The Atlanta Falcons allowed three touchdowns from over 30 yards out against the Tennessee Titans, something they hope to avoid against the Minnesota Vikings.
The Atlanta Falcons will be stressing the prevention of big plays on defense as they prepare to face the Minnesota Vikings on Sunday., the same thing happened last week with Will Levis, and the Falcons struggled by giving up some big plays. All-Pro receiver DeAndre Hopkins had one of the better games of his career, scoring three touchdowns in three quarters ... two of which came from more than 45 yards out.
"Yeah, most of the time when you see an explosive play like that, something didn’t go the way it’s supposed to, right? If a guy gets beat in position, you can live with that because that’s usually just somebody making a play," defensive end Calais Campbell said.Despite the Falcons giving up big touchdowns in every quarter, Atlanta still had a chance to win the game, falling 28-23 in the final minutes.
"At the end of the day, one thing that we pride our team on is that we didn’t panic, we didn’t flinch, we just kept fighting, we gave ourselves a chance to win at the end of the game, which is huge," Campbell said."That’s who we are. So, at the end of the day, today was just their day. I mean, they’re players. You got to give them their respect. We kept fighting, we had a chance at the end of the game, and that’s all you can really ask for in this business.
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