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1. Only scoring 3 in the 2nd half hurts.

2. If you bet me that our first 3 games are within one possession, I’d would’ve lost so much money. If you’d bet me that we’d be 1-2 I’d look at you and say duh. I feel like our problems are obvious: poor run defense, low iq play calling, and an immobile qb. It feels like a vintage 2010s falcons team.

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4. I might actually suspend my hatred of the Saints for one week in week 5 to root against the chiefs…fuck those one dimensional sadists

5. I’m not gonna be sad about being a blown Pass Interference call away from winning a prime time game against the defending SB Champs.

   Shanny had like 7 years OC experience before he was considered an elite play caller. Zac Robinson has had 3 games. I wouldn’t write him off just yet.

6. What fucking loser is going through and downvoting anything positive about the team that just hung with the Chiefs?

7. I don’t understand how do NFL teams let their STAR running backs(Lions,Falcons,
   Eagles, turn into blockers?…Bijan blocked 9 consecutive plays and didn’t touch the ball…Y the fuck did we draft him smfh

8. If we can have the discussion now great, but if not maybe another time.

   Going for it after the Pitts no call was wrong. Take the points.

9. You gotta run it from behind center 2 plays or sneak it on 4th down. Those play calls were not it. Also Raheem needs better clock management, why he is calling timeouts I will not understand

10. 5 point loss that would go the other way if they call that egregious PI in the end zone. I can accept that.

11. When I saw the schedule, I said I’d be happy if we could make it out of the first three games with the record of 1-2. What makes me mad is we had an amazing chance to beat the Chiefs and we blew it. Yeah the no PI call sucked. But we were right there and one dumb play call ended it. Just really frustrating.

12. The refs rigging everything for the chiefs is why I’m like fuck the NFL. I can do other shit on Sunday

13. Defense is pretty stout. Offense at times looks really good. Zac has to diversity his playbook. 

    Losing our linemen hurt but overall we lost a close game to a good team and trending in the right direction 

14. so is Kirk not able to run at all due to that injury? or is this just until a few more weeks until he builds up strength in the achilles again?

    if its permanent, they need to use someone in a Taysom Hill-type role on short 3rd/4th downs. There were a couple of instances where all that was needed was a quick scoot from the QB.

15. I’m disappointed that we lost, but I’m not upset about how we looked. We lost our center and our RT, plus the refs weren’t calling anything against the Chiefs at all. Our defense wouldn’t quit. They fought really hard. I was also impressed that the offense was able to move the ball after the O line injuries.

    On to hate week.

16. Knowing where the actual ceiling for this team is, and watching us lose very winnable games like this and week 1 are so frustrating. Zac Robinson and his progression will really be the deciding factor on where we end up this year.

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18. I’m ok with this loss.

    Why?

    We hung in there. Many of us expected to be 0-3 at this point and outside of the Steelers game we look much better than expected.

    I wasn’t going into this season thinking Super Bowl (though that’d be pretty sweet). I just wanted to see improvement and fire in all areas to set a solid foundation to build our house on. And so far… I like what I see.

    We made too many mistakes tonight on the mental side from the coaching to the players and penalties didn’t help (or lack of called penalties if you know what I’m saying), but we got something here. It also didn’t help we lost two starters on the o-line. If those guys wouldn’t have gotten hurt, we probably win this game.

    But as a Falcons fan, I’m used to defeat and despair so even though we lost, it’s nice to feel like we were at least in it.

    On to the next. FTS!

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20. Though: On the 4th & inches play, why didn’t we just run it behind Lindstrom? Widely considered one of the best lineman in the nfl?

21. A LOT of plays wasted on predictable runs and screens. Gotta play more aggressively against this defense. Can’t sacrifice that many opportunities and create negative plays.

22. Falcons whyyyy

23. We didn’t even trail in this game until the 2nd half, and lost by less than a touchdown. all things considered, the Chiefs fans and players were definitely sweating more than ours..which is a victory

24. I’m just a fan that watches on T.V., but even I have noticed that every time Bijan is in the game it will be an outside run if a running play, and Allgeier in the game equals a run up the middle. I can only imagine what NFL level coordinators have also picked up. The offense seems very predictable so far.

25. The refs have KC another win.

26. So hurt 🥺 OC has to answer for that playcall…

27. Couple of thoughts….

    1. Defense rocks. Reid is a genius offensively and we held that team pretty well. 

    2.  The refs messed us up, but ultimately our play calling on the last drive wasn’t good.  IIRC the bubble screen lost yards which made the London catch and run need extra, which then resulted in a needing additional yards.  Yes we lost some lineman, but the backups weren’t bad at all.

    3.  In the past 10 years I feel like 3rd and 4th and 1 are out worst enemy.   Most teams just go QB dive or full house, but we always mess it up.  If Kirk can’t be an option, make that the Penix package and call the the Penix Thrust.  

    4.  Commentary was horrific until the last 2 minutes.   Talking about the chiefs while the falcons had the ball, showing their linemen play well while the falcons are driving, and just the level of love for the chiefs was gross.  Pitts had the biggest play of the night and the replay was focused on something else. Now I like Patrick Mahomes and think he’s got GOAT potential, but my goodness I was craving Krispy Kreme after all that glazing.

    Overall, win would have been great but we’re about where everyone thought we be just not how they thought.  Zac Robinson needs a step his game up because at this point he’s the reason we aren’t 3-0.

28. If you told me going into this game we’d lose two starting o-linemen and still come within 6 points of beating the Chiefs, I’d probably consider that a damn good game. But knowing we could have and probably should have won makes it a little harder to accept. Still, way more fun watching this team after the hell of the last few years. Need to clean up some things but could be worse.

29. After going for a walk, can walk away pretty optimistic from this game. Chiefs are the Chiefs, and at the end of the day we almost pulled it off. The play calling at the end wasn’t up to par, no contesting that. But there was genuinely great play calls throughout the game as well by Morris, in his 3rd game as NFL coach against the reigning Super Bowl champs, you really can’t catastrophize a stumble in this moment. Who knows, God willing maybe Morris gets another chance at the Chiefs in February.

30. I have a genuine question though.

    How is Kirk Cousins suddenly able to run play action now?

    Week 1 for some reason we just ran pistol and shotgun and that was it. I really want to know what the fuck Zac Robinson was thinking. There’s no way Kirk has improved so much between week 1 and weeks 2/3 that he’s suddenly able to run where he wasn’t before.

    I genuinely believe we’d be 3-0 with better offensive play-calling.

31. How pathetic a fanbase do you have to come into a subreddit and down vote a franchise that has had 6 straight losing seasons and still pushed you to the brink…the maturity in the chiefs fanbase is questionable at best..

32. So im taking bets on the falcons it will be over 365 days since the falcons have either a 100 yd rusher or 100 receiver.

33. Week 1 to week 3 takeaways

    1. Kirk is looking more comfortable with recievers. Mooney and London are his favorites.
    2. Bijan exposed a bit tonight but also why didn’t we pass it to him more?
    3. Allgeier needs more touches. Especially on the 4th down.
    4. Defense is a bend don’t break. They have done pretty exceptional and came up big in big moments.
    5. 1 and 2 is better than 0 and 3 and our schedule eases up as we go forth
    6. Chiefs game was more winnable than most expected. Pitts PI no call sucked and I felt that would of sealed it.
    7. Fuck the saints
    8. Fuck the saints
    9. Saints hate week!

34. I hate this loss so much cause the Chiefs are so beatable. They’re not playing their best football Al all. Good thing it was an AFC loss.

35. Proud of the team. If they woulda kicked two field goals, they likely win. I’ve never felt this good about a loss before. The players showed up. They were failed by aggressive play calling in the red zone

36. We’re 1-2 and growing as a team, getting better. That’s where I realistically hoped we’d be with no preseason. I think we’ll be clicking by weeks 7-8.

37. Why are we not doing a qb sneak on 4th & INCHES?
    Defense is there.
    OC just continues to butcher games

38. I’ve been watching Falcons since late 1960s. Somewhere along line, I found it easier to pull for other team. But they stayed in game tonight, had a bad call, etc. I think they have some good games ahead of them. They were still in this at end after a Monday night game.

39. To be honest this isn’t quite the same situation as Minnesota with Darnold.

    Minnesota has a HC who has been there years and knows the strength and weakness of everyone

    We have a new HC new DC new OC and new QB and a bunch of new weapons in Moore, Mooney, and McCloud.

    They are still developing the team Chemistry so it’ll take time. While I think its possible for us have to a strong push near the end of the season the start will be a little rough as we go through growing pains

40. Blank could’ve hired Belichick. Never forget.

41. This team fought. New coach. New coordinators. I’m just happy this team is fighting man, a lot of uncompetitive football the last couple years. This loss sucks but it’ll make us better. Love what I’m seeing from a lot of guys on the squad.

42. Why wouldn’t you play action that last play? Or better yet kick field goals for the 4th downs and we win the game… 💁🏻‍♂️