on the line. Like you can tell very clearly if they are about to block or run a route based on the laziness and I don’t blame either of them.

Marc Turner

If Smith hates – hates passing the ball, why did they pick Pitts and London 1st in last two drafts? Not using the best talent on the team? our O-line can’t pass block, that’s why.

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