The Falcons have been a miserable preseason watch, full stop. They struggled mightily against the Titans and, faced with a long stint from the Dolphins starters and plenty of talented backups, they struggled mightily again against Miami. The fact that the playoff-caliber Dolphins had quite a few starters in the game against mostly Atlanta’s backups means that result was far from surprising.
That said, I did hope it wouldn’t be so lopsided, and even getting the Dolphins backups into the game did nothing to staunch the bleeding for Atlanta, which surrendered a safety and allowed Jacoby Brissett to march downfield against them for a score in the third quarter.