Younghoe Koo put the Falcons‘ loss on his shoulders. Raheem Morris and Kirk Cousins took their share of the blame, too, while defending Koo.
“It’s not the standard that I have for myself,” Koo said. “This game is fully on me. I’ll take that. That’s not OK. We were playing well enough to win football games, especially this one, and I let the team down. I don’t take that lightly. It’s one of the lowest points as a kicker.”
Koo missed a career-high three field goals, but that also meant Cousins and Atlanta’s offense stalled out in plus territory three times.
“It’s pro football,” Cousins said. “I don’t feel great about leaving it in the hands of the field goal team’s hands. I think it’s important that we convert third downs, stay on the field, score touchdowns in the red zone, avoid the penalties that back us up in the red zone. Just execute down there where we’re scoring touchdowns. I always felt like when you kick field goals you lose and when you score touchdowns you tend to win.”
This is one the Falcons let get away. Nothing exemplifies that more than the weekly ‘Did we really get beat that bad?’ The Saints had more than a -15% net success rate against the Falcons but still pulled it out.
Did we really get beat that bad? Week 10 NFL edition (MNF pending) pic.twitter.com/npuzMfEJRc
— Sam Hoppen (@SamHoppen) November 11, 2024
The box score backs it up too.
The Falcons had 25 first downs compared to the Saints’ 14. They ran 73 total plays compared to New Orleans’ 52. Atlanta outgained their rivals 468 to 365. The Falcons possessed the ball 10 minutes more than the Saints. By all accounts, they should’ve won this football game.
Unfortunately, drives stalling and missed field goals defined Atlanta’s Week 10 loss, but it’s not a loss that should concern fans.
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