Atlanta falcons home game

There is no explaining it, it seems as if every game they play in Atlanta is basically non-competitive.

They simply look lost in their own stadium. It is an odd technicality but it still shows that the team has not won on their own turf. If you were to bet on the team picking up at least one more win either on the road or at home, the more logical answer would be at home.

This comes down to the opponents they play, on the road they will take on the San Francisco 49ers and Buffalo Bills, while at home they play the Detroit Lions and New Orleans Saints.

Everyone would take playing the Lions and Saints over the recently surging 49ers and a tough Bills team. The Lions game is where the win should come, however, when it comes to the Falcons you never know who they may lose to, so do not chalk this up to an automatic win. What's there to play for in Week 18? For several players there is big money to be had for achieving such incentives as snaps, sacks, receptions and team performance.

The Colts traded draft picks for Carson Wentz, but his contract is a bargain if he plays this well. Plus, keep an eye on these free agents. The Falcons lost badly to the playoff teams on their schedule and beat the teams with worse records than them.

A first-year coach could do worse. Falcons running backs coach Desmond Kitchings is leaving the team to take over as the offensive coordinator at the University of Virginia. Here's what to know from Week 17 in the NFL. Bills 29, Falcons Atlanta's playoff hopes, which for weeks had been a long shot, officially ended with a loss in upstate New York on Sunday — and it happened similarly to many of Atlanta's losses this year.

Play well for a half and just don't have enough against the better teams in the NFL to pull out the win. That's not a knock — it's the reality of a team playing about as well as they could through most of the season, but just too undermanned throughout. Atlanta's Kyle Pitts, a first-round selection from Florida, continued his standout debut season with the Falcons on Sunday, becoming the first rookie tight end in 60 years of NFL football to top 1, yards receiving during a loss to the Bills.

Falcons 15, Bills 14 — Halftime. Atlanta's defense, which has struggled with Josh Allen on the ground, has made big plays against him in the air. Interceptions on back-to-back drives flipped the tenor of this game, helping to put Atlanta in position to take a halftime lead.

Mike Davis 7 carries, 35 yards and Kyle Pitts 2 catches, 69 yards have been particularly key as the Falcons look for the upset to keep their playoff hopes alive. Matt Ryan , QB. Football Outsiders ranks them dead last in total DVOA thanks to the 30th-ranked offense, 29th-ranked defense and 30th-ranked special teams.

They are not a very good team. If San Francisco continues generating takeaways on defense and not committing turnovers on offense, they should run away with this one, making the 9. Duo of George Kittle and Brandon Aiyuk move 49ers up power rankings.

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