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00:00Could it be a season-changing type of victory for the Falcons out of nowhere as a pregame
00:08five and a half point underdog trailing by a touchdown with just over a minute and 30
00:14seconds remaining in regulation?
00:16It seems like it because the Falcons entered this season as the minus 140 odds on divisional
00:21favorites in the NFC South.
00:23The optimism from the off season and the acquisition of Kirk Cousins.
00:27He was the guy at the quarterback spot with the young, talented pieces offensively around
00:32that position with an up-and-coming defense, defensive-minded head coach in Raheem Morris
00:37that could bring the Falcons to double-digit wins and a division title.
00:42But that seemed to be slipping away in the first seven quarters of this season for Atlanta.
00:48They found something last night.
00:50Kirk, 20 of 29, 241 yards and two touchdowns, 70 of the 241 coming on that final drive.
00:58That was the game winner.
01:00B. John Robinson, great once again, 126 or 122 yards rather of total offense last night.
01:09Still yet to find the end zone this year, but the Falcons got a big, big victory for
01:14their overall season outlook despite the fact it is just week two.
01:19Now the end of it, entering week three.
01:21Yeah, I tell you, more than anything else, I was impressed with the Falcon defense, Ben.
01:26In Philadelphia, scored a couple of times, but the one drive was just basically jail
01:30and hurt scrambling.
01:31And listen, it counts on the scoreboard, don't get me wrong, but that's not okay, running
01:35the ball, passing the ball, running the ball, passing the ball, moving down the field 70
01:39yards and you score a touchdown.
01:41That's just kind of flukiness for me.
01:43So I thought it was the Falcons defense that kept them in the game.
01:46There were many times where Philadelphia looked like they were going to blow the doors
01:49off this thing and make it a two, three score game and be a coast to a victory and the Falcon
01:54defense came through.
01:55So help Pittsburgh, albeit in a loss without a touchdown last week.
01:59So, you know, so far two weeks, all the emphasis has been on, you know, Kirk Cousins and rightfully
02:04so, perhaps on the Falcon offense, but the Falcon defense is pretty good.
02:09I still think the Saints, I mean, listen, it's turned into, and I did say this and you
02:13agreed, I believe before the season began.
02:17Last year, this was a bad division.
02:18It was a fair, equal balanced division, but it was four bad teams this year.
02:23I think it's three pretty good football teams.
02:25I think it's just as balanced, but it's not balanced because the teams are bad.
02:30It's balanced because the teams can be halfway good.
02:32I mean, I believe in the Saints Tampa Bay's won the division three straight times at the
02:36Falcons called the, there ended a bargain.
02:38That's going to be a tough division.
02:39It's no longer an automatic win.
02:41You face the NFC South outside of Carolina.
02:45Rightfully so, Scott.
02:46And the Falcons had the second easiest schedule entering the year because they were the best
02:49team in what was perceived as a weak division.
02:52Hey, the Buccaneers who have won the divisional crown three consecutive seasons had a win
02:56total of seven and a half same with the new Orleans Saints who are the optimistic offseason
03:01team from a year ago that kind of floundered on that expectation.