The Falcons stayed healthy and the team’s starters looked borderline dominant. I really can’t say anything more encouraging about this game than that.
Atlanta moved the ball well on offense and played extremely well on defense until the starters exited the game, and if things got worse from there, that’s perfectly understandable, especially since the Chiefs’ first team offense was going up against backups. We saw what we needed to see, and the Falcons didn’t lose anyone they couldn’t afford to lose.
Atlanta’s now in good shape and on track to give the starters a little more run against the tough Jaguars defense a week from now.