When Daniels returned to the team’s practice facility the day after the Bears game, “he couldn’t turn his neck from side to side,” defensive tackle Maason Smith said. But Daniels improved enough throughout the week that the organization felt comfortable with his return Sunday.

That didn’t make it easy, though.

“I was sore all week, but I knew God was telling me to play this week,” Daniels said. “I had never not walked off the field after an injury, so mentally I had to be prepared. It was about making sure I was OK mentally more than anything. All week I was good, but we were never in full pads. Trying not to overthink tackling was a big thing for me.”

After his first contact with a teammate during warmups, though, Daniels was confident he could play at full speed. It resulted in the game of his life.

“It’s remarkable,” Falcons coach Kevin Stefanski said. “What a great kid. What a seven days. Seven days ago, we were talking to his family and talking about him being in the hospital. And then to go play in a game against Kyle Shanahan and Brock Purdy and go put the green dot on, that is unbelievable.

“And then to make a play at the end. Really proud of him.”

Numbers like this is why teams are going to start blitzing even more throughout the season. Would love to see Penix get somewhere closer to where Joe Burrow stands currently

Kendal Daniels is #4, Harold Perkins Jr. is #6 and Avieon Terrell is #8. Daniels went from 67% of snaps in Week 1 to 100% in Week 7, with 11 tackles, a TFL, a PBU and a pick. Perkins is up from 33% in Week 5 to 85% now. The defense is getting young and fast. Tampa on Sunday.

I agree only if we can make the playoffs this season. So far I love what I am seeing but still too many inconsistencies.

If you don't know this metric, ANY/A is yards per attempt but also penalizing taking sacks and throwing interceptions and crediting TD passes.

MP looking good.

Y'know, assuming he's in playing shape out the gate since he hasn't been allowed to practice with the team

NFL.com has us ranked #13 in the latest power rankings, ahead of five teams with better records. Good on them - ESPN, CBS, and FOX Sports all have us at #19.

What have we done so far?

Handed the Packers their biggest loss of the season
Handed the Saints their biggest loss of the season
Handed the 49ers their only loss of the season
Lost 3 games by a score each, one in overtime
Lost a 4th game in a blowout, but with a 3rd string quarterback

There's reason to be optimistic. One hopes MP9 continues to develop, especially in short pass accuracy, and of course stays healthy. Those are big ifs. Our defense has played pretty well, especially considering a bunch of scores on us have been from short fields on turnovers from offense and special teams. Should only get better with JPJ returning.

I'm not going to jinx it with expectations - but things are looking *pretty okay.*

I have tagged this post nsfw because this post admittedly contains content of me singing for a man that's old enough to be my father. I think with the season most half way over and the falcons sitting pretty on top the NFC south after that dominating finished over the 49whiners Kyle shanbahan coached team.

We all know shanbahan very well here in Atlanta as an amazing genius offensive playmaker. He truly is generational at choking especially.

Matt Ryan proved once again why this moron should've been arrested if ever shows his face in Atlanta again. It was quite 28-3 but the score was half way there. We ran rampshod all over them in the ground and through the air. I hope mr

Shanbahan was taking notes because what I saw yesterday from the falcons. was far more impressive

Back to President. Matty "ICE COLD" AR MACHIHE MUN RYAN...

PHENOMENAL ON ALL FRONTS... THE CUPTURE AROUND THE BUILDING HASNT BEEN HIRE SINCE THE SUPER BOWL RUN.

Hes already done it. Y'all are fools of you can't see it.

Mark my words this year the falcons will be competing deep in the playoffs

Lol who the fuck can't we beat?

You can really tell how long everyone in here has been a fan by how hopeful they are about the Falcon's season. On the hope/despair scale, where do you rank? And how long have you been a fan?

Huge shoutout to our fans for holding it down against the Niners this past weekend. There were a ton of San Francisco fans in Mercedes-Benz Stadium, but our crowd answered back every single time. Falcons fans are as fye as it gets, and while it was a bit bittersweet, I’m proud of us for repping red and black and refusing to get drowned out! WE HAVE TO KEEP SHOWING UP 4 THIS TEAM🔴⚫

We deserved this victory as homers, every team in Atlanta loss but them. This is the epitome of Atlanta

Despite coming off a tough loss to the Bears and a week of logo “controversy” fostered by people with the total gray matter of a broken crayon, the Falcons showed up when it mattered against the Niners, potentially changing the complexion of their entire season. 3-4 is way better than 2-5, and lands us within spitting distance of the division leader, i.e. the eternally schizo Panthers. Some specific thoughts:

1. Penix continues to improve. This game showed what he can do when not asked to zip the ball out within two seconds every single snap. He was poised in what might have been his best performance yet.

2. I have never been high on Pitts, but I have to give credit where due. He’s continuing to make solid plays, and notched another touchdown this game.

3. The rumors of Bates falling off were apparently false. He played well all game, and notched what might have been the single best display of athleticism and timing this year with a highlight-reel worthy interception out of bounds.

4. I know it’s one of the toughest penalties to clean up, but we still need to work on getting the guys to ease off these holds.

5. With the defense banged up, hats off to the guys who held the line and kept pressure, especially early on when things could have gotten away from us. Maason Smith and Lacale London quietly disrupted the Niners offense in particular, as did their peers.

6. After years of our team having quality starters and then shaky depth, this game should make every fan feel better about the competent team building afoot.

7. Dotson needs to do some work this week, especially on synching up with Penix. He’ll get there.

8. I’m not worried about Baker this week. It’s that defense we need to watch out for.

Biggest Needs for the Falcons are the following: Offensive Tackle, Edge Defender, Interior Offensive Lineman (Center), Tight End and Quarterback according to NFL.com

Any suggestions?

He got pushed away 😂 bro forgot he ain’t a HC no more!

It matters if a QB is only going to their first read or if they are able to quickly flow through the target options.