If there’s a fixed with Raheem Morris’ Atlanta Falcons, it’s a aptitude for the dramatic.
Via 5 video games of the Morris regime, the Falcons sit 3-2, with every contest determined by eight factors or much less. Over the previous two weeks, Atlanta has been in a position to get the job accomplished late in every sport.
After beating the New Orleans Saints 26-24 on a last-second Younghoe Koo discipline aim in Week 4, the Falcons used an inconceivable comeback on Thursday to high the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 36-30 in time beyond regulation.
On protection, and trailing by three factors with lower than two minutes left, the Falcons compelled a punt earlier than Kirk Cousins – who set a single-game franchise with 509 passing yards – led the offense to the 34-yard line with one second remaining. It was simply sufficient time for Koo’s game-tying 52-yarder as regulation expired.
It then took Atlanta simply 4 performs in time beyond regulation to go residence a winner, as Cousins discovered the seldom-used KhaDarel Hodge on a walk-off 45-yard landing in time beyond regulation.
With its work accomplished in Week 5, the franchise is now in a position to take a collective deep breath forward of a stress-free Sunday viewing slate.
“I gave the fellows a ‘Victory Friday,'” Morris stated a day after the newest win. “They’re in all probability coming in on their very own, getting just a little little bit of therapy in the event that they want it, doing what they should do within the weight room, however they weren’t required to be within the constructing as we speak.”
As thrilling because the final two victories have been, the opponents the Falcons have overwhelmed has made the wins much more spectacular. Within the midst of a three-week stretch towards NFC South foes, Atlanta now sits in first place within the division, whereas holding tie breakers over New Orleans and Tampa Bay.
“The significance of division video games are all the time of excessive magnitude,” Morris stated. “We have talked about it from the start. To outrun the South, the one method you are able to do that’s beating South opponents. It is all the time an enormous deal to get back-to-back like that, and to do it in a dramatic style.”
Now, Morris and the group get a mini-bye week earlier than touring to face the Carolina Panthers on Oct. 13.
“I’ll watch everyone play on Sunday,” Morris stated, when requested if he’ll watch the Panthers this weekend. “That is one of the best half about enjoying on Thursday evening. You are residence sitting in your sofa on Sunday, watching RedZone on one TV, the native sport on the opposite. I can not wait.”
–Subject Degree Media