The first preseason game is in the books and...well, it wasn’t very fun to watch. Hopefully you entered Friday night fully prepared for that based on Falcons preseason from at least 2008-2019.
Arthur Smith acknowledged that it was ugly in his post-game comments, and also that Atlanta went into the first preseason game fully intending to play a lot of young players to get a sense of what they had ahead of some impending roster cuts.
Arthur Smith says he decided not to play starters because he wants to see a lot of the young guys play since they have to make roster moves Tuesday & they also have joint practices next week and that’s when things really ramp up more.