The Atlanta Falcons previous matchup with each 2022 opponent
The Atlanta Falcons play the Cincinnati Bengals in week 7 of the 2022 NFL season
Previous matchup: September 30, 2018 – Cincinnati 37, Atlanta 36
This game was a heartbreaker as the Falcons dropped it at the last second to a bad Bengals team.
Andy Dalton was the Bengals quarterback and he played a decent game throwing three touchdowns and one interception. His third touchdown is what really hurt as it was barely caught for the game-winning score.
The loss ruined multiple great performances by players on the Falcons’ offense. Matt Ryan threw for 419 yards and three touchdowns, Mohammed Sanu caught six passes for 111 yards against his former team, and Julio Jones caught nine passes for 173 yards, good for an average of 19.2 yards per catch!
The Falcons will not have it easy against the Bengals this year.
The Atlanta Falcons play the Carolina Panthers in weeks 8 and 10 of the 2022 NFL season
Previous matchup: December 12, 2021 – Carolina 21, Atlanta 29
Finally a win for the Atlanta Falcons! Only fitting it comes against the Panthers who they usually dominate.
In this game, no one on the offensive side of the ball for the Falcons stood out; Matt Ryan threw for less than 200 yards and only one touchdown, no single player ran for over 60 yards, and nobody had more than 65 receiving yards.
What it came down to was the fact that both Cam Newton and P.J. Walker threw an interception. Cam’s was returned for a touchdown by Mykal Walker.
The Atlanta Falcons play the Los Angeles Chargers in week 9 of the 2022 NFL season
Previous matchup: December 13, 2020 – Los Angeles 20, Atlanta 17
Exactly 364 days before the Falcons win against the Panthers, they took a loss against the Chargers.
This was not Matt Ryan’s best game. He threw for 224 yards and one touchdown but tossed three interceptions, one of which was at a crucial time late in the game, as it cost them the ability to win this game they should have had. Justin Herbert did not blow the doors off either, he only threw for 243 yards, two touchdowns, and one interception, certainly not his usual performance nowadays.
Really the only offensive player who shined in this game was Calvin Ridley with his eight catches for 124 yards and one touchdown.
One interesting note is that A.J. Terrell ended this game with 13 tackles as a rookie cornerback!
The Atlanta Falcons play the Chicago Bears in week 11 of the 2022 NFL season
Previous matchup: September 27, 2020 – Chicago 30, Atlanta 26
I have a feeling that a lot of Falcons fans will remember this game because it was not the prettiest of second-half performances for Atlanta — which is saying a lot.
Let’s see, where do you start with this one?
Mitch Trubisky was benched after completing just over half of his passes for 128 yards, one touchdown, and one interception. Nick Foles came in and threw what was initially ruled a touchdown only to get overturned into an interception by Darqueze Dennard.
The Falcons had a 16-point lead with under seven minutes to go, and they ended up blowing by giving up three touchdown passes from Nick Foles, one of which was on a throw to Allen Robinson, and the Falcons whiffed on the tackle, allowing him to take it in for the score.
The game was then sealed on an overthrown pass by Matt Ryan that was intercepted by Tashaun Gipson.
The week prior was the game against Dallas that they also blew in the fourth quarter.