After three brutally hard-earned wins, the Falcons were happy to take an easy 38-20 victory on Sunday. Now, they’re 4-2 and perched atop the NFC South. As an added bonus, each of Atlanta’s victories during a three-game winning streak has been against a division foe. No one in the NFL has a better division record than the Falcons (3-0) entering Week 7.
“The Falcons haven’t hit their top gear yet, though it’s getting better,” said Yahoo! Sports insider Frank Schwab in his weekly Winners and Losers column. “They’ll take being in first place. The Falcons are tied with the Buccaneers but currently have the tiebreaker due to a head-to-head win. That’s not a bad place to be in mid-October.”
On this mid-October Sunday, Atlanta’s two-headed backfield combined to rush for 200 yards and three touchdowns. Bijan Robinson (95 yards on 15 carries) scored twice – including a go-ahead touchdown run in the second quarter — and Tyler Allgeier (105 yards on 18 attempts) put the game out of reach with his fourth-quarter touchdown run.
Kirk Cousins, meanwhile, was an efficient 19 of 30 for 225 yards with no interceptions and a second-quarter touchdown pass to Drake London. It wasn’t Player of the Week worthy, but Atlanta didn’t come in looking to attack the Panthers (1-5) through the air. And afterward, the quarterback credited London for helping with the Falcons’ physical gameplan.
“We did it with a nice one-two punch with Tyler and Bijan,” said Cousins. “The O-line really took a lot of credit, took a lot of pride in that. Drake London, being that sixth O-lineman so to speak, and what he’s able to do in the run game and all those guys going out there and blocking. I think we just kind of take what they are giving us right now. And the guys are going out there and doing it. We have enough people in all areas.”
Cousins and the Falcons are back home in Week 7, hosting Seattle (3-3) on Sunday. While Atlanta has won three straight, the Seahawks have now lost three in a row after a 3-0 start.
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