The Falcons are very good at finding ways to lose to bad teams.
This time, the lucky victors are the New York Jets, who took the field this morning with a 2-8 record. They are now 3-8 because they found a way to win against the sputtering Falcons, who seem to have no ability to do the same. The Jets beat the Falcons 27-24, thanks to a 56-yard Nick Folk walk-off field goal, and as a result, the Dirty Birds slide to 4 and 8. A winning record seems nearly impossible now, and heads are more likely to roll at Flowery Branch at the end of the season, if not sooner.
Patience has worn to the hub with this team, which is now so embarrassing and punchless, even the Scana Bears want to burn their season tickets.
There’s no point in going over highlights in this game. There are none worth mentioning.
Well, there is one. The one in the first quarter, where punt returner Jamal Agnew tried to field a punt return inside the Falcons’ 2-yard line with disastrous results. He fumbles, and the Jets recover the ball 2 yards away from the endzone and score the first touchdown of the game. On a Falcons error. That is a dramatic example of the pitiful level of play not just from special teams, but the Falcons as a whole.
It’s also a game where some of the individual numbers that came from it would be downright confusing to the casual observer if they did not know the final score until you showed them.
Bijan Robinson (Baller of the Game this week) had another great game today, with 142 rushing yards on 23 carries and a touchdown. Kyle Pitts got 82 receving yards on 7 receptions. Tyler Allgeier got 35 receving yards and 20 rushing yards for a TD of his own. Great numbers, all of them.
Now show them the 24-27 score. Watch their mouths drop to the floor, only to say “oh, well that explains it!” when you reveal the losing team as the Atlanta Falcons.
That’s the point. Losing seems to be a part of the Falcons’ DNA. Even with the individual talent on their roster, which is in jeopardy of going to waste because of back-to-back losing, championship-less seasons.
Kirk Cousins got 234 yards (more than NY counterpart Tyrod Taylor’s 172) went 21 of 33 with one TD. Those are good stats, but they don’t mean anything when you lose because you couldn’t make the winning plays in the final moments when your team needs it most.
If you take the lackluster playing of some on the roster, and the injury bug that’s been an epidemic all season with these Falcons, the coaching staff is the next sore thumb to look at. In his third season with the Falcons, it’s plain to see that Raheem Morris just isn’t cutting it.
It’s very likely Morris will be exiting Flowery Branch at season’s end. He just hasn’t shown he can push and inspire this team in a way that they can win tough games, let alone winable ones like today’s. There’s no explaining away losing to a 2-8 team with talent like this. Zac Robinson (offensive coordinator) and Marquice Williams (special teams coach) are both on borrowed time, but Morris’ time is clearly running out. He has no answers to stop this team’s nonstop slide into mediocrity.
After another uncomfortable press conference after the loss, Morris was asked what his approach would be in the concluding games of this season. Many of the upcoming Falcons opponents, like next Sunday’s, the 8-3 Seattle Seahawks, have records far above the .500 mark the Falcons are struggling to climb above.
His response: “To win them.”
Oh.
The Falcons’ loss comes on a day when the sports world is watching drama unfold in college football, as Ole Miss coach Lane Kiffin spurned his team as they are bidding for a national championship, to be the new head coach for the LSU Tigers. Unsurprisingly, Kiffin is facing much scorn for his decision, and a well-circulated photo shows Kiffin’s loaded clothing rack, sitting in the street outside of his former office at Ole Miss.
Ole Miss even put Kiffin’s clothes in the street pic.twitter.com/VxmW7MTLkJ
— Ben Garrett (@SpiritBen) November 30, 2025
There’s no love lost with Ole Miss Fans towards Kiffin.
Falcons coach Raheem Morris may know that feeling, if he hasn’t already.
