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Can the Falcons shock the NFC? | Breakfast Ball
The 2024/25 NFL Season is nearly right here, and Craig Carton, Danny Parkins, and Mark Schlereth make some daring predictions about who makes the playoffs within the NFC. This contains the Atlanta Falcons being the 1-seed.
Atlanta Falcons kicker Younghoe Koo had all of the stress on his shoulder, as he got here onto the sphere to try a 58-yard subject objective, which might be a career-long, for the win in opposition to the New Orleans Saints.
With seven seconds left on the clock, Koo stepped into his subject objective try and launched into towards the tip zone. It had the leg, it had the accuracy, and the Falcons took down their NFC South foe, 26-24, due to Koo’s clutch kick.
After beginning the season crimson scorching at 2-0, the Saints are actually 2-2, which matches the Falcons.
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This matchup was a thriller all the best way to the tip, however the Falcons wouldn’t have wanted Koo’s heroics if it wasn’t for Alvin Kamara bursting into the tip zone on third-and-goal on the earlier drive to take a 24-23 lead. Kamara had 77 yards on 19 carries, whereas catching seven of Derek Carr’s passes for 42 yards.
But Kirk Cousins, who already had a game-winning drive in Week 2 in opposition to the Philadelphia Eagles, took the ball understanding he had only one minute to get into subject objective vary for the potential game-winner.
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An important play got here on second-and-10 from Atlanta’s 30-yard line, as Paulson Adebo was known as for defensive move interference on the Falcons’ Darnell Mooney, who was 30 yards downfield. That positioned the Falcons instantly into New Orleans territory to arrange the sphere objective.
Cousins didn’t have his finest sport on this one, as he didn’t throw a landing however had one interception on 21-of-35 passing for 238 yards.
New Orleans Saints working again Alvin Kamara runs the ball in opposition to the Atlanta Falcons at Mercedes-Benz Stadium. (Brett Davis-Imagn Images)
In reality, the Falcons’ offense didn’t have an offensive landing on this sport, as linebacker Troy Andersen had a 47-yard pick-six on Carr, who was 28-for-36 for 239 yards and not using a landing himself, and the Falcons obtained on the board first after Rashid Shaheed muffed a punt within the first quarter that went for a landing.
Koo was 4-for-4 on his subject objective makes an attempt, and along with his two further factors, he was chargeable for 14 factors.
Meanwhile, for the Saints, versatile offensive weapon Taysom Hill discovered the tip zone twice on his six carries.
Atlanta Falcons’ Younghoe Koo kicks a subject objective in opposition to 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 best way within the move sport for the Saints, whereas Drake London led the Falcons with six catches for 64 yards.
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