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The Atlanta Falcons have lost Jalon Walker for the season, seen James Pearce Jr. suspended for eight games, started their third-string quarterback, and lost a road game featuring awful turnovers, tons of penalties, and missed field goals. We are only one week into the season and struggling to keep the vibes positive, and today’s news […]
Falcons Ian Rapoport of NFL Media reports that Falcons DL Da’Shawn Hand is believed to have suffered a torn quad that may require season-ending surgery. Rapoport adds that Hand is still getting multiple opinions on his quad injury, so he’s holding out hope for good news. Hand previously had a serious quad injury while playing for the Titans. Hand, 30, was selected in the fourth round by the Lions out of Alabama in 2018. He was in the final year of a four-year, $3,141,964 contract that included...
The Atlanta Falcons suffered a brutal 20-13 loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers in Week 1. Of course, a lot of their problems stem from injury issues. Michael Penix Jr. will likely take over as the starting quarterback at some point this season, but he wasn’t ready to go in his recovery from a torn ACL […] The post Falcons’ hideous Week 1 loss to Steelers gets even worse with likely season-ending injury appeared first on ClutchPoints .
Ian Rapoport of NFL Media reports that Falcons DL Da’Shawn Hand is believed to have suffered a torn quad that may require season-ending surgery. Rapoport adds that Hand is still getting multiple opinions on his quad injury, so he’s holding out hope for good news. Hand previously had a serious quad injury while playing for […] The post Falcons DL Da’Shawn Hand May Have Season-Ending Quad Injury appeared first on NFLTradeRumors.co .
Early in the fourth quarter of Sunday’s game, the Atlanta Falcons had the ball trailing the Pittsburgh Steelers 13-10. The Falcons lined up at their own 44-yard line, facing 2nd-and-10. Falcons QB Cooper Rush took the shotgun snap and tried to throw a flare pass to RB Bijan Robinson. Unfortunately for Rush and the Falcons, […]
The Pittsburgh Steelers entered Week 1’s matchup against Atlanta missing a key piece of the secondary. Joey Porter Jr., one of the brightest spots on the defense, didn’t suit up as he continues to ramp up from his back injury and waits for a contract extension. But even without Porter, the secondary was impressive on […]
Pittsburgh won Sunday’s game on the back of its front seven. Its defensive line and edge rushers overwhelmed the Atlanta Falcons’ front five, an offensive line that is pretty talented. It was no match for Alex Highsmith and T.J. Watt, who combined for all four of the Steelers’ sacks as the defense allowed just 13 points. Today, a breakdown of all four. T.J. Watt Watt’s first sack was truly made possible by Cam Heyward. Heyward had a great rush against LG Matthew Bergeron, ripping through and b...
The Pittsburgh Steelers signing outside linebacker Nick Herbig to a $100 million extension in the summer raised eyebrows — and questions about how the franchise was going to justify the hefty contract with playing time, at least this season. New defensive coordinator Patrick Graham talked time and time again about three-OLB looks and how Herbig would see the field consistently. Then, in the buildup to Week 1 against the Atlanta Falcons, first-year head coach Mike McCarthy revealed he was going...
The Falcons and Steelers played one of the worst combined games of football in NFL history — and that’s not hyperbole. The Atlanta Falcons/Pittsburgh Steelers game combined for the 1,069th ranked Total EPA out of 1,097 games currently in the @SumerSports data set A combined 3rd percentile overall offensive performance on the day — Shawn […]
Pittsburgh won Sunday’s game on the back of its front seven. Its defensive line and edge rushers overwhelmed the Atlanta Falcons’ front five, an offensive line that is pretty talented. It was no match for Alex Highsmith and T.J. Watt, who combined for all four of the Steelers’ sacks as the defense allowed just 13 […]
The 2026 regular season is back. So is our weekly Pittsburgh Steelers stats of the weird. A look at all the oddities from the game that was. This time, let’s get weird about Pittsburgh’s Week 1 win over the Atlanta Falcons. – Each of the Steelers’ last four head coaches have won their regular-season debut: […]
Atlanta was dealt a tough hand going against the Pittsburgh Steelers on the road with a limited Cooper Rush under center. They looked at their cards, arched an eyebrow, and proceeded to play that lousy hand…well, let’s say not as well as you’d like. Rush was as abjectly bad, as you’d expect for a guy […]
Player: DL Cam Heyward Stock Value: Up Reasoning: To kick off his 16th season, Cam Heyward put on a clinic, including three run stops and three batted passes. While he didn’t record a sack or a high volume of tackles, he clearly impacted the game. After all, 30 percent of the Falcons’ incompletions are a result of his big, long arms. Clearly, he isn’t about to fall off a cliff. At some point, Cam Heyward will age out of greatness—or retire first. During yesterday’s season opener, however, he s...
It wasn’t pretty, like most early-season games, but the Pittsburgh Steelers made just enough plays to pick up a 20-13 win over the Atlanta Falcons, beginning the Mike McCarthy era on the right note. The Steelers’ defense was impressive all game long. T.J. Watt added to his Hall of Fame resume, Alex Highsmith had two […]
Player: DL Cam Heyward Stock Value: Up Reasoning: To kick off his 16th season, Cam Heyward put on a clinic, including three run stops and three batted passes. While he didn’t record a sack or a high volume of tackles, he clearly impacted the game. After all, 30 percent of the Falcons’ incompletions are a result […]
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The Steelers have opened the Mike McCarthy era 1-0 following a one-score win over the Atlanta Falcons to start the season. As always, there are plenty of takeaways to be had: 1. T.J. Watt looks back T.J. Watt’s performance on Sunday, with two sacks, an additional tackle for loss, four total tackles and a pick […]
Good morning Falcoholics. I was hoping to be able to kick off today’s post with a “happy victory Monday,” but after learning of Cooper Rush’s back spasms late last night (after Arthur Smith gave me flashbacks to his Falcons offense in Ohio State-Texas), I was pretty sure I wouldn’t have the opportunity. Sadly, I was […]
Nick Herbig, Steelers, is being used in an off-ball alignment behind the starting edge rushers. He spoke one-on-one with Dejan Kovacevic about the change after the season-opening victory over the Falcons. #Pittsburgh #Steelers #HereWeGo #NFL Hear award-winning reporter/commentator Dejan Kovacevic’s Daily Shot of Steelers podcasts every weekday morning, plus the all-new DOUBLE SHOT show that follows up at 4 p.m. Eastern! We also have regular shows from our beat reporter Chris Halicke, former NF...
Gregg Rosenthal, Jourdan Rodrigue and Nick Shook recap every game from Sunday’s Week 1 action! 00:00 START 00:30 Bills at Texans 08:30 Packers at Vikings 17:50 Saints at Lions 25:30 Bears at Panthers 32:50 Commanders at Eagles 41:05 Cardinals at Chargers 48:50 Buccaneers at Bengals 56:30 Ravens at Colts 01:06:34 Falcons at Steelers ??? Jets at Titans 01:24:00 Dolphins at Raiders 01:29:45 Cowboys at Giants Watch live local and primetime games, NFL RedZone, and NFL Network on Plus.NFL.com Check ...
Cooper Rush was thrust into the spotlight on Sunday after Tua Tagovailoa suffered an oblique injury in practice, leaving the journeyman quarterback as the go-to guy for the Atlanta Falcons against the Pittsburgh Steelers at Acrisure Stadium. It was Rush’s first-ever start in Week 1, and he looked frazzled in several drives. He threw a […] The post Falcons’ Kevin Stefanski has no interest in making QB carousel despite Cooper Rush’s rough day appeared first on ClutchPoints .
It was not perfect, but Aaron Rodgers started his final season on a positive note, leading the Pittsburgh Steelers past the Atlanta Falcons, 20-13, at Acrisure Stadium on Sunday. He also gave coach Mike McCarthy his first win with the Steelers. After foregoing retirement, the 42-year-old Rodgers returned for a 22nd season, hoping to win […] The post The unsung hero that got a hat tip from Steelers’ Aaron Rodgers after Week 1 win appeared first on ClutchPoints .
It wasn’t pretty, like most early-season games, but the Pittsburgh Steelers made just enough plays to pick up a 20-13 win over the Atlanta Falcons, beginning the Mike McCarthy era on the right note. The Steelers’ defense was impressive all game long. T.J. Watt added to his Hall of Fame resume, Alex Highsmith had two sacks, Cameron Heyward batted down three passes at the line of scrimmage, and Jaquan Brisker had a key interception in his first start with his hometown team. Pittsburgh’s offense ...
From the Press Room: Steelers vs. Falcons Sep 13, 2026 at 10:28 PM Jim Wexell Correspondent Copied! Rolling and tumbling: T.J. Watt made the play of the game with a 35-yard interception return for a touchdown on the second snap of the fourth quarter. As a wide rusher, Watt reached up and snared the Cooper Rush pass in the backfield and ran 5 yards before falling down. He rolled, got back up, and took it the rest of the way along with escorts Keeanu Benton, Jaquan Brisker, and Payton Wilson. Th...
Tom Brady opened his third season as Fox’s lead NFL analyst with a show-and-tell moment. Calling Sunday’s Commanders-Eagles game at Lincoln Financial Field alongside Kevin Burkhardt, the seven-time Super Bowl champion pulled out the actual play-call sheet the Patriots used during their Super Bowl LI comeback win over the Falcons. “Hey, they got play sheets, […] The post NFL legend Tom Brady brings wild Super Bowl memorabilia to Week 1 broadcast gig appeared first on ClutchPoints .