Atlanta Falcons fans vent following loss to Kansas City Chiefs

Atlanta Falcons fans vent following loss to Kansas City Chiefs

The Atlanta Falcons had a legitimate shot at knocking off one of the league’s best teams in the Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday afternoon, but were unable to get the job done.

The Atlanta Falcons’ defense played one of its best games of the season and held the dynamic Chiefs offense- led by Patrick Mahomes– to just 17 points.

After falling behind 10-7 early in the fourth quarter, the Falcons’ defense was able to hold on following a fumble and the offense put together one of its better drives of the season- an 8 play, 75-yard drive- that ended with a Matt Ryan touchdown pass to Laquon Treadwell with 4:33 remaining.

Though the Chiefs answered with a score of their own- to make it a 17-14 score- the Falcons marched back down the field and set up a 39-yard field goal attempt for Younghoe Koo, but we all know how it ended. A wide-right miss allowed the Chiefs to hold on and that was all she wrote.

Of course, the disappointing loss had fans of the franchise reeling yet again.

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With the loss, the Atlanta Falcons fell to 4-11 on the season and can almost taste a top-five draft pick

Many Falcons fans were upset about the loss and there are plenty of issues we can dive into, but the truth is the best thing for this franchise to do is just to keep losing.

If you finish 4-12 on the year, there’s an outside shot at getting a top-three pick- a legitimate franchise changer.

Many want to blame Koo for missing the kick- and sure, he should’ve made it- but there were way too many other mistakes both offensively and defensively to just pin the loss on him.

It’s clear that this fan base is upset and it’s probably going to get worse before it gets better, but this was at least (weirdly so) a step in the right direction as we head closer to the end of this miserable season.