Is this the most talented Falcons offense ever?

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...in terms of draft capital, it seems so.

Three top-10 draftees at skill positions, we've put up HR swings at RB, WR and TE.
Now we just need our QB to earn his pay.

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Thunder and Lightning combo?

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Straight stacked on offense!!!

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Hopefully, the Falcon's pass defense will not be a sieve this fall. With a little extra pressure on the QB and a little better
group of defenders in the backfield, things should be better.

I maintain that the best defense is a good offense. If your opponent can't get the ball, he can't score very well. Maybe a safety but that's all. Falcons should have a better offense this season. More excited than usual about this team.

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Best offense ever? If it's not, it's close. Offensive line, the basis of any offense, is young and solid. They proved last season
that they can do the job. Another year's experience is a big plus!

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The Falcons have a QB Problem



The Falcons are 2-1. If you don’t go any deeper than that, it’s not a bad view to this point. But take a few steps back and things get gloomy real quick. Ridder has been a problem. He was unimpressive through most of the first two games against the Carolina Panthers and Green Bay Packers until strong fourth quarters enabled wins — and, yes, that is what mattered most. But Sunday’s performance in a 20-6 loss to the Detroit Lions was pure misery. Ridder was 12-for-25 for 119 yards with five sacks early in the fourth quarter when the score was 20-3, after which yardage against a prevent defense became empty calories.

When a team drafts Kyle Pitts, Drake London and Bijan Robinson, it’s not supposed to fail to score a touchdown. It’s not supposed to start 1-for-10 on third down and have six possessions where it fails to get a first down.

It’s not supposed to average 2.8 yards per play.

Or fail to cross the 50 in seven of the first nine possessions.

Or fail to make it to the opponent’s red zone until there are only five minutes left in the game.

A team with Pitts, London and Robinson is not supposed to take possession after a Jessie Bates interception at the Lions’ 43 and then run four plays: 4-yard run, 2-yard run, incomplete, incomplete.

The Falcons have a Ridder problem. Because even with clear protection issues on one side of the ball (seven sacks) and an anemic pass rush on the other (zero), the primary difference between Atlanta and Detroit on Sunday was the play of their quarterbacks.

Jared Goff made plays. Ridder made mistakes.

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It's been brutal to watch the last two weeks.

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Nice to see Desmond and the boys respond so well to adversity.

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One major issue with hiring hot offensive coordinators -- they get called to their own Head Coaching opportunity as soon as they field a successful offense. (i.e. Kyle Shanahan after the Falcons made the Super Bowl and Matty Ice won MVP.)

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