Younghoe Koo missed a couple of crucial field goals. Bradley Pinion was not quite as great at pinning teams deep. The coverage units suffered from a handful of frustrating, costly lapses. The return game was...well, let’s not even bother.
Special teams has been a core Falcons team strength for a long time now, with the first two years under coordinator Marquice Williams proving to be excellent before last year’s vague disappointment. The Falcons clearly took note of that shakiness heading into 2024.
Williams was retained and his fingerprints are still all over this special teams group, with specialists returning and a renewed focus on adding players to help shore up the team’s return and coverage weaknesses in 2023.