Marc RaimondiSep 17, 2025, 12:31 PM ET Close Marc Raimondi’s first year covering the Falcons was 2024, but it wasn’t his first year at ESPN. He joined the company in 2019 and was a top combat sports reporter. He also covered professional wrestling and wrote the book “Say Hello to the Bad Guys: How Pro Wrestling’s New World Order Changed …
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NFL Power Rankings Week 3: Ravens, Bills roll, Falcons make a jump after Sunday Night Football win Atlanta FalconsView Full Coverage on Google News Source link
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The Vikings’ good vibes from their fourth-quarter comeback in Week 1 came crashing down on Sunday night, as J.J. McCarthy and the offense struggled all game long in a 22-6 loss to the Falcons. Let’s dive into the snap counts and notable Pro Football Focus grades to see what we can learn. Vikings offensive snap counts vs. Falcons (out of …
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Since the previous Mailbag published one week ago, the Vikings have enjoyed the incredible high of a comeback victory on the road against a division foe and endured the low of a disappointing home loss to another NFC team. Protecting home turf is one of the most important things a team can do, especially when the crowd is like it …
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The Falcons’ Week 2 hero is so new to the team that he apparently still doesn’t know who some of his teammates are. Kicker Parker Romo went 5-for-5 on field goals in Atlanta’s 22-6 road win over the Vikings Sunday night, including a 54-yarder, after being elevated from the practice squad on Saturday. During a postgame interview with NBC’s Melissa …
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Vikings quarterback J.J. McCarthy attempts to make a pass surrounded by Falcons defenders during the second quarter. (Elizabeth Flores/The Minnesota Star Tribune) 4. Vikings have short-yardage power outage The Vikings’ much-ballyhooed upgrade in the straight-ahead, short-yardage power department is lacking. They ran 11 plays with fewer than three yards needed for a first down or touchdown. They converted only three …
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MINNEAPOLIS — They knew this was possible. When head coach Kevin O’Connell and the other Minnesota Vikings’ decision-makers chose to go this route for 2025, they knew he could be standing here postgame at the lectern, looking like he’d just lived through four hours of misery. Young quarterbacks tend to be a bit of a roller-coaster ride. Your strategy may …
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Key moment: It wasn’t until the 3:25 mark in the fourth quarter that a goal line was successfully crossed – and it was the Falcons who did it. Running back Tyler Allgeier scored on a 5-yard run to secure Atlanta’s victory in Minnesota. The touchdown capped off a 12-play, 83-yard drive that milked six minutes and 17 seconds off the …
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Sunday night’s matchup between the Falcons and Vikings didn’t see a touchdown scored until 3:22 in the fourth quarter. But Atlanta’s dominant defense and run game had the club in control throughout the night — particularly in the second half — as the Falcons won 22-6. Running back Bijan Robinson rushed for 143 yards on 22 carries on Sunday, helping …
Read More »J.J. McCarthy has played eight quarters in the NFL. Seven of them have been bad. The Vikings’ fourth-quarter comeback in Week 1 was fun, but it masked the other problems that were evident from McCarthy and the offense. The McCarthy we saw from the first three quarters in the opener against the Bears showed up in Week 2. He struggled …
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