Falcons preseason is rarely pretty—I think the last time we felt good about what they looked like in August, Mike Smith was the head coach—and this one has been consistently ugly. It was more of the same against the Browns, where we got a few shining moments and a lot of lackluster football we hopefully won’t see again until next summer.
The Falcons scored 10 points in this one and had their adventures defensively, ultimately losing 19-10. The offensive line reserves scuffled—Jalen Mayfield in particular needed a huge game to push Josh Andrews at left guard and didn’t have it—and the defensive reserves managed to hold the line in the red zone more than once but literally fumbled away big plays in the open field.