It may not have been pretty but the Atlanta Falcons defeated the New York Giants on Sunday to move their record to 1-2 on the year. It was a critical game as they have now given themselves a better shot to potentially compete for the playoffs.
If they want to do that, however, they will need their offense to improve dramatically, as their defense carried them to a win—allowing only 14-points on the game.
This took the whole defense playing well but one surprising Falcons defender stepped up big time.