Falcons-Saints Recap, Early Week 5 Leans, and 2-0 Series Leads | Ringer Wise Guys

SalWhat do we think about this Falcons team? I may have to abandon my NFC South is for the birds theory.

DabbundoWell, it might be for the birds, just the dirty birds of Atlanta. Oh, I walked right into that. I walked right into it.

DabbundoThe same thing I said last week is what I feel about them now, which is that if you guaranteed me that Michael Penix will play every game from now until the end of the season, they're clearly the best team in the division.

Dabbundoand the reason for it is that people have forgotten that this offense was efficient when Penix was running it it was never pretty it was never like this super down down efficient offense but they're just explosive his ability to find people downfield adds a new dimension to this offense we know they can run it they won't run it as well as they did against two of the worst run defenses the last few weeks but since he became the starting

Dabbundoquarterback when he starts they are ninth in EPA per play on offense. That's since 2024.

DabbundoThe success rate is down near 20th, but the EPA per play is ninth because they hit these big plays and you see it all the time. He's, he's willing to unload. And in the modern NFL, the explosive plays are what win. And then you guys mentioned it too. When they don't blitz, they are still third in pressure rate.

DabbundoSo yes, they bring pressure, but when they don't bring pressure, they're still getting home quite a bit, quite often, as much as any team in the league, more than Detroit, more than Buffalo, more than Denver, more than the Rams, more than the Jags. The only teams ahead of them are Minnesota and Seattle in terms of generating pressure without blitzing.