The NFC South can still belong to the Atlanta Falcons
Rams QB Matthew Stafford and Head Coach Sean McVay
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It’s been a season of lessons for the Atlanta Falcons
This past Sunday, Atlanta outgained Tampa Bay by 144 yards, racking up 434 of their own against 290 for the Bucs.
But an early turnover that led to a Tampa touchdown and a pair of missed field goals from typically reliable kicker Younghoe Koo ultimately did the Falcons in.
While just 10 quarterbacks have thrown more interceptions than second-year signal-caller Desmond Ridder, 25 have a better interception rate than his, which comes in at 2.7%. As Ridder said after the game, “There is a lot of things we are going to clean up and a lot of things we’re going to learn from and get better from and come out better in the back end.”
How many different variations of that sentence have Atlanta fans heard this season?
In a season where the Falcons are tied for 21st in turnover differential, you’d think they’d have learned enough lessons by now.
To their credit, in the face of another crushing loss, the team stayed upbeat about their playoff chances.
Falcons safety Richie Grant embodied the team’s sentiment. “We had goals today,” he said, “We knew what was riding on this game, and we didn’t get the job done, and it hurt. But at the same time, we’re not out of it. We’ve still got a chance to go do what we want to do. So, it’s really just about learning from this one tomorrow, and we’ve got to move forward. We can’t really just sit here and weep on this one.”
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