The Falcons ground game has, to the surprise of basically no one, not been a huge stretch in 2020. Todd Gurley’s addition has given the Falcons a potent short yardage weapon but has not had an effective week since the first game against the Panthers, a combination of factors that might include his arthritic knee and certainly includes the team’s awful down and distance run habits and scheming.
This weekend would have figured to be more of the same, given the reasonably stout Raiders run defense, but unfortunately Gurley won’t get his chance to surprise us because he’s out Sunday.