Now that was what I would call a signature win. The 49ers came into Mercedes-Benz Stadium brimming with confidence and the league’s most stout defense, and the Falcons ran all over them, as they have against all comers this season. Atlanta now sits at 3-3 in what has definitely been a better start that I imagined before the season began.
The final game in this difficult three-game stretch comes against the defending AFC Champion Cincinnati Bengals, whose 2022 destiny at this point has exactly matched that of the Falcons — an 0-2 start and a bounce back to 2-2 before suffering a frustrating Week 5 loss and enjoying a Week 6 triumph.