The Atlanta Falcons — on paper — look like a playoff team. They have the talent to compete with the top of the NFL, but reality tells an entirely different story when the games are played:
The Falcons cannot hold leads. They’re a meme of a franchise now.
In Week 2, the Falcons watched as a 20-0 lead slipped away and let the Cowboys recover an onside kick attempt that had no business being recovered. Head coach Dan Quinn had his usual response about the team being “pissed off” but ready to get to work because he believes in the players in the locker room.
So, you’ll never guess what happened come Sunday’s Week 3 game against the Bears (OK, you will). The Falcons blew a 16-point fourth quarter lead and dropped to 0-3 on the season.
Here's the Matt Ryan pick at the end of the game.pic.twitter.com/zEIgBee5tI
— Dov Kleiman (@NFL_DovKleiman) September 27, 2020
And, sure, teams give up leads. It happens. But not like this. Not on back-to-back weeks. The Falcons and Quinn were deservedly crushed after the 30-26 loss.
Over the last 20 seasons, no team has blown multiple 15-point fourth quarters leads in a single season.
The Falcons just did it in back-to-back weeks.
— Field Yates (@FieldYates) September 27, 2020
Per Next Gen State, the Falcons have blown a fourth-quarter 98% win probability for the second straight week.
I have no words.
— Doug Farrar (@NFL_DougFarrar) September 27, 2020
Falcons Fans to Dan Quinn:
— Emmanuel Acho (@EmmanuelAcho) September 27, 2020
Falcons owner, Arthur Blank can write all the books he like about not reacting out of anger or frustration, but Dan Quinn remaining as hd coach, is an ABSOLUTE failure on his part. Blowing 4th quarter leads of 15&16 pts in Bck2Bck weeks is unacceptable.
— shannon sharpe (@ShannonSharpe) September 27, 2020
I like Dan Quinn a lot. He’s a good man and a genuinely nice person. But this team is in shambles, and a change is needed. I don’t like it, I don’t feel good about it, but look at this damn team. I don’t see another option.
— Jeanna Kelley (@jeannathomas) September 27, 2020
Dan Quinn trying to enter the Falcons facility tomorrow: pic.twitter.com/5savzisoTt
— Kevin Oestreicher (@koestreicher34) September 27, 2020
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— Brad Rowland (@BTRowland) September 27, 2020
— Jason Kirk, This American Life's cornhole expert (@thejasonkirk) September 27, 2020
falcons gotta factory restart then reinstall the os from the 2016 backup save
— ☕netw3rk (@netw3rk) September 27, 2020
I would beg God to free me of Atlanta Falcons fandom if I thought the prison was maintained by anything other than the concrete mixture of my own weakness and hope
— Steven N. Godfrey Jr. (@38Godfrey) September 27, 2020
Falcons blowing 10-point leads pic.twitter.com/HxlNtd9TNQ
— PFF (@PFF) September 27, 2020
Falcons fans leaving the fan base like pic.twitter.com/alkv7j70Vo
— CFB Country (@tCFBCountry) September 27, 2020
The Falcons play the Packers on Monday night in Week 4, so a national audience will have that meltdown to look forward to.
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