Atlanta has struggled against the Steelers since the beginning of time, and Sunday was no different. The Falcons struggled early, rallied late, and then fall apart at the very end to ensure the Steelers would pull off a close win, moving Atlanta to a dismal 4-8 in one score games on the season.
The Falcons needed this win, but you wouldn’t have known it by the way they came out. Atlanta’s defense allowed Pittsburgh to score on all four of their first half drives, with three field goals and one really dispiriting touchdown drive, and the offense simply couldn’t do much about it as Marcus Mariota missed passes, receivers dropped opportunities, and the team leaned away from the ground game.