ESPN.com · Oct 31, 2022
First-place Falcons marvel at wild OT win against Panthers
ATLANTA -- Rashaan Evans shook his head, almost still in disbelief. In some ways, he still was in disbelief.
The Atlanta Falcons linebacker has been playing football for a long time -- five years in the NFL, four at Alabama and high school before that. What happened Sunday, he never had experienced.
After a topsy-turvy game that saw six scores in the last quarter and then overtime -- not to mention a critical missed extra point and missed field goal -- in an eventual 37-34 Falcons win over the Carolina Panthers, Evans said he was physically and mentally drained. And in first place in the NFC South -- the only team (4-4) in the division to be at .500 or better.
