We’ve been waiting for preseason football for months, which makes the sinking realization that this is bad football even worse. That’s exactly what the Falcons gave us tonight.
To be clear, there were bright spots. Damontae Kazee was all over the field, Deadrin Senat looked good, and the defense had moments of genuine brilliance. Kurt Benkert was erratic but fun to watch, and we all bonded or whatever. That was about it for good things about the game, though, given that the Falcons got shut out and only got close to scoring once.