Falcons vs. Lions: Hat tips & head-scratchers

The Falcons played a real ugly game on Sunday, falling 20-6 to the Lions on the road. It was Atlanta’s first away contest, and facing a team missing a handful of key components, it seemed a winnable contest on paper. The Falcons dispelled that notion rather quickly, failing to generate any semblance of an offense and allowing Detroit to manhandle them along the line of scrimmage.

Read on for Hat tips & head-scratchers from Week 3 against Detroit.

Hat tips

Jessie Bates III snares third interception

Jessie Bates III already has three interceptions on the season, this one coming at the most opportune time. Atlanta down 13-3 in the third quarter, Bates snagged an errant Jared Goff pass to put the…