This past weekend, the Falcons played not only their biggest game of the season, against the San Francisco 49ers, but I could argue that it was their most important game since the 2017 Divisional Round matchup against the Eagles. In true Falcons fashion—at least since we’ve become accustomed to since 2018—they absolutely laid an egg.
The offense managed to muster just 13 points, while Dean Pees’ zone defense was completely sliced and diced by San Fran’s playmakers all afternoon. The result was the Niners going on a 21-3 run, after the score was initially tied at 10-10, to emphatically put to bed any semblance of competitiveness for the rest of Atlanta’s season.