The Atlanta Falcons came painfully close to beating the Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday night, but running back Bijan Robinson was unable to convert a fourth-down tackle in the red zone. The Falcons lost the ball on one down and suffered a 22-17 loss in front of their home crowd.
Few outside of Atlanta believed the Falcons really had a chance on Sunday, but they more than held their own against the Chiefs in prime time. The team went just 1 of 3 on fourth down but failed twice when they had a chance to take the lead in the fourth quarter. Atlanta and Kansas City each had a turnover, but the Falcons couldn’t get into the end zone when it mattered.
Fans on Twitter were devastated after Sunday’s 22-17 loss to the Chiefs. Some criticized the plays, others blamed the referees, and a few were encouraged by the Falcons’ fighting spirit against the defending Super Bowl champions.
NFL Twitter reacts to Falcons vs. Chiefs
Say what you want, but here are my thoughts
The Falcons should be 0-3 now, but in reality they could easily be 3-0
The only thing they lack is mobility at QB
EVERYTHING else they do is enough to win games on a regular basis in this league.
— Kurt Benkert (@KurtBenkert) 23 September 2024
You lost to the Goat, but to do that you had to lose two OL starters and get cheated out of a new set of downs on one of them. I can live with that, this team can take on anyone, so let’s hope we get everyone back and ready to go.
— Tre’Shon (@tre3shon) 23 September 2024
All they can do is learn from it and move on. Like I said, it’s a long season.
— Ev Glaze (@Everett_G07) 23 September 2024
Falcons head coach Raheem Morris on the decision to run the ball on the third and fourth down of the last drive: “Of course, you don’t have a good feeling about it now. They didn’t work.”
— Terrin Waack (@TerrinWaack) 23 September 2024
For the third game in a row, the Falcons finished with 2 of 9 hits on the third attempt.
That’s 6 of 27 third downs in three games.
– Tori McElhaney (@tori_mcelhaney) 23 September 2024
Falcons head coach Raheem Morris on the decision to run the ball on the third and fourth down of the last drive: “Of course, you don’t have a good feeling about it now. They didn’t work.”
— Terrin Waack (@TerrinWaack) 23 September 2024
All in all, the 1-2 result was about what was expected given the difficult three-game stretch to start the season, but it hurts to know that it was almost 2-1.
— Adnan Ikic (@SayWhichWay) 23 September 2024
The Falcons beat themselves more times than anyone else tonight.
— Cam Marino (@MarinoNFL) 23 September 2024
Kirk Cousins: “A frustrating evening. You feel like you snatched a loss from victory. … I can point to a lot of things that weren’t good enough to win the game tonight.”
— Josh Kendall (@JoshTheAthletic) 23 September 2024
The Falcons will be fine. They LITERALLY played the Chiefs and the refs lost two O-linemen. This loss hurts, but they will get through it. Damn
— Zachary (@ZachNagel7) 23 September 2024
This article originally appeared on Falcons Wire: Falcons fans criticize referees and plays after low score against Chiefs
